Game Mechanics: Myconid Spore King

[Colgate]

right now the myconid spore king is using the Flame of Light spell, which to my knowledge doesn't exist until velious

[Thu Aug 28 21:04:15 2014] myconid spore king regains concentration and continues casting.
[Thu Aug 28 21:04:15 2014] You resist the Flame of Light spell!

he also appears to be using AI that i've never seen in this era, where he will cast stuns to interrupt someone else's casts when they're not at the top of the hate list

for example, i was fighting him with a cleric healing me yesterday, and he would repeatedly cast Force on the cleric while the cleric was in the middle of casting a spell, despite me having aggro the whole fight

[Thu Aug 28 20:30:00 2014] Myconid spore king hits YOU for 232 points of damage.
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:00 2014] Myconid spore king hits YOU for 251 points of damage.
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:01 2014] You punch myconid spore king for 56 points of damage.
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:01 2014] You punch myconid spore king for 26 points of damage.
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:01 2014] You punch myconid spore king for 25 points of damage.
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:01 2014] You punch myconid spore king for 1 point of damage.
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:02 2014] You try to punch myconid spore king, but miss!
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:02 2014] You try to punch myconid spore king, but miss!
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:02 2014] You try to punch myconid spore king, but myconid spore king dodges!
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:02 2014] You punch myconid spore king for 42 points of damage.
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:02 2014] myconid spore king begins to cast a spell.
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:02 2014] You try to punch myconid spore king, but miss!
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:02 2014] You try to punch myconid spore king, but miss!
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:02 2014] You punch myconid spore king for 45 points of damage.
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:03 2014] You punch myconid spore king for 21 points of damage.
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:03 2014] You punch myconid spore king for 41 points of damage.
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:03 2014] You punch myconid spore king for 15 points of damage.
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:03 2014] You punch myconid spore king for 2 points of damage.
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:04 2014] You try to punch myconid spore king, but miss!
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:04 2014] You punch myconid spore king for 42 points of damage.
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:04 2014] You try to punch myconid spore king, but miss!
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:04 2014] You punch myconid spore king for 8 points of damage.
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:04 2014] You kick myconid spore king for 86 points of damage.
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:04 2014] Your attempt to disarm failed.
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:04 2014] myconid spore king regains concentration and continues casting.
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:04 2014] Constantine's casting is interrupted!
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:04 2014] Constantine is stunned.
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:04 2014] Myconid spore king tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:04 2014] Myconid spore king hits YOU for 270 points of damage.
[Thu Aug 28 20:30:04 2014] Myconid spore king bashes YOU for 104 points of damage.

not sure what era this type of NPC AI is from, but i don't recall ever seeing another NPC do something like this in kunark

[Daldaen]

I've had several mobs on this box turn and casts a stun on me when I'm playing as a cleric even when someone else had aggro the whole time.

Unsure if classic... That's decently intelligent AI. But I approve of it. Throws a wrench in Donal's BP spam which has been classic too long.

Flame of Light: https://web.archive.org/web/20001209...?Class=Paladin

Description: As part of the prelude for the Ice based encounters of Velious, this spell adds a fire based direct damage spell to the arsenal of magic attacks the paladin has.
This spell was released with the Velious expansion.

Will go ahead and confirm not supposed to be in yet.

[Man0warr]

Those drakes on Isle 7 in Sky use Velious wizard spells too, one of them hits for like 1500 I think.

[Ciroco]

Caradon in the Hole also uses Flame of Light.

[Nirgon]

Yaw pull flame of light till Velious.

Not sure if pally npcs should ever cast it even after its removed.