From 5285e8a16326e15bc643a2455afb54195e1b1ed8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Coene <pcoene1@rochester.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 14:40:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Rooted mobs cast spells instead of doing nothing.

---
 zone/mob_ai.cpp | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/zone/mob_ai.cpp b/zone/mob_ai.cpp
index 58c856d77..8efdba38c 100644
--- a/zone/mob_ai.cpp
+++ b/zone/mob_ai.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ bool NPC::AICastSpell(Mob* tar, uint8 iChance, uint32 iSpellTypes) {
 	if(AI_HasSpells() == false)
 		return false;
 
-	if (iChance < 100) {
+	// Rooted mobs were just standing around when tar out of range.
+	// Any sane mob would cast if they can.
+	bool cast_only_option = (IsRooted() && !CombatRange(tar));
+
+	if (!cast_only_option && iChance < 100) {
 		if (zone->random.Int(0, 100) >= iChance)
 			return false;
 	}