Ping
Carl's intelligence-scaled detection pulse, filtered to isolate two purple hunter tags within a noisy three-kilometer radius.
Story so far
Ping normally reaches one kilometer plus five hundred meters for each ten intelligence, modified by the environment. Major Charlie pushes Carl high enough to project it three kilometers from above the town.
The initial pulse fills his map with every neutral snake, monkey, and bird. Carl remembers the filter, removes everything except purple hunters, and identifies two magically equipped elves in a clearing northeast.
Appearance
A loud expanding sonar-like pulse that populates the user's map with tagged entities.
Role
Ping converts an invisible artillery threat into precise coordinates for Samantha's launch.
Relationships
Earlier in this series
Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:
Sources — 5 recorded facts, by chapter
- Carl's new sonar-like spell that flashes his map and highlights every non-mob, non-crawler entity in the area.
- Carl's spell that sounds an audible tone and reveals every nearby NPC, hunter, and pet on his map.
- Carl's level-two detection spell, next on his training list so it can be combined with Fear.
- Carl's detection spell, which populates his map with dots for everything nearby except red-tagged mobs and fellow crawlers.
- Carl's intelligence-scaled detection pulse, filtered to isolate two purple hunter tags within a noisy three-kilometer radius.