Shattered Kingdoms

I have noticed since I have slowly been increasing my art+level I am having a harder time summoning the same NPCs as I did a few levels previous. Anyone else notice this trend, or is it just the drugs?

Nope, just bad luck.

On another note though, has anyone found that when they get rezzed/breathoflife/raise dead, that they can train their skills easier?

Art will most of the time not affect summoning NPCs as I understand it. Art only effects someone with save mods on their armor. Example of numbers not sure of the exact ratio so we will go with one for one. You have art 3 they have willpower 6 on their armor it is the same as you have art 0 and them having will 3. If you have art 3 and they have 0 will same as you having 0 art them with 0 will. If you have art 6 and they have will 3 it is the same as you having art 3 and them having will 0.
At least that is my understanding of how art works.
If Im wrong someone will correct me Im sure.

I would consider art more then an addition to your own roll.

When you summon bob, you first have to succesfully roll the summon spell, that you are casting it without fail. Then you have to roll your own summon score, of maybe 30. And you have 10 art trains, so your total summon power for that summon is 40.

Your target bob has a few willpower mods for 12 willpower and he has auto summon on. He is in another area other then the caster summoning him, and gets a bonus of 30 to his resist summon score. His resist summon roll was 5, so with 12, 30, and 5, he has a total resist summon score of 47. So bob resist the summons and gets an echo that someone is trying to summon him.


Now, those aren't the only factors that will tell you if you going to resist summon or not, MR might also have an effect. Not to mention the level of the caster, and person resisting, their int and wisdom, and innate resistances all come into play.

As for summon getting worse with art trains, that sounds like a myth and you are on drugs.

I want some drugs!