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- Magic and other abilities you use on party members will now also benefit the fellow you summoned.

Hallefreakinglujah. Taking my NPC out on BRD was always such a disappointing pain.

Also, every time I see that particular NPC name, I misread it as "Amirite?"

Now my question is, why can't SE extend the Fellow adjustment to casting party-only buffs to other "extra" party members such as pets? Would that make them too powerful, or is it something that would warrant consideration?

The NPCs are temporary little bonuses you pull out for a bit of XP or farming or whatever. They're not part and parcel of a real leveling strategy, so it's no big deal for them to get those buffs. If pets could get those buffs, they'd be overpowered. Especially, say, WHM/BST, RDM/BST etc. Not that it couldn't be done, but it'd need something to balance it out, and that gets tricky. Easier to just leave it as is.