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

Summon Undead
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Summons multiple undead monsters, creating various ghosts, vampires, wraiths and other lesser undead.

Summon Undead is a monster-only spell which summons multiple undead monsters around the caster. While many are weak, flayed ghosts are threatening even to endgame characters, all types of wraith can slow you, and phantasmal warriors can cut your willpower.

Creatures summoned equals 1 + 1d(HD/5 + 1). It can create these monsters, with equal probability for each:^[1]

W Bes kemwar	V Jiangshi	W Flayed ghost	Z Zombie
Z Simulacrum	Z Spectral thing	z Laughing skull	M Mummy
V Vampire	z Wight	W Wraith	W Shadow wraith
W Freezing wraith	W Phantasmal warrior	W Shadowghast

Derived undead (zombies, skeletons, simulacrum, spectral things) vary based on your current branch.

The following enemies cast Summon Undead:

z Curse skull
M Mummy priest
z Murray
V Vampire mage

History

Prior to 0.34 spell could summon skeletons which became Draugr in that version, additionally Bes kemwar was added as a possible summon.
Prior to their removal in 0.26, this spell could summon hungry ghosts.
Many of the monsters summoned by this spell were changed dramatically in 0.13.

References

↑ mon-cast.cc:5545 (0.34.1)

[1] -cast.cc:5545 (0.34.1)

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-{{flavour|Summons multiple undead monsters, creating various ghosts, vampires, wraiths and other lesser undead.}}
+{{monster spell info}}
 '''Summon Undead''' is a monster-only spell which summons multiple [[undead]] monsters around the caster. While many are weak, [[flayed ghost]]s are threatening even to endgame characters, all types of wraith can [[slow]] you, and [[phantasmal warrior]]s can cut your [[willpower]].
-Creatures summoned equals <code>1 + 1d([[HD]]/5 + 1)</code>. It can create these monsters, with equal probability for each:<ref>{{source ref|0.30.1|mon-cast.cc|4316}}</ref>
+Creatures summoned equals <code>1 + 1d([[HD]]/5 + 1)</code>. It can create these monsters, with equal probability for each:<ref>{{source ref|0.34.1|mon-cast.cc|5545}}</ref>
 {| class="prettytable" style="border:none; margin:0; padding:0;"
+| {{monsterlink|Bes kemwar}}
+| {{monsterlink|Jiangshi}}
+| {{monsterlink|Flayed ghost}}
+| {{monsterlink|Zombie}}
+|-
+| {{monsterlink|Simulacrum}}
+| {{monsterlink|Spectral thing}}
+| {{monsterlink|Laughing skull}}
+| {{monsterlink|Mummy}}
+|-
+| {{monsterlink|Vampire}}
 | {{monsterlink|Wight}}
-| {{monsterlink|Necrophage}}
-| {{monsterlink|Shadow}}
-| {{Red|V}} [[File:Vampire (monster).png]] '''[[Vampire (monster)|Vampire]]'''
-|-
 | {{monsterlink|Wraith}}
-| {{monsterlink|Flying skull}}
-| {{monsterlink|Freezing wraith}}
 | {{monsterlink|Shadow wraith}}
 |-
-| {{monsterlink|mummy}}
+| {{monsterlink|Freezing wraith}}
 | {{monsterlink|Phantasmal warrior}}
-| {{monsterlink|Flayed ghost}}
+| {{monsterlink|Shadowghast}}
-| {{monsterlink|Jiangshi}}
-|-
-|{{DarkGrey|Z}}[[File:Zombie human.png]] '''[[Zombie]]'''
-|{{DarkGrey|Z}}[[File:Skeleton medium humanoid.png]] '''[[Skeleton]]'''
-|{{DarkGrey|Z}}[[File:Simulacrum small humanoid.png]] '''[[Simulacrum]]'''
-|{{DarkGrey|Z}}[[File:Spectral small humanoid.png]] '''[[Spectral thing]]'''
 |}
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 ==History==
+*Prior to [[0.34]] spell could summon skeletons which became [[Draugr]] in that version, additionally [[Bes kemwar]] was added as a possible summon.
 *Prior to their removal in [[0.26]], this spell could summon [[hungry ghost]]s.
 *Many of the monsters summoned by this spell were changed dramatically in [[0.13]].
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 ==References==
 <references/>
-[[Category:Monster spells]]