Forceful Invitation

Version 0.28: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.

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%	H Manticore	33.33%	m Merfolk aquamancer	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	u Very ugly thing	50.00%	O Ironbound thunderhulk	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

• In 0.32, the spell will summon ironbound frosthearts instead of ironbound thunderhulks.
• 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.