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

List of Summonings Spells

Lvl 1
	Summon Butterflies	Summonings
	Summon Small Mammals	Summonings
Lvl 2
	Call Imp	Summonings
Lvl 3
	Abjuration	Summonings
	Call Canine Familiar	Summonings
	Recall	Summonings/Translocations
Lvl 4
	Summon Elemental	Summonings
	Summon Ice Beast	Summonings/Ice Magic
	Summon Scorpions	Summonings/Poison Magic
Lvl 5
	Shadow Creatures	Summonings
	Summon Demon	Summonings
Lvl 6
	Demonic Horde	Summonings
	Mass Abjuration	Summonings
	Summon Ugly Thing	Summonings
Lvl 7
	Summon Greater Demon	Summonings
	Summon Hydra	Summonings
	Haunt	Summonings/Necromancy
	Malign Gateway	Summonings/Translocations
Lvl 8
	Summon Horrible Things	Summonings
Lvl 9
	Summon Dragon	Summonings

Sources of Summonings Spells

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)

Other sources of summoning

Summoning Duration

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

90 aut (arbitrary units of time; 10aut = 1 "turn")
180 aut
270 aut
360 aut
810 aut
1710 aut

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

Dealing with Hostile Summons

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

Using Abjuration or Mass Abjuration
Having some form of Warding
Leaving the level and coming back after they have disappeared.

Summonings Aptitudes

From Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup 0.10 in-game documentation:

Hu	Ce	Dg	Ds	Dr	DD	DE	HE	SE	Fe	Gh	Ha	Ko	Mf	Mi	Mu	Na	Op	Og	HO	Sp	Te	Tr	Vp
0	-1	{{{Dg}}}	{{{Ds}}}	0	-1	+1	-1	+1	0	-1	-1	0	0	-3	-2	0	0	-3	0	-2	+2	-3	{{{Vp}}}

Skills
Weapons	Short Blades • Long Blades • Ranged Weapons Axes • Maces & Flails • Polearms • Staves • Unarmed Combat • Throwing
Physical	Fighting • Armour • Dodging • Stealth • Shields
Magical	Spellcasting • Invocations • Evocations • Shapeshifting
Spell Schools	Air • Alchemy • Conjurations • Earth • Fire • Forgecraft • Hexes • Ice • Necromancy • Summoning • Translocations

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 ==List of Summonings Spells==
-;Level 1
+{| cellpadding="5" border="1"
-:[[Summon Butterflies]]
+|-
-:[[Summon Small Mammals]]
+| '''Lvl 1'''
+|-
-;Level 2
+| [[File:Summon butterflies.png]] || [[Summon Butterflies]] || Summonings
-:[[Call Imp]]
+|-
+| [[File:Summon small mammals.png]] || [[Summon Small Mammals]] || Summonings
-;Level 3
+|-
-:[[Abjuration]]
+| '''Lvl 2'''
-:[[Call Canine Familiar]]
+|-
-:[[Recall]]
+| [[File:Call imp.png]] || [[Call Imp]] || Summonings
+|-
-;Level 4
+| '''Lvl 3'''
-:[[Summon Elemental]]
+|-
-:[[Summon Scorpions]]
+| [[File:Abjuration.png]] || [[Abjuration]] || Summonings
-:[[Summon Ice Beast]]
+|-
+| [[File:Call canine familiar.png]] || [[Call Canine Familiar]] || Summonings
-;Level 5
+|-
-:[[Shadow Creatures]]
+| [[File:Recall.png]] || [[Recall]] || Summonings/[[Translocations]]
-:[[Summon Demon]]
+|-
+| '''Lvl 4'''
-;Level 6
+|-
-:[[Demonic Horde]]
+| [[File:Summon elemental.png]] || [[Summon Elemental]] || Summonings
-:[[Summon Ugly Thing]]
+|-
-:[[Mass Abjuration]]
+| [[File:Summon ice beast.png]] || [[Summon Ice Beast]] || Summonings/[[Ice Magic]]
+|-
-;Level 7
+| [[File:Summon scorpions.png]] || [[Summon Scorpions]] || Summonings/[[Poison Magic]]
-:[[Summon Greater Demon]]
+|-
-:[[Summon Hydra]]
+| '''Lvl 5'''
-:[[Haunt]]
+|-
-:[[Malign Gateway]]
+| [[File:Shadow creatures.png]] || [[Shadow Creatures]] || Summonings
+|-
-;Level 8
+| [[File:Summon demon.png]] || [[Summon Demon]] || Summonings
-:[[Summon Horrible Things]]
+|-
+| '''Lvl 6'''
-;Level 9
+|-
-:[[Summon Dragon]]
+| [[File:Demonic horde.png]] || [[Demonic Horde]] || Summonings
+|-
+| [[File:Mass abjuration.png]] || [[Mass Abjuration]] || Summonings
+|-
+| [[File:Summon ugly thing.png]] || [[Summon Ugly Thing]] || Summonings
+|-
+| '''Lvl 7'''
+|-
+| [[File:Summon greater demon.png]] || [[Summon Greater Demon]] || Summonings
+|-
+| [[File:Summon hydra.png]] || [[Summon Hydra]] || Summonings
+|-
+| [[File:Haunt.png]] || [[Haunt]] || Summonings/[[Necromancy]]
+|-
+| [[File:Malign gateway.png]] || [[Malign Gateway]] || Summonings/[[Translocations]]
+|-
+| '''Lvl 8'''
+|-
+| [[File:Summon horrible things.png]] || [[Summon Horrible Things]] || Summonings
+|-
+| '''Lvl 9'''
+|-
+| [[File:Summon dragon.png]] || [[Summon Dragon]] || Summonings
+|}
 ==Sources of Summonings Spells==