Wizard spell Rend was actually mistakenly Cold resist until March 21st, 2000 patch

[Dolalin]

Rend was actually Cold resist until March 21st, 2000. Verifiable with March SPDats here:

https://github.com/dbsanfte/eq-archives/tree/master/spdat

Patch notes here:


- The Wizard spell "Rend" was improperly saving versus cold. It now saves versus Magic.

https://wiki.project1999.com/Patch_Notes#March_21.2C_2000


Mentioned in the Graffe news archive here:


Tuesday
March 21, 2000

Today's Patch:
Along with today's patch that mostly changed server-side issues, Rend now has the correct saving throw against Magic. This was the patch message:

- The Wizard spell "Rend" was improperly saving versus cold. It now saves versus Magic.

https://web.archive.org/web/www.graffe.com//home/archive_0300.htm


Contrast the March 14th 2000 SPDat:


Rend
Decrease Hit Points (HP) from 774 (L49) to 784 (L50)


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Classes: Wiz (L49)

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Range to Target: 200 feet

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Skill: Evocation
Allowable Targets: All

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Resistance Check: Cold

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Mana Required: 280
Spell Duration: Instant
Casting Time: 6.30 seconds
Spell Recovery: 2.50 seconds

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Spell cast on you: You scream as a magic force rends the skin from your body.
Spell cast on someone: Soandso screams as a magic force rends away their flesh.

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With the March 27th, 2000 SPDat:


Rend
Decrease Hit Points (HP) from 774 (L49) to 784 (L50)


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Classes: Wiz (L49)

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Range to Target: 200 feet

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Skill: Evocation
Allowable Targets: All

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Resistance Check: Magic

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Mana Required: 280
Spell Duration: Instant
Casting Time: 6.30 seconds
Spell Recovery: 2.50 seconds

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Spell cast on you: You scream as a magic force rends the skin from your body.
Spell cast on someone: Soandso screams as a magic force rends away their flesh.

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[nilbog]

This appears to already be true in the spells file, but is currently set to change to Magic in June 2000, not March 2000. Hmm

[Telin]

I moved it back to March 2000 given the patch note, I'm not seeing anything showing the spell update was delayed.