Cannot get the NPC characters to do animations after respawning

I’m trying to make a DKO style game and I have my player character and 3 non-player characters on the map right now. I have them setup so when they get hit they get knocked back. I also set it up so when they hit 999.99%, the die and are destroyed. They then respawn back to the area they start and that is all working but when they respawn they no longer get knocked back.