ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

While thinking about prodigies, occurred to me to ask... does Hidden Resources negate the soul cost of Necromancer summons?

Planning my first real necro run, just curious if anyone has tried. Would seem overpowered, on the other hand should work that way by RAW.

Probably not.

No, it does work with the souls resource.

I was curious, so I just tested this in-game with the cheat mode. Hidden Resources does not work with souls, and nor does Highborn's Bloom. They're still moderately useful for necros, though, since necros tend to run into mana problems.

I can see why it would not work with Souls. Necromancers' mana issues are easier remedied by equipping a few items with a bonus, using a prodigy slot for this seems excessive.

With the recent modification to how souls work, it is likely that Hidden Resources now works with souls.

As of the update that gave them Animus, souls are a resource just like any other, and their expenditure is affected by the zero_resource_costs attribute.

Wow. What is the cooldown on this prodigy?

Well, Higher Necromancer just got even higher!