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To fi nd the trail of an individual or to follow it for 1 hour requires a Gather Information check. You must make another Gather Information check every hour of the search, as well as each time the trail becomes diffi cult to follow, such as when it moves to a different area of town. The DC of the check, and the number of checks required to track down your quarry, depends on the community size and the conditions: If you fail a Gather Information check, you can retry after 1 hour of questioning. The DM should roll the number of checks required secretly, so that the player doesn't know exactly how long the task will require.

Special

A character with 5 ranks in Knowledge (local) gains a +2 bonus on the Gather Information check to use this feat. Community Size(1) - DC - Checks Required. Thorp, hamlet, or village - 5 - 1d3. Small or large town - 10 - 1d4+1. Small or large city - 15 - 2d4. Metropolisv 20 - 2d4+2. 1 See page 137 of the Dungeon Master's Guide. Conditions - DC Modifi er. Every three creatures in the group being sought - -1. Every 24 hours party has been missing/sought - +1. Tracked party "lies low" - +5. Tracked party matches community's primary racial demographic1 - +2. Tracked party does not match community's primary or secondary racial demographic1 - -2. 1 See Racial Demographics, page 139 of the Dungeon Master's Guide. You can cut the time between Gather Information checks in half (to 30 minutes per check rather than 1 hour), but you take a -5 penalty on the check.

Normal

A character without this feat can use Gather Information to find out information about a particular individual, but each check takes 1d4+1 hours and doesn't allow effective trailing.