Strange Mana Regen Issue

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**SOLVED**
It was user error. I had set the Skill Caps for Meditate to start at their classic values (for instance, necro getting Meditate at lvl 4) but I never gave levels 1-3 a value higher than 0, so my characters started with no mana regeneration at all.

ORIGINAL PROBLEM:
So I've been playing on my private Everquest emulator server for a few months with some friends, we have been having a blast.

Tonight, a new friend joined the server and all of his brand new characters started completely OOM and never regen mana.

My characters regen mana just fine and my friends who have been playing with me for months are also reporting no issues on their existing characters...

However, as a test, I created a new character and I do, in fact, start completely oom and never regen mana on that new character.

I have no idea where to even begin with troubleshooting an issue like this. Has anyone experienced something like this before?