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Summonings is a magical skill that governs your ability at bringing forth monsters and other entities to fight for you.

Main Texts: Book of Beasts (Summon Butterflies, Call Canine Familiar, Summon Ice Beast, Summon Hydra); Book of Callings (Summon Small Mammals, Call Imp, Call Canine Familiar, Summon Scorpions, Summon Ice Beast); Book of Summonings (Abjuration, Recall, Summon Elemental, Shadow Creatures, Summon Demon, Summon Ugly Thing); Grand Grimoire (Demonic Horde, Mass Abjuration, Haunt, Summon Greater Demon, Malign Gateway, Summon Horrible Things)

Other Texts: Book of Cantrips (Summon Small Mammals); Book of Dreams (Shadow Creatures); Book of Envenomations (Summon Scorpions); Book of Frost (Summon Ice Beast); Book of Minor Magic (Call Imp); Book of Party Tricks (Summon Butterflies); Book of the Dragon (Summon Dragon); Book of the Warp (Recall); Book of Unlife (Recall); Book of Wizardry (Summon Elemental); Necronomicon (Haunt)

Summoned monsters are generated with a duration between 1 and 6. This value roughly corresponds to the following amount in turns:

Some summoning spells have a fixed duration. The other spells will increase monster duration with spell power.

Fixed Duration Spells: Summon Butterflies: 3; Summon Small Mammals: 3; Summon Scorpions : 3; Simulacrum : 6; Summon Hydra : 1; Summon Dragon : 6; Summon Horrible Things : 6; Summon Greater Demon: 5; Haunt : 3

Variable Duration Spells (Duration increases with spell power): Sticks to Snakes: 3-5; Call Imp : 2-6; Call Canine Familiar 2-6; Summon Elemental 2-6; Summon Ice Beast: 2-6; Summon Ugly Thing: 2-6; Tukima's Dance : 2-6; Shadow Creatures : 1-4 (based on hit dice of monster)

Non-standard summoning: Herd: 4; Brothers in Arms : 2-6; Summon Divine Warrior : 2-6; Summon Swarm : 2-6; Summon lesser demon: 2-6; Summon common demon: 2-6

There are a few ways to deal with hostile summoned creatures:

From Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup 0.11 in-game documentation:

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-==History==
-In [[0.12]] it will be possible to summon or recall flying monsters over lava or deep water.
-{{Skills}}
 [[Category:Magic skills]]
 [[Category:Crystal Ball Articles]]