Index: java/net/sf/l2j/gameserver/model/L2Character.java
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--- java/net/sf/l2j/gameserver/model/L2Character.java	(revision 550)
+++ java/net/sf/l2j/gameserver/model/L2Character.java	(working copy)
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
  */
 package net.sf.l2j.gameserver.model;
 
+import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.Random;
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import net.sf.l2j.Config;
+import net.sf.l2j.L2DatabaseFactory;
 import net.sf.l2j.gameserver.ClientScheduler;
 import net.sf.l2j.gameserver.GameTimeController;
 import net.sf.l2j.gameserver.ai.CtrlEvent;
@@ -602,6 +605,46 @@
 		if (_affraid)  ae |= ABNORMAL_EFFECT_AFFRAID;
         return ae;
     }
+    
+    protected void consolePrint(String text) {
+    	if ( Config.DEBUG == true ) { System.out.println(text); }
+    }
+    
+    public int getClassIDOnly(int objectId) {
+    	//L2PcInstance player = null;
+        java.sql.Connection con = null;
+        int classId = 0;
+        //consolePrint("getClassIDOnly --- Lookup objectId: ("+objectId+")");
+        try
+        {
+            con = L2DatabaseFactory.getInstance().getConnection();
+            PreparedStatement statement = con.prepareStatement("SELECT `classid` FROM characters WHERE obj_id=?");
+            statement.setInt(1, objectId);
+            //consolePrint("getClassIDOnly --- statement: (SELECT `classid` FROM characters WHERE obj_id="+objectId+")");
+            ResultSet rset = statement.executeQuery();
+            //consolePrint("getClassIDOnly --- rset: ("+rset+")");
+            
+            while (rset.next())
+            {
+            	classId = rset.getInt("classid");
+            	//consolePrint("getClassIDOnly --- classId("+rset.getInt("classid")+"): ("+classId+")");
+                break;
+            }
+            
+            rset.close();
+            statement.close();
+        }
+        catch (Exception e)
+        {
+			_log.log(Level.WARNING, "could not get char data:", e);
+        } 
+        finally 
+        {
+            try { con.close(); } catch (Exception e) {}
+        }
+        //consolePrint("getClassIDOnly --- return: ("+classId+")");
+        return classId;
+    }
 
 	public abstract void updateAbnormalEffect();