hehe well, if you have a druid/enchanter/magi friend, and they have a pet,
you can cast buffs on them and it does help....<charmed a kodiak with my
druid once, buffed it, and when it broke charm it about killed me.....> but
yes, in some cases, buffing does help the npc

(\/)ystix

Trizzen Do'Trevan wrote:

> From: Trizzen Do'Trevan <trizzen@...>
>
> I have often wondered if casting buffs on NPCs is
> actually beneficial to them, but I have never taken
> the time to experiment. It does seem to me that most
> spells do not affect NPCs.
>
> I tried healing a guard that was fighting a dark elf
> in freeport, and the guards life did not move. I tried
> healing him like four times without any sucess. This
> would also go along with my experience killing dark
> elf guards. Seems for some reason, people take offense
> to me killing their guards. :) The solution is that I
> occasionally have a dragoon trained on me. Since I am
> only level 20, it would be easier for a dark elf
> cleric to just heal the corporal until I died.
>
> The other side is I have heard of people casting see
> invisible on NPC guards and having them attack invis
> players. Also seems that other people have had success
> healing NPCs as they are fighting kill stealers.
>
> so, the question I guess I have is what buff spells
> work on NPCs and what spells do not?
>
> Eylena 20th circle no last name priestess of Tunare.
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