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Summonings is a magical skill that governs your ability at bringing forth monsters and other entities to fight for you (though they may arrive hostile when called into existence by unskilled practitioners). These summoned monsters function much like real monsters, with the following exceptions:

They are worth no experience or piety, and leave nothing behind when slain. They cannot be targeted by Vampiric Draining or Inner Flame.
They have difficulty attacking targets with warding in melee. Spells and ranged attacks are unaffected.
They eventually "time out" regardless of their HP, poofing out out of existence in a cloud of smoke. The spells Abjuration and Mass Abjuration greatly shorten the time they have remaining, often causing them to cease to exist immediately.
They will not follow you up or down stairs. This allows you to flee hostile summoned units and return after sufficient time has passed. Your own summoned allies will disappear immediately when you change floors.

List of Summonings Spells

Lvl 1
	Summon Butterflies	Summonings
	Summon Small Mammal	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)

Summoning Limits

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 Summonings spells have a fixed duration. The other spells will increase monster duration with spell power. Most Smmonings spells also have a fixed cap on how many monsters of that type you can sustain at any one time. Exceeding that cap by casting the spell too often will cause the oldest monsters to time out almost immediately.

Spell	Duration Type	Duration	Summoning Cap
Summon Butterflies	Fixed	3	8
Summon Small Mammal	Fixed	3	3
Summon Scorpions	Fixed	3	4
Simulacrum	Fixed	6	No Limit
Summon Hydra	Fixed	1	3
Summon Dragon	Fixed	6	2
Summon Horrible Things	Fixed	6	8
Summon Greater Demon	Fixed	5	3
Haunt	Fixed	3	Special
Sticks to Snakes	Spellpower Dependent	3-5	No Limit
Call Imp	Spellpower Dependent	2-6	3
Call Canine Familiar	Spellpower Dependent	2-6	3
Summon Elemental	Spellpower Dependent	2-6	3
Summon Ice Beast	Spellpower Dependent	2-6	3
Summon Ugly Thing	Spellpower Dependent	2-6	3
Shadow Creatures	Monster's HD Dependent	1-4	5
Tukima's Dance	Spellpower Dependent	2-6	No Limit

Non-standard summoning

These non-standard methods for summoning allies have no cap on the number of units you can have out at once, but their costs are often prohibitive:

Source : Duration: Herd card : 4; Brothers in Arms : 2-6; Summon Divine Warrior : 2-6; Summon Swarm : 2-6; Scroll of summoning : ?; Summon lesser demon: 2-6; Summon common demon: 2-6

Summonings Aptitudes

From Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup 0.12 in-game documentation:

At	Ba	Co	DE	Dg	Ds	Dj	Dr	Fe	Fo	GC	Gr	Gn	Hu	Ko	Mf	Mi	MD	Mu	Na	Op	On	Po	Re	Sp	Te	Tr	VS
-2	2	0	1	-1	0	11	0	0	0	-2	-1	6	0	0	0	-3	-2	-2	0	0	-1	0	-1	-2	2	-3	0

History

Prior to 0.13, Summonings spells had no limit on how many monsters you could summon at a time, barring MP restrictions. This led to players summoning hordes of monsters at all times, rendering them nearly untouchable by most monsters and leading to extremely dull optimal gameplay.

Prior to 0.12 summoned monsters could attack monsters outside of the player's line of sight, and you could not recall flying monsters over lava or deep water.

