Forceful Invitation

Version 0.34: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.

Forceful Invitation
Casting noise	4
Spell noise	0
Flags	Monster

Summons some creatures from one of the Snake Pit, the Spider Nest, the Swamp, the Shoals, the Elven Halls, the Vaults, or the Crypt; the specific branch varies with the caster.

Forceful Invitation is a monster-only spell which summons 1d3 monsters from one of the following randomly selected branches, with a given branch being equally likely to be fixed per-caster. Its summon cap is 3.

Branch	Monster, chance in branch cast
The Snake Pit	S Black mamba	57.14%	N Naga warrior	28.57%	S Mana viper	14.29%
The Spider's Nest	s Wolf spider	50.00%	s Tarantella	37.50%	s Orb spider	12.50%
The Swamp	n Bog body	57.14%	k Swamp drake	28.57%	F Goliath frog	14.29%
The Shoals	t Snapping turtle	50.00%	m Merfolk siren	33.33%	m Water nymph	16.67%
The Elven Halls	e Deep elf pyromancer	35.71%	e Deep elf zephyrmancer	35.71%	e Deep elf knight	28.57%
The Vaults	v Polterguardian	50.00%	p Ironbound preserver	33.33%	p Vault sentinel	16.67%
The Crypt	W Freezing wraith	50.00%	z Skeletal warrior	37.50%	p Necromancer	12.50%

The following enemies cast Forceful Invitation:

• x Worldbinder

History

• Prior to 0.34 shoals set contained Manticore and Merfolk aquamancer instead of Merfolk siren and Water nymph. And Vaults set contained Ironbound frosthearts and Very ugly things instead of Polterguardians and Ironbound preservers.
• Prior to 0.32 the spell was summoning Ironbound thunderhulks instead of ironbound frosthearts.
• Prior to 0.28, Forceful Invitation could summon creatures from the Lair and Orcish Mines. Its monster assortment was also less dangerous.
• The monster list was altered in 0.19.
• Forceful Invitation was introduced in 0.14.