Wandering Minstrel NPC, but he just sits in one place? Kinda ironic to call it that, isn't it?

Hmm...

An issue wherein using an item on a friendly NPC sometimes generated enmity.
Does using items on actual players generate enmity? If not, I'm guessing that's why they're fixing this to match how it works with players.

I was always under the impression using items on other players generated a very small bit of enmity.