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Call Canine Familiar
Level	3
School¹	Summoning
Source(s)	Book of Callings Book of Beasts
Casting noise	3
Spell noise	0

Summons a canine to the caster's aid.
You can sustain at most one creature summoned by this spell.

Call Canine Familiar is a level 3 Summonings spell which summons one "h" glyph monsters to fight for you. Higher spell power results in a better canine and more duration. Possible summons are:

h Hound h Wolf h Warg

Strategy

Although, a hound is much faster than a crimson imp and will deal more damage, the real strength of this spell is the ability to summon a wolf. Once you can reliably summon a wolf, you should seriously consider training other skills, as the upgrade to wargs will not be as big.

History

Prior to 0.14 this spell could summon jackals and its summon cap was 3.

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 {{Flavour|Summons a canine to the caster's aid.<br>You can sustain at most one creature summoned by this spell.}}
-[[Call Canine Familiar]] is a level 3 [[Summonings]] spell which summons one "h" glyph monsters to fight for you. Higher [[spell power]] results in a better canine and more duration. Possible summons include:
+[[Call Canine Familiar]] is a level 3 [[Summonings]] spell which summons one "h" glyph monsters to fight for you. Higher [[spell power]] results in a better canine and more duration. Possible summons are:
-*[[Jackal]]
-*[[Hound]]
+{{monsterlink|Hound}}
-*[[Wolf]]
+{{monsterlink|Wolf}}
-*[[Warg]]
+{{monsterlink|Warg}}
 ==Strategy==
-At low spell power, this spell is too expensive and weak to be worth it; you will probably only get a jackal or at best a hound early on. However, at middling spell power you can often get a wolf, and by the time you meet your first [[orc warrior]] or [[ogre (monster)|ogre]], you should be able to summon one to your aid reliably. Wargs deal as much damage as war dogs with their primary attack, get two extra attacks, and are immune to poison.
+Although, a [[hound]] is much faster than a crimson imp and will deal more damage, the real strength of this spell is the ability to summon a [[wolf]]. Once you can reliably summon a wolf, you should seriously consider training other skills, as the upgrade to [[warg]]s will not be as big.
+==History==
+Prior to [[0.14]] this spell could summon [[jackal]]s and its summon cap was 3.