diff --git a/module/tests/scripted_spell_effect.rs b/module/tests/scripted_spell_effect.rs
index dfd29e1fa..c8ea3da8a 100644
--- a/module/tests/scripted_spell_effect.rs
+++ b/module/tests/scripted_spell_effect.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ fn an_enabled_scripted_effect_heals_the_resolved_target_and_credits_xp_to_the_ca
     let mut standalone = Standalone::start("scripted-effect-heal");
     standalone.publish_module();
     standalone.assert_call("debug_spawn_player_entity", &[&PLAYER.to_string()]);
-    prevent_scheduled_rage_decay(&standalone);
+    prevent_scheduled_regeneration(&standalone, PLAYER);
     standalone.assert_call("debug_set_power", &[&PLAYER.to_string(), "1000"]);
 
     insert_spell(
@@ -68,11 +68,9 @@ fn an_enabled_scripted_effect_heals_the_resolved_target_and_credits_xp_to_the_ca
     );
 
     let wolf = spawn_wolf(&standalone);
-    // `max_health` is the healed total, not a round number. A creature below its maximum regenerates
-    // on its own schedule, so an exact reading only survives when the heal fills the bar. A heal that
-    // never lands still fails here, because regeneration needs many passes to cover 15.
+    prevent_scheduled_regeneration(&standalone, wolf);
     standalone.assert_sql(&format!(
-        "UPDATE game_world_entity SET health = 50, max_health = 65 WHERE guid = {wolf}"
+        "UPDATE game_world_entity SET health = 50, max_health = 1000 WHERE guid = {wolf}"
     ));
     let xp_before = xp(&standalone, PLAYER);
 
@@ -128,6 +126,7 @@ fn a_scripted_effect_with_script_id_zero_stays_the_vanilla_no_op() {
     );
 
     let wolf = spawn_wolf(&standalone);
+    prevent_scheduled_regeneration(&standalone, wolf);
     standalone.assert_sql(&format!(
         "UPDATE game_world_entity SET health = 50, max_health = 1000 WHERE guid = {wolf}"
     ));
@@ -159,7 +158,7 @@ fn a_missing_or_disabled_script_refuses_the_cast_before_any_cost_is_spent() {
     let mut standalone = Standalone::start("scripted-effect-gate");
     standalone.publish_module();
     standalone.assert_call("debug_spawn_player_entity", &[&PLAYER.to_string()]);
-    prevent_scheduled_rage_decay(&standalone);
+    prevent_scheduled_regeneration(&standalone, PLAYER);
     standalone.assert_call("debug_set_power", &[&PLAYER.to_string(), "1000"]);
 
     insert_spell(
@@ -288,18 +287,14 @@ fn a_failing_scripted_effect_discards_only_its_own_staged_effects() {
     // Two calls, not one: the first buys headroom (`debug_set_power` raises `max_power` to meet
     // whatever it is told), the second sets the floor comfortably under that ceiling so the
     // effect's +50 below can never clamp against it.
-    prevent_scheduled_rage_decay(&standalone);
+    prevent_scheduled_regeneration(&standalone, PLAYER);
     standalone.assert_call("debug_set_power", &[&PLAYER.to_string(), "1000"]);
     standalone.assert_call("debug_set_power", &[&PLAYER.to_string(), "800"]);
     const FLOOR: u32 = 800;
     let wolf = spawn_wolf(&standalone);
-    // Keep this fixture in combat past the test deadline. Ordinary in-combat creatures do not
-    // regenerate health, so any change from 100 came from the failed Invocation.
+    prevent_scheduled_regeneration(&standalone, wolf);
     standalone.assert_sql(&format!(
-        "UPDATE game_world_entity SET health = 100, max_health = 100000, \
-         unit_flags = {}, combat_until_ms = {} WHERE guid = {wolf}",
-        unit_flags::IN_COMBAT,
-        u64::MAX,
+        "UPDATE game_world_entity SET health = 100, max_health = 100000 WHERE guid = {wolf}",
     ));
 
     standalone.assert_call(
@@ -399,15 +394,14 @@ fn power(standalone: &Standalone, guid: u64) -> u32 {
         .expect("power is a number")
 }
 
-/// These tests assign a Warrior's Rage so they can observe only the spell's power change. Keep the
-/// Character in combat beyond the fixture deadline so the unrelated regeneration pass cannot decay
-/// that Rage while the test publishes scripts and spells.
-fn prevent_scheduled_rage_decay(standalone: &Standalone) {
-    let flags = entity(standalone, PLAYER)["unit_flags"]
+/// Keep an entity in combat beyond the fixture deadline so scheduled regeneration cannot change an
+/// exact health or power observation.
+fn prevent_scheduled_regeneration(standalone: &Standalone, guid: u64) {
+    let flags = entity(standalone, guid)["unit_flags"]
         .parse::<u32>()
         .expect("unit flags are a number");
     standalone.assert_sql(&format!(
-        "UPDATE game_world_entity SET unit_flags = {}, combat_until_ms = {} WHERE guid = {PLAYER}",
+        "UPDATE game_world_entity SET unit_flags = {}, combat_until_ms = {} WHERE guid = {guid}",
         flags | unit_flags::IN_COMBAT,
         u64::MAX,
     ));