Are newbie monsters supposed to have kick?

[Rhodan]

Yep, changing the newbie mobs to bard instead of warrior did the trick! This was without changing mob stats at all (I had just restored a "fresh" peq database).

I also quickly discovered that spiderlings have poison...

UPDATE npc_types SET spell_list_id=0 WHERE spell_list_id=44 AND level < 5;

Both my Barb war and the WE ranger are now rockin' their newbie zones by level 3 with just rusty weapons and a couple bits of cloth armour.

Thanks for the tips!

P.S. We should start a tips for newbie zones thread in the database forum just for those folks that don't want to start everyone twinked up the wazoo.