Mage pets come auto equipped with summoned gear. No one knew what exactly until now. A bug after tonight's raid let me kill off a mage pet and loot it. It had a full set of armor, 4 items from jewelry and a cloak ( http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/item ... tem=103534 ). This cloak, I am guessing, is a result of the 'em' focus of the summoning mage. So EM XIV gives the pet a 'Cloak of Enhancement XIV'
The notable items missing were a haste mask, and the two brackets from a jewelry set.
I do not know how the mage pet became independent. As far as i know there is no charm function in the Time and Tides raid, so it must have been just that perfect timing of casting and player death. Either way we were left with an earth pet that belonged to the mage's corpse (see the title under the pet name). Upon killing it i linked the items. The armor and trinkets seem to be the normal player summonable items and just linked the one item i knew was unusual.
Unanswered is whether pets have a range slot. There is not an item for it, but it does not mean that there is no available spot. Also it has been noted that Fluffy is missing a haste mask and a wrist slot item (only one bracer/let is on) EM14 is the pet focus.
