Here's an idea: Don't do the inverse summoning thing. But make it so that with more pks around, it is more likely it doesn't work or it summons the wrong person. There are several ways you could do this and have it fit logically.

For example, when a lot of people are around, you split the chance of success with everyone present and see who comes up as the target of the spell. So if there is the summoner plus 5 others in the area, he'll have a 20% chance of the Summon spell targeting the desired target. Then you try the saves to see if he/she is actually summoned or not.

A second way might be to give it only a chance to wrongly summon people in the same room as you. The Summon magic looks for another person to summon, and those nearby are easily sucked in. Hang around too many people when you're trying to summon, and it probably won't work as you like, but it will work as usual when you are alone and there's another huge gang in the area. So if there is the summoner plus 5 others in the area, with 2 people in the same room: 33% chance per guy in room, and 33% chance of summoning correct target (assuming he fails his saves after this).

And there could be a lot of variations between, and around, these two. Maybe you have a chance of summoning anyone in the area, but a slightly better chance of summoning people near you. Maybe the spell picks off the person in the area with the worst saves, no matter where he is (this would be delightful for a necromancer, but might seem to encourage picking on newbies too much). Maybe there is a chance to summon mobs from the area.

I do think Nepenthe is right about Centurions versus Summon, but I know there has been griping about cabal defences that could be 4 versus 2 at the inner cabal guard that end up at the outer as 4 versus 1, twice, due to summoning.

Please don't mess up summon too much though. Although it is frequently used to beat down on solo people, it is also a really good tool for splitting up and fighting groups as a solo person.


Hutto, the Sleepy Nitpicker