--- deliantra/server/common/living.C	2009/11/07 18:30:05	1.100
+++ deliantra/server/common/living.C	2009/11/09 18:47:55	1.101
@@ -1407,11 +1407,8 @@
   /* It is quite possible that a player's spell costing might have changed,
    * so we will check that now.
    */
-  if (type == PLAYER)
-    {
-      esrv_update_stats  (contr);
-      esrv_update_spells (contr);
-    }
+  if (is_player ())
+    contr->update_spells ();
 
   // update the mapspace, if we are on a map
   if (!flag [FLAG_REMOVED] && map)
@@ -1654,12 +1651,7 @@
     }
 
   if (changed)
-    {
-      who->update_stats ();
-      esrv_update_stats (who->contr);
-      /* check if the spell data has changed */
-      esrv_update_spells (who->contr);
-    }
+    who->update_stats (); // should cause esrv_update_stats and esrv_update_spells
 }
 
 /*