*sigh*
This teaches me to write an email just before I went to sleep. What I was
referring to was this person's inability to charm the Magician. Since he
was grouped with the magician he is unable to cast harmful effects like
charm on him.
Treilanin Loreweaver.
On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Rokenn Swiftsong wrote:
> From: "Rokenn Swiftsong" <rokenn@...>
>
> Actually the reason it did not stick is that a couple of months ago they
> patched charm so that you could not charm a pet while the summoner is still
> alive.
>
> Rokenn
>
>
> >From: Abraham Hardjana <ahardjan@...>
> >Reply-To: eqbards@onelist.com
> >To: eqbards@onelist.com
> >Subject: Re: [eqbards] Has anyone dueled a magician?
> >Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 00:15:28 -0500 (EST)
> >
> >Hey Beatdrop....
> >
> >The reason why your charm did not stick was the fact that you were still
> >grouped with the Magician. When grouped all spells and effects that are
> >harmful to your group members does not hit. I know for a fact that charm
> >works. Heck I used it on my bride to be two patches after the PvP charm
> >patch and it worked without a problem. If this is not the case then my
> >bride will spank this poor bard when we duel this coming Saturday...
> >
> >Treilanin Loreweaver
> >
> >
> >On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Beatdrop Battledrum wrote:
> >
> > > From: "Beatdrop Battledrum" <Beatdrop@...>
> > >
> > > Last night I was in a group in Highkeep and we got on the topic of
> >dueling. While I was running my mouth, the magician I was with challenged
> >me to a duel. We were the same level (29) and I said what the hell. He
> >had a fire elemental pet that was blue to me so I decided that the only way
> >I would stand a chance would be to try to charm him into fighting his pet.
> >Well, let me just say that I thought charm was only nerfed on the PvP
> >servers and NOT in PvP mode. Wrong! So I start the duel with the thought
> >of charming him. Hit the song, and wait, and wait, and wait... no pulse!
> >WTF? So I try charming his pet that is now attacking me. Resist, resist,
> >(thinking cool, its pulsing, gonna work), charm sticks but no charm!
> >Instead I got a message saying 'This NPC cannot be charmed.' Dammit! NOOO!
> >Meanwhile, I am getting the hell nuked out of me while trying to figure out
> >what to do next. So I die. I pop back up and my opponents health bar is
> >down (still grouped) and I hear 'Beat, Demi is getting the sh*t kicked out
> >of him.' Come to find out, after looting my corpse, that after I died, his
> >pet agro'd on him. Strange charm bug is what I am assuming.
> > >
> > > Has anyone on the list dueled a magician or a caster with a pet and won?
> > He was a really cool guy and I asked him for a rematch some other time.
> >My new tactic is just like how I would fight a wizzie, below him to death.
> >His pet wasn't hitting to hard and I think I can solo his pet by melee and
> >songs. So, I think I can take him by just staying on his butt and keeping
> >his spells interrupted.
> > >
> > > Any other suggestions? I am also assuming that Screech won't work
> >either.
> > >
> > > --
> > > ~Beatdrop Battledrum <Platinum Sphere>
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