Swarm card: Difference between revisions

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

The card depicts a bear surrounded by a swarm of bees. It hums ominously.

Drawing this card will summon bees.

The Swarm card summons a swarm of friendly bees.

Power Level 0: 1d5 Killer bees, more at higher power.

Power Level 1: 1 Queen bee.

Power Level 2: 3 Meliai

The Swarm card could be found in the following decks over the past several versions.

0.11	0.12	0.13	0.14	0.15	0.16	0.17	0.18	0.19 and beyond
Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning War	Summoning

0.31 Can now summon higher-level bees.
Prior to 0.27, this card was known as Foxfire and could summon multiple flying creatures (butterflies, insubstantial wisps, vampire mosquitoes, and hornets), some of which could arrive hostile.
The Foxfire card is one of 23 cards to be kept in the deck simplification of 0.19. The deck of war was removed in this version.

Decks	Nemelex's Cards
Deck of destruction	Degeneration • The Orb • Pain • The Storm • Vitriol • Wild Magic
Deck of escape	The Cloud • The Elixir • Exile • The Tomb • Velocity
Deck of summoning	The Dance • The Elements • The Illusion • The Swarm • The Pentagram • The Rangers
Deck of punishment	Swine • Torment • Wraith • Wrath

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 {{flavour|The card depicts a bear surrounded by a swarm of bees. It hums ominously.
 Drawing this card will summon bees.}}
-The Swarm card summons a swarm of friendly [[killer bee]]s.
+The Swarm card summons a swarm of friendly bees.
-Power Level 0: <code>1d3</code> bees
+Power Level 0: <code>1d5</code> [[Killer bee]]s, more at higher power.
-Power Level 1: <code>1d6</code> bees
+Power Level 1: <code>1</code> [[Queen bee]].
-Power Level 2: <code>1d9</code> bees
+Power Level 2: <code>3</code> [[Meliai]]
 The Swarm card could be found in the following [[Decks|decks]] over the past several versions.
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 ==History==
+*[[0.31]] Can now summon higher-level bees.
 *Prior to [[0.27]], this card was known as '''Foxfire''' and could summon multiple flying creatures ([[butterflies]], [[insubstantial wisp]]s, [[vampire mosquito]]es, and [[hornet]]s), some of which could arrive hostile.
 *The Foxfire card is one of 23 cards to be kept in the deck simplification of [[0.19]]. The deck of war was removed in this version.