On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Peck White wrote:

> I am new to the list and being a Necro. I am a level 4 Necro on the
> Mithaniel Marr server. I am a little confused on the pet weapon issue.
> Last night I gave my pet a rusty short sword. Before I gave it to him his
> max damage was 6. After I gave it to him it went to 10. Was it just a
> fluke and the weapon didn't do anything? That's what the below seems to
> suggest.

No. The previous message was talking about a pet from the L24 spell. No
cheap weapon is good enough to increase that pet's damage.

For levels up to about 16, however, it still makes sense to give your pet
a rusty 2H Sword, Halberd, or Scythe. Personally, even at L21 I give my
pet a rusty weapon because I prefer the look.

Pets do the better of their natural damage and the damage of the weapon
they hold. They ignore the delay of the weapon.
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Mark Rafn dagon@... <http://www.dagon.net/> !G