The Hidden Forest

Targeting player characters can be challenging when they have either swarm pets or are a beastlord. The challenge is due to the nature of the /target command. The command is an "included" search rather than an "only" search. For example, if you have two characters named Bonk and Bonkers, the command /tar Bonk is satisfied by both characters because they both start with "Bonk". Typically, then, you'll end up targeting whichever one is closer. Since we're all careful not to name our characters in that way, the real issue comes up with beastlords and swarm pets. Since a beastlord named Bonk has a pet called Bonk's Warder, typing /tar Bonk can have you targeting the warder instead of the beastlord if it is closer. Same goes with swarm pets because they're named after the caster. There is a lot of misinformation out there on the proper line to always target the player character. The following is the proper command, where "name" is the name of your target:

//tar id ${Spawn[pc Name].ID}

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