Aside from playing tricks on newbies (have it 'sit' and when they run up to loot an apparently dead skel, have it stand up and scare the bejesus out of them) I dunno what the benefit is.
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On 5/18/99, at 8:34 AM, Mata wrote:
>From: "Mata" <mata_eq@...>
>
>Thanks Peter . . . Does anyone know why I would want my skel to sit
>down? Does it give any advantage, like can I have him sit down if a guard
>is coming and I go invis and then have him stand up after the guard is gone?
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Peter Smith <jaded@...>
>To: <EQ_Necromancer@onelist.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 7:32 AM
>Subject: Re: [EQ_Necromancer] Pet Question . ..
>
>
>> From: "Peter Smith" <jaded@...>
>>
>> The level one pet spell is fairly useless. Basically you're summoning a
>decaying skeleton, and you know how easily they die, right? Push on to level
>4 and you'll find your new pet much more useful.
>>
>>
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>> On 5/18/99, at 7:27 AM, Mata wrote:
>>
>> >From: "Mata" <mata_eq@...>
>> >
>> >So I have a problem, every pet I have summoned has been L1! I made it
>to
>> >level 2 yesterday and I summoned 13 skeletons thus far and every single
>one
>> >was L1 (coned black while I was 1 and blue while I was 2)
>> >I read several places that at low lvls we should be able to summon a pet
>> >that could be above our lvl, I'd be happy w/ a Skel that WAS my lvl.
>> >
>> >Does it matter what type of bone chips are used to summon????
>> >
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