Yup, I also tried Telmet's as my first EQEmu server and noticed the same thing. Was pretty pathetic having a griffing hitting a lvl 50 war for constant double 88 in the commons. What really dropped my jaw to the ground was that rampaging hill giant. haha, that was funny...guess it was flagged in the data, but I'm not gonna bother looking for it. HG was also hitting for up to 125 instead of the regular 96.
Good first experience, but I guess I'll go looking for the official files this time around.
Edit: I've never been hit by a rampaging mob before as I usually play casters, so that might be why it hit up to 125 if rampaging has the effect of increasing damage.