On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Mr. Beeba wrote:

> From: "Mr. Beeba" <flpmc@...>
>
> One question...can druids, clerics, etc., or those
> that heal, heal monsters that they are fighting if they
> have the monster targeted?

No. Not unless it's charmed.

> I have never played a healer
> type and was wondering if this was the case. Yesterday in
> Permafrost I was grouped with a druid that was supposed to
> be healing me when I was getting hurt, but for some reason
> every time I asked for a heal, the monster would get more
> health and mine would still go down. The druids
> explanation was that there were other monsters of its race
> healing it

Yup. Not only can monsters cast spells at you through walls,
they can heal each other through walls. Lots of stuff in
Permafrost heals each other.

> and the reason mine was not healing fast is
> because his heal did not work very well. Needless to say
> I died and quickly ungrouped from this person. So is what
> the druid said true?

Yes it's true. Druids get a lot of flak for being
"overpowered" but that's mostly from people who haven't played
the class. They get one heal spell every 10 levels. When
they first get the spell, it can heal about one bubble.
Within a few levels, it's a half bubble. The last 3-4 levels
before they get their next heal spell, by the time the druid
gets the heal spell off the monster has done more damage than
the spell healed. They are basically useless as healers half
their lower levels, and all of their higher levels (they get
their last heal spell at 34ish I think).

> Or am I correct in my assumption
> that the druid was healing the monsters?

No way to do that.
--
John H. Kim
kim@...