Deck of summonings

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Type	Miscellaneous item
Name	deck of summonings
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A deck of magical cards, depicting a range of weird and wondrous creatures.

Crusade card

Power Level 0: Casts Abjuration at 1/4 the spell power of the card.

Power Levels 1 & 2: Attempts to convert all non-unique, non-magic immune monsters within your line of sight to your cause, then casts Abjuration as above. For each eligible monster in LOS, if 1d(spell power) > the monster's HD ×35, it will be temporarily charmed. Monsters that disgust your god are ineligible.

Herd card

Summons 1d(power/3)+1 animals (minimum 2). 50% of the time you'll get only one kind of monster; otherwise it's randomly jumbled. Higher spell power also reduces the odds of some animals arriving hostile.

Possible summons include:

• War dog
• Sheep
• Yak
• Hog
• Soldier ant
• Wolf
• Grizzly bear
• Polar bear
• Black bear
• Boring beetle
• Komodo dragon
• Spiny frog
• Hound

Pentagram card

Summons a friendly demon.

• Power Level 0: Tier-5
• Power Level 1: Tier-2, 3, or 4
• Power Level 2: Tier-1

Dance card

Summons a temporary dancing weapon.

Power Level 0

• Weapon: Dagger, Club, or runed Short sword (dependent on your Evocations skill)
• Enchantment: -3/-3 to 0
• Friendly.

Power Level 1

• Weapon: Long sword, Hand axe
• Brand: Flaming (25%), Freezing (25%)
• Enchantment: -1/-1 to +2/+2
• Friendly.

Power level 2

• Weapon: Great sword, executioner's axe
• Brand: Speed (50%), Electrocution (50%)
• Enchantment: +2/+2 to +5/+5
• Friendly.

Foxfire card

Summons a pack of identical flying monsters. Beware of hostile monsters in the summoned pack.

Power Level 0: 1+1d3 monsters, friendly 75% of the time

• Butterfly
• Insubstantial wisp
• Killer bee
• Vampire mosquito
• Yellow wasp

Power Level 1: 3+1d3 monsters, mostly friendly

• Insubstantial wisp
• Killer bee
• Vampire mosquito
• Yellow wasp
• Red wasp

Power level 2: 6+1d3 monsters, mostly friendly

• Killer bee
• Vampire mosquito
• Yellow wasp
• Red wasp

Bones card

This card summons a skeletal monster to your immediate vicinity.

• Power Level 0: Large skeleton, friendly 75% of the time
• Power Level 1: skeletal warrior, friendly 83% of the time.
• Power Level 2: bone dragon, friendly 87% of the time

Repulsiveness card

This card summons a (very) ugly thing to your immediate vicinity.

• Power Level 0: Ugly thing, friendly 75% of the time
• Power Level 1: ugly thing (50%) or very ugly thing, friendly 83% of the time.
• Power Level 2: very ugly thing, friendly 87% of the time.

History

Prior to 0.10, the Crusade card could give you permanent allies.