Question Trigger of the Day - Following Mob Assist

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Perfect timing on this. I was just looking for a way to make all pets auto assist by default.

I'd recommend changing this line:

eval master %self.master%

to:

set master %self.master%

Especially if you plan to attach it to a ton of mobs.

I've been working with this and for some reason, this trigger won't execute for me. This is what I see when switched into the mob (who is following) when its master is under attack. It would like to assist but it can't identify the master, apparently:

Tester tickles an enormous bear as she pierces him.
An enormous bear mauls at Tester, missing wildly!
a bear cub>

No one by that name here.
Tester pierces an enormous bear.
An enormous bear mauls Tester.
a bear cub>

Tester barely pierces an enormous bear.
An enormous bear mauls Tester.
a bear cub>

Looks like it is working, you just can't find the target.
Are you in a dark room, is the mob blind, or is the wrong alias being used?

It's setting the variable(s). I was switched into the following mob (a bear cub) so I could see what it sees/does. The testing room is not dark, and no mobs are blinded.

This is usually the time when I start to reverse-engineer potential issues - that's the way my brain works. I tested quite a few things with no results, and then got to this: It wants the keyword(s) to be exactly the s-desc for this to work. In this case, the s-desc is 'an enormous bear' and the keywords were 'enormous bear mamabear'. As soon as I changed the keywords to 'an enormous bear mamabear' this trigger worked.

That's somewhat inelegant because now a player can type 'look an', and it sees the bear instead of 'look enormous', 'look bear', or 'look mamabear'.

So yes, the trigger works but is there a way to get around it wanting to match the entire s-desc to the keywords? Or am I only halfway there to figuring this out?

Thanks so much!