Monstrous Menagerie

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Monstrous Menagerie
Casting noise	7
Spell noise	0
Flags	Mons abjure, Monster }}

Summons a powerful exotic creature to the caster's aid: either a manticore, a lindwurm, or a sphinx marauder.

Monstrous Menagerie is a monster-only spell which summons an exotic, ranged creature.

Useful Info

One beast is summoned. Possible summons include:

• H Manticore
• k Lindwurm
• H Sphinx

The following enemies cast Monstrous Menagerie:

• @ Kirke

History

Monstrous Menagerie
Level	7
School1	Summoning
Source(s)	Book of Beasts
Casting noise	0
Spell noise	5

Summons a powerful exotic creature to the caster's aid: a manticore, a lindwurm, or, at high power, even a sphinx. Casting the spell at higher power also increases the strength of the beasts themselves.

• Prior to 0.33, Monstrous Menagerie was a Level 7 Summonings spell that players could cast. It was replaced by Sphinx Sisters.
• Prior to 0.28, Monstrous Menagerie had a summon cap of 4.
• Prior to 0.27, Monstrous Menagerie could summon 1-3 harpies.
• Prior to 0.22, for followers of Dithmenos, lindwurms were replaced by manticores.
• Prior to 0.18, Monstrous Menagerie was a level 6 spell.
• Prior to 0.17, this spell was found in the Book of Beasts and Book of Summonings, but not the Grand Grimoire.
• Prior to 0.16, this spell had a summon cap of 5.
• Monstrous Menagerie was added in 0.14.