well my caster's still do not cast, i have checked npc_spells and npc_spells_entries, i see the bot rows in the npc_spells table, but i'm not really sure what i'm looking for on the other. using server 1843 and DB 1751 with all updates in the update folder ran, it seems that
this post and mine are very much alike..
http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=32995