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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-'''Summonings''' is a magical skill that governs your ability at bringing forth monsters and other entities to fight for you.
+'''Summonings''' is a magical skill that governs your ability at bringing forth monsters and other entities to fight for you (though they may arrive hostile when called into existence by unskilled practitioners). These summoned monsters function much like real monsters, with the following exceptions:
+*They are worth no experience or piety, and leave nothing behind when slain. They cannot be targeted by [[Vampiric Draining]] or [[Inner Flame]].
+*They have difficulty attacking targets with [[warding]] in melee. Spells and ranged attacks are unaffected.
+*They eventually "time out" regardless of their HP, poofing out out of existence in a cloud of smoke. The spells [[Abjuration]] and [[Mass Abjuration]] greatly shorten the time they have remaining, often causing them to cease to exist immediately.
+*They will not follow you up or down [[stairs]]. This allows you to flee hostile summoned units and return after sufficient time has passed. Your own summoned allies will disappear immediately when you change floors.
 ==List of Summonings Spells==
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 :'''[[Necronomicon]]''' ([[Haunt]])
-=== Other sources of summoning ===
+==Summoning Limits==
-* [[Scroll of summoning]]
-* [[Rod 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:
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 # 1710 aut
+Some Summonings spells have a fixed duration. The other spells will increase monster duration with spell power. Most Smmonings spells also have a fixed cap on how many monsters of that type you can sustain at any one time. Exceeding that cap by casting the spell too often will cause the oldest monsters to time out almost immediately.
-Some summoning spells have a fixed duration. The other spells will increase monster duration with spell power.
+{| class="prettytable" style="border:none; margin:0; padding:0;"
+! Spell || Duration Type || Duration || Summoning Cap
+|-
+| [[Summon Butterflies]] || Fixed || 3 || 8
+|-
+| [[Summon Small Mammal]] || Fixed || 3 || 3
+|-
+| [[Summon Scorpions]] || Fixed || 3 || 4
+|-
+| [[Simulacrum]] || Fixed || 6 || No Limit
+|-
+| [[Summon Hydra]] || Fixed || 1 || 3
+|-
+| [[Summon Dragon]] || Fixed || 6 || 2
+|-
+| [[Summon Horrible Things]] || Fixed || 6 || 8
+|-
+| [[Summon Greater Demon]] || Fixed || 5 || 3
+|-
+| [[Haunt]] || Fixed || 3 || Special
+|-
+| [[Sticks to Snakes]] || Spellpower Dependent || 3-5 || No Limit
+|-
+| [[Call Imp]] || Spellpower Dependent || 2-6 || 3
+|-
+| [[Call Canine Familiar]] || Spellpower Dependent || 2-6 || 3
+|-
+| [[Summon Elemental]] || Spellpower Dependent || 2-6 || 3
+|-
+| [[Summon Ice Beast]] || Spellpower Dependent || 2-6 || 3
+|-
+| [[Summon Ugly Thing]] || Spellpower Dependent || 2-6 || 3
+|-
+| [[Shadow Creatures]] || Monster's HD Dependent || 1-4 || 5
+|-
+| [[Tukima's Dance]] || Spellpower Dependent || 2-6 || No Limit
+|}
-;Fixed Duration Spells
+===Non-standard summoning===
-:[[Summon Butterflies]]: 3
+These non-standard methods for summoning allies have no cap on the number of units you can have out at once, but their costs are often prohibitive:
-:[[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)
+;'''Source : Duration'''
-:[[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 card]] : 4
 :[[Trog#Given_Abilities | Brothers in Arms]] : 2-6
 :[[TSO#Given_Abilities | Summon Divine Warrior]] : 2-6
 :[[Rod of Summoning | Summon Swarm]] : 2-6
+:[[Scroll of summoning]] : ?
 :[[Makhleb#Given_Abilities | Summon lesser demon]]: 2-6
 :[[Makhleb#Given_Abilities | 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==
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 ==History==
-In [[0.13]], for each summoning spell there is a limit of how many summons can be created. Going over this limit means that the older ones will time out in a turn or two. This will be applied only to non-necromantic, non-permanent player summons. The [[scroll of summoning]] and [[Makhleb]]'s invocations will also ignore these caps. Temporary summons will no longer follow the player down stairs and will expire when the player moves to a different level.
+Prior to [[0.13]], Summonings spells had no limit on how many monsters you could summon at a time, barring MP restrictions. This led to players summoning hordes of monsters at all times, rendering them nearly untouchable by most monsters and leading to extremely dull optimal gameplay.
-Prior to [[0.12]] summoned monsters could attack monsters outside of the player's [[line of sight]].
-As of [[0.12]], it is possible to summon or recall flying monsters over lava or deep water.
+Prior to [[0.12]] summoned monsters could attack monsters outside of the player's [[line of sight]], and you could not recall flying monsters over [[lava]] or [[deep water]].
 {{Skills}}
 [[Category:Magic skills]]