NPC summon limit? any known cause?

[Khuzvhan]

I've just reached at the Abyss watchers doors and i found three NPC's summon sign. I tried a lot of different ways, but its just impossible to summon more than one. Since it is my first boss after stacking the 5 Dark Sigils (what makes yuria appears) and there's the option for cure the Dark Sigil at the Firekeeper, i wonder if this could be some kind of curse from it or it's normal for this fight... at previous bosses i could summon more than one at time. i'm asking because if it is the dark sigil i'm gonna farm to remove this ♥♥♥♥ ASAP.

ps: i've chose one and killed the boss anyways...

[Khuzvhan]

bump



not even google god has the precious info...

[Atrabene]

You should be able to summon three other phantoms, two you should be able to on your own. If you want to summon a third phantom, you have to use the dried finger item, which you can get from the shrine handmaiden. I dont really know how the dark sigil works yet, so I may be wrong on that account :)

[Khuzvhan]

yeah, i know about the dried finger... the problem is there was 3 NPC's signs on the ground, but i could only summon one, then the others dissapears... i hope that was just a boss "rule" of choosing and summoning only one NPC. If someone could tell if they could summon more than one in this fight..

[Wade the Wilson]

You have to use the Dried Fingers item, sold by the Shrine Handmaiden. It lets you get an extra summon.

I'm a bit pissed off myself honestly, from what I can tell, you can summon actual players with NO ISSUE, up to 3 with Dried Fingers. But for some reason NPCs require Dried Fingers just to get TWO?!

I sincerely hope this is a bug, otherwise chalk another screw-up by FROM soft here, which hurts my soul to say...

[Nobody]

not sure about that
i had that dried finger thing but could only summon 1 NPC in that fight with both of my characters
In Pontiaff i could summon 2 NPCs

[shikushiku]

Farron Keep has a 1 summon limit instead of the standard 2 summon limit, IIRC.

[devSin]

Originally posted by Wade the Wilson:

I'm a bit pissed off myself honestly, from what I can tell, you can summon actual players with NO ISSUE, up to 3 with Dried Fingers. But for some reason NPCs require Dried Fingers just to get TWO?!

It's just a thing with the area.

You can summon multiple NPCs for most fights (e.g., Albert and Sword Master for Vordt, or Anri and Horace for the Deacons).

[Wade the Wilson]

You don't just buy the fingers, you have to actually use the item. Did you activate them?

And if that's the case in Farron, it friggin SUCKS. Why would they do that? But I used them during the Crystal Sage fight, to get the NPC and a second summon. So I know they work...

[Lord of Pain Valak]

This might be a very late question to answer, but meh.

Yes, you can summon more than 1 NPC Phantoms, and there are no limits on how many NPCs you can get, save from the normal Max.2 Phantoms rule (Or 3 with Dried Fingers)
The summon sign in DS III can be a tad broken, with all summon signs disappear after you have summoned one, but you can wait for the next wave of summon signs to appear, and then summon the next NPC.
After all that, if you want to summon one more NPC, use a dried finger and the summon signs should appear once more. if it doesn't appear, just wait for all summon signs to spawn back.

[Renzokuken]

Road of Sacrifices and Farron Keep have a 1 summon limit (2 with dried finger) because they are covenant invasion areas. Every other place is the usual 2 (3 max)

[Wade the Wilson]

^ This. This is the right answer.