You could also use it to fetch creatures for a group to kill.
Soren
Joseph Brooks wrote:
> From: Joseph Brooks <Joseph.Brooks@...>
>
> This makes the spell essentially useless and a waste of hard earned money.
> What good is a spying eye when the baddies can trace it right back to you?
> It is a fun spell for impressing the newbies but thats about it. Now if it
> could cross zone boundies....
>
> > Well I have first hand experience with Minotaur slavers doing the same
> > thing. I used to Eye to check out the mines to see if they
> > were safe and
> > the same thing happened. 2 seconds after they spotted the
> > eye they came
> > right after me. Now I can justify this with "the eye alerted them to
> > intruders so they started patrolling" but they ran right by
> > 3 or 4 other
> > people who were in the mines to get at me so this was no
> > ordinary patrol
> > pattern. Seems fishy to me. Same type of thing has been
> > happening with
> > invisibility, as long as I'm invisible *before* the fight
> > starts I'm Ok, but
> > if the fight starts and I run away to a safe spot, go
> > invisible, then go
> > back to check on the battle they zero in on me as if I was
> > standing there in
> > plain sight.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Joseph Brooks [mailto:Joseph.Brooks@...]
> > > Sent: Friday, April 16, 1999 4:30 PM
> > > To: 'eq_wizards@onelist.com'
> > > Subject: [eq_wizards] Re: Hail fellow Norrathians
> > >
> > >
> > > From: Joseph Brooks <Joseph.Brooks@...>
> > >
> > > I know that using Eye of Zomm to spy on ghouls in W. Kanara
> > is not a good
> > > idea.. I wanted to see ghouls up close when I was 8th level
> > and the things
> > > somehow traced the eye back to its source and I got an
> > express trip home..
> > > Don't try this at home kiddies! Does anyone know if all
> > monsters do this?
> > >
> > > JB
> > >
> > > > I am wondering if there are others with similar experiences
> > > > to my own when
> > > > using spells such as invisibility and the eye of zomm to
> > name a few?
> > > >
> > > > - Sylwithe
> > >
> > >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > ----------
> > > Are you hogging all the fun?
> > > http://www.ONElist.com
> > > Friends tell friends about ONElist!
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > ----------
> > New hobbies? New curiosities? New enthusiasms?
> > http://www.ONElist.com
> > Sign up for a new e-mail list today!
> >
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Looking for the perfect gift for a friend?
> http://www.ONElist.com
> Tell them about ONElist's 115,000 free e-mail communities!