Last night, I was grouped with a necromancer in MM. There were only a
handful of people in the zone so we decided to pull the mobs back to the
zone and fight there. On one occasion, I pulled two familiars that we were
handling just fine. Out of nowhere, a flouting gargoyle appeared. None of
the other people in the zone were nearby so I know for a fact they didn't
lead the gargoyle to us. At the time the garg appeared, the necro was over
75% health. In an instant, he got zapped by something and was killed. He
checked his text window to see what zapped him but couldn't find an
explanantion. Later on, I made a similar pull. This time I got three
familiars by mistake. They all attacked me so I started to sing Lullaby and
put them to sleep. Once again, out of nowhere, three flouting gargoyles
appeared right on top of us. I was around 60% health at the time. Before I
had a chance to even start running to the zone, I got zapped and was knocked
from 60% to dead in one shot. Like the necro earlier, there weren't any
text messages to indicate I should have taken that much damage in one shot.

I am inclined to believe that our deaths were a result of a bug, which I'm
told sometimes occurs in MM. First off, the gargs spawned right next to the
zone, which I am almost certain shouldn't have occured. Everyone in the
zone were in their 20s and camping around the lake. I don't know where
flouting gargoyles normally spawn, but I would assume nowhere near where
everyone was pulling from (the pathway leading to the graveyard). I can't
think of any reason how the flouting gargs got to the zone except due to a
bug. Second, the text messages did not indicate I got hit by a spell, which
could have accounted for losing 60% of my health in one shot. Even if I did
get hit by a spell, the damage that familiars can do in one shot (usually
with Force Shock), shouldn't be over 400 hit points. I did get hit for
physical damage by the gargs but not enough to do 400 hit points of health,
which was about what I had when they appeared.

Has anyone else had similar deaths in MM?

Galtin of E'ci
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