The Summoner class in Shards of Britannia combines the power of magery with a dark link to the spirit world to summon and command powerful creatures beyond what's found in a typical spellbook. The Summoner relies on a Summoner's Tome which holds the various unlocked summon spells. Summons can only be bound to Britannia for a short time before they release back to the spirit world. A Summoner requires not only an understanding of the otherworld, but also a deep understanding of the physical world they reside in. Thus the Animal Lore and Veterinary skills may play heavily into a summoner's life.
Magery
- Required to cast all Spellbook and Summoner's Tome Summons spells
- Summoner Tome Summons require a minimum of 60.1 Magery to unlock and cast
- Summons have a base duration of 1 minute
Spirit Speak
- Summoner Tome Summons require a minimum of 60.1 Spirit Speak to unlock and cast
- The duration of a controlled summon scales up with the Summoner's Spirit Speak skill, up to 1 additional minute at GM/100 skill
- At 80 Spirit Speak the summoner can cast the Bless spell on their controllable summons and grant them a 50% chance to resist any attempt to Dispel the creature. At GM/100, it is 95% resist chance.
Animal Lore (Optional)
- The Dark Guardian, the most powerful summon, requires GM/100 Animal Lore to unlock and cast
- The duration of a controlled summon scales up with the Summoner's Animal Lore skill, up to 1 additional minute at GM/100 skill
- Animal Lore provides a bonus to the amount of damage healed by the Veterinary skill
Veterinary (Optional)
- Veterinary skill allows you to heal your summons' health
- The maximum health of any summoned creature is boosted to a maximum of +25% at GM/100 Veterinary
- The duration of a controlled summon scales up with the Summoner's Veterinary skill, up to 1 additional minute at GM/100 skill
Undead:
- Summons are not undead and will not obey an undead's commands.
Herding:
- Herding does not apply to summons as it does with Animal Taming, and carries no benefit to summoning.
Summon Duration:
- A variety of mechanisms exist which can increase the duration of your Summons. Tailors can craft specialized Summoner Leather armor, Scribes can craft mystic spellbooks which grant Summon duration bonuses, and Summoner talismans can be purchased from an NPC.
Veil Shards:
- These tokens are used for a variety of Summoner activities: obtaining an empty Summoner's Tome, unlocking new summon spells, and trading to an NPC for Summoner gear and talismans.
- Veil Shards may be dropped by demonic creatures and evil mages.
Vet Summoner
- Magery
- Spirit Speak
- Animal Lore
- Meditation
- Veterinary
- Evaluate Intelligence
- Your choice (Wrestling / Tracking)
Bard Summoner
- Magery
- Spirit Speak
- Meditation
- Musicianship
- Peacemaking
- Provoke
- Discordance
Provo Summoner
- Magery
- Spirit Speak
- Animal Lore
- Meditation
- Musicianship
- Provoke
- Your choice (Discordance / Wrestling / Evaluate Intelligence / Tracking)