Throrvald's Tracker

Throrvald's Tracker
Skill: divination/earth 14
Backlash: 9
Difficulty. 6
Effect Value: 0
Bonus Number to: range
Range: 13 (400 meters)
Duration: 20 (2.5 hours)
Cast Time: 9 (one minute)
Manipulation: control, duration, range, speed
This is a focused spell. The mage must bury an object
belonging to the person being tracked, and he must sit beside the burial spot during
the casting of the spell. At the end of the cast time, the magician digs up the
object, "discovering" it, and puts it on the ground. If the person
who the object belonged to is within the spell's range, then the object begins
to "hop" in the direction of that person at a speed of 10 meters a
round -a moderate walking pace. The object continues moving in the most direct
manner possible until either the cast time elapses or the person moves out of
range of the spell. If the range of the spell at the start is greater than 20,
then the duration will end before the object reaches its former owner.