Merchants: Evidence merchants should be immune to charm

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https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/alt.games.everquest/charm$20merchant%7Csort:date/alt.games.everquest/EMsq68aYKrU/QASJQO-76TIJ

There are numerous interesting posts in this thread regarding it.

All in all it seems to suggest some specific NPC merchants were flagged as uncharmable, but these were exceptions. These are also from early 2001, so no 100% ideal time frame.


"The TBoots merchant can't be charmed. Not even Dictate (level 60 enchanter
charm) works on that vendor.

Since SKs don't get sneak (they get hide, not sneak), the only way Fomar is
going to get TBoots is to do it the hard way and build faction."


This guy seems to know what he is talking about, appearing to even have first hand knowledge of dictate usage. and the way it is written suggests that it's not the usual case merchants are uncharmable.


Other posts in that thread seems to convey that merchants were thought generally charmable and some are even incredulous this sol a one seems to not be. one appearing to be a high level enchanter himself saying he is going to test it himself with dictate: