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Abjuration
Level	3
School¹	Summoning
Source(s)	Book of Summonings Rod of Warding Rod of Demonology
Casting noise	3
Spell noise	0

This spell attempts to send hostile summoned creatures to the place from whence they came, or at least shorten their stay in the caster's locality.

Abjuration is a smite-targeted level 3 Summonings spell which attempts to dispel a hostile summoned creatures in your line of sight. The affected monster has its remaining duration in this world drastically reduced; if this reduces its duration to zero or less, the monster is unsummoned entirely. Casting it at higher spell power reduces enemy duration to a greater extent. Be aware that summoned enemies visible through transparent walls are unaffected by this spell.

An upgraded version of this spell, Mass Abjuration, is a level 6 Summonings spell that affects all summoned creatures in your line of sight.

Monster Version

No monsters actually know this spell. However, all monsters which know certain other Summonings spells have a 50% chance of Abjuring instead of casting these spells (this only occurs if you have any summons out, and affects all summons in line of sight like Mass Abjuration):

One side effect of this is that low-level summons can be used to decrease the danger posed by particularly dangerous summoners, as an ancient lich will gladly spend a turn abjuring your summoned quokka rather than summoning fiends. However, spending more than one turn summoning such chaff monsters is usually unwise.

History

Prior to 0.10, only the level 3 Abjuration spell existed, and it had functioned like Mass Abjuration.

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-'''Abjuration''' is a smite-targeted Level 3 Summoning spell that shortens the life duration of a single summoned creature, dependent upon spell power.  A sufficiently powerful cast versus a sufficiently diminished monster will unsummon it altogether.
+'''Abjuration''' is a [[smite]]-targeted level 3 [[Summonings]] spell which attempts to dispel a hostile summoned creatures in your [[line of sight]]. The affected monster has its remaining duration in this world drastically reduced; if this reduces its duration to zero or less, the monster is unsummoned entirely. Casting it at higher [[spell power]] reduces enemy duration to a greater extent. Be aware that summoned enemies visible through transparent [[wall]]s are unaffected by this spell.
-An upgraded version of this spell, [[Mass Abjuration]], is a Level 6 Summonings spell that affects all summons in your LOS.
+An upgraded version of this spell, [[Mass Abjuration]], is a level 6 Summonings spell that affects all summoned creatures in your line of sight.
-Monsters never use this spell. Instead, they have a 50% chance of abjuring (only if you have any summons out, and acting like Mass Abjuration) instead of performing certain summons:
+==Monster Version==
+No monsters actually know this spell. However, all monsters which know certain other Summonings spells have a 50% chance of Abjuring instead of casting these spells (this only occurs if you have any summons out, and affects all summons in line of sight like Mass Abjuration):
+*[[Summon Butterflies]]
+*[[Summon Eyes]]
+*[[Summon Drakes]]
+*[[Summon Greater Demon]]
+*[[Summon Mushrooms]]
+*[[Summon Scorpions]]
+*[[Summon Ugly Thing]]
+*[[Summon Demon]]
+*[[Summon Elemental]]
+*[[Shadow Creatures]]
+*[[Summon Undead]]
+*[[Summon Horrible Things]]
+*[[Haunt]]
-* [[Summon Butterflies]]
+One side effect of this is that low-level summons can be used to decrease the danger posed by particularly dangerous summoners, as an [[ancient lich]] will gladly spend a turn abjuring your summoned [[quokka]] rather than summoning [[fiend]]s. However, spending more than one turn summoning such chaff monsters is usually unwise.
-* [[Summon Eyes]]
-* [[Summon Drakes]]
-* [[Summon Greater Demon]]
-* [[Summon Mushrooms]]
-* [[Summon Scorpions]]
-* [[Summon Ugly Thing]]
-* [[Summon Demon]]
-* [[Summon Elemental]]
-* [[Shadow Creatures]]
-* [[Summon Undead]]
-* [[Summon Horrible Things]]
-* [[Haunt]]
-One side effect of this is that low-level summons can be used to decrease the danger posed by particularly dangerous summoners, as an [[ancient lich]] will gladly spend a turn abjuring your summoned [[quokka]] rather than summoning [[fiend]]s.  However, spending more than one turn summoning such chaff monsters is usually unwise.
 ==History==
-Pre-[[0.10]], there was but one Abjuration spell and it had the effect of the current Mass Abjuration spell.
+Prior to [[0.10]], only the level 3 Abjuration spell existed, and it had functioned like Mass Abjuration.