Seeking
From Discworld MUD Wiki
These are methods of finding, tracking, or scrying a person or place--both methods that give you a vision of the room, and methods that just indicate the direction.
| Method | Description | Type | Defended against with |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Cup of Tea and Sake | Give target instantaneous vision of room you're in | spell | |
| Broomstick | Fly directly to an outdoor target | item (Witch) | hiding, being indoors |
| Crystal ball | Vision of target that updates in real time | item | magic.methods.spiritual.abjuring |
| Custom crystal jewellery | Indicates whether player or unique npc is on the Disc, indicates temperature around them | item | |
| Cuttlefish | Vision of target that updates in real time | room | attacking the cuttlefish, adventuring.perception to see it |
| Far Sight | Instantaneous vision of place item is remembering | ritual | faith.rituals.defensive.area ? |
| Find | Indicate direction to player or unique npc | ritual | hiding |
| Find Corpse | Indicate direction to player corpse | ritual | |
| Floron's Fabulous Mirror | Instantaneous vision of room that player or unique npc is in | spell | faith.rituals.defensive.area |
| Gaze | Instantaneous vision of player or unique npc | command (Witch) | magic.methods.spiritual.abjuring |
| Longsight | Instantaneous vision of room that player or unique npc is in | ritual | faith.rituals.defensive.self, hiding |
| Track | Indicate whether target has passed through room, and which direction | command (Warrior) | crafts.hunting.tracking |
| Worstler's Advanced Metallurgical Glance | Instantaneous vision of place a jewellery is blorpled to | spell | faith.rituals.defensive.area ? |
| Worstler's Elementary Mineralogical Glance | Instantaneous vision of place a rock is blorpled to | spell | faith.rituals.defensive.area ? |
Defensive spells that might work against various seeking methods:
- Kipperwald's Perlustration Prevention is a defensive wizard spell that prevents scrying into a room.
- Banishing of Prying Eyes gives to a bonus to resist scrying attempts, at least those that involve air distortions.
- Wearing a jet black magick crystal is reported as granting to the wearer a weaker version of Banishing of Prying Eyes, with the addition that it flickers when some methods of scrying succeed against the wearer.
