Wheel of Time MUD

Ok - that makes sense. Interesting idea. Here's to something better tomorrow

The patrol has a "track" it has to stay on. If it's on that track, you can make it move. Here, it's off its track, so it can't move to the next room. Someone probably killed it, causing the minion mobs to wander. Leading them back to the leader does nothing.

* R HP:Hurt MV:Tiring > Thinning Woods
The trees spread apart, leaving more land for bushes and flowers to grow
on. The trees take on a greener cast than the trees to the north. The ground is
soft, and slightly moist, giving a mildewy smell to the air as old leaves and
flowers decay. The thin woodland spreads out to the east and south as far as
the eye can see.
[ obvious exits: E ]
There are some tracks of an animal leaving east.
There are some tracks of an animal leaving east.
Eyes keen, a Domani razor stands here swishing its tail, being ridden by you.
A tough Shienaran soldier waits here. <--I lead this mob here and ungrouped it. The patrol was split.
A grizzled Shienaran veteran looks on.

* R HP:Hurt MV:Tiring > 'move along
You say 'move along'

* R HP:Hurt MV:Tiring > l
A grizzled veteran says 'As you command, Eol.'

So - last day which means this doesn't really matter.

(1) Only the Veteran responds to the command "move along", but he never actually moved - I initiated the command over and over again.
(2) None of the mobs responded to the "stand ground" command - perhaps they don't have a reply/acknowledgement. I didn't have anyone to fight to test this on to see if they would not chase.

Rereading the original post I'm actually a little confused over the whole thing - this has never been a stationary patrol. I had to roam the zone to find all the individual mobs that had split.