I thought my familiar would disappear when it reaches zero, but it doesn't...and I can still use its special move. Is it that you can't summon a new familiar at zero summoning points?

 

 

 

I don't really understand the point of having summoning points drain like prayer when there are mini obelisks practically everywhere.

 

 

 

I can't seem to find the answer in the RS Knowledge base.

yup ya just need the points to summon, not to keep it

Yep they are needed to summon a new familier, they only really come into play when you are doing something like a long DK solo mage trip.

 

 

 

If you have your invy planned around...say 6 unicorns (max i have seen used efficiently), you would be able to summon the first 2 but then you would have 0 summon points.

 

However only a small amount of points is needed to summon a new familier, so you only need one drink of summon pot to summon a new one.

 

 

 

Apart from situations such as this they are basically irelivent, and at most a minor inconvenience.