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{{flavour|The card depicts a swamp at night, suffused with an eerie glow.}}
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{{flavour|The card depicts a bear surrounded by a swarm of bees. It hums ominously.
The Foxfire card summons a pack of identical insect monsters. Beware of hostile monsters in the summoned pack.
 
  
Power Level 0: <code>1+1d3</code> monsters, friendly 75% of the time
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Drawing this card will summon bees.}}
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The Swarm card summons a swarm of friendly [[killer bee]]s.
  
Power Level 1: <code>3+1d3</code> monsters, mostly friendly
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Power Level 0: <code>1d3</code> bees
  
Power Level 2: <code>6+1d3</code> monsters, mostly friendly
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Power Level 1: <code>1d6</code> bees
*{{LightRed|b}} [[File:Butterfly.png]][[Butterfly]]                        <!-- COULD BE CLEANED UP USING NORMAL MONSTER TEMPLATES. -->
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*{{LightGrey|v}} [[File:Insubstantial_wisp.png]] [[Insubstantial wisp]]
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Power Level 2: <code>1d9</code> bees
*{{Brown|y}} [[File:Killer_bee.png]] [[Killer bee]]
 
*{{Green|y}} [[File:Vampire_mosquito.png]] [[Vampire mosquito]]
 
*{{Red|y}} [[File:Hornet.png]] [[Hornet]]
 
  
 
The Swarm card could be found in the following [[Decks|decks]] over the past several versions.
 
The Swarm card could be found in the following [[Decks|decks]] over the past several versions.
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==History==
 
==History==
*Prior to [[0.27]], this card was known as '''Foxfire''', the same name as the [[Foxfire | Foxfire spell]].
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*Prior to [[0.27]], this card was known as '''Foxfire''' and could summon multiple flying creatures ([[butterflies]], [[insubstantial wisp]]s, [[vampire mosquito]]es, and [[hornet]]s), some of which could arrive hostile.
 
*The Foxfire card is one of 23 cards to be kept in the deck simplification of [[0.19]]. The deck of war was removed in this version.
 
*The Foxfire card is one of 23 cards to be kept in the deck simplification of [[0.19]]. The deck of war was removed in this version.
  

Latest revision as of 13:35, 10 September 2021

Version 0.27: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
The card depicts a bear surrounded by a swarm of bees. It hums ominously.

Drawing this card will summon bees.

The Swarm card summons a swarm of friendly killer bees.

Power Level 0: 1d3 bees

Power Level 1: 1d6 bees

Power Level 2: 1d9 bees

The Swarm card could be found in the following decks over the past several versions.

0.11 0.12 0.13 0.14 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.18 0.19 and beyond

Summoning
War

Summoning
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Summoning
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Summoning
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Summoning
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Summoning
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Summoning
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Summoning

History

  • Prior to 0.27, this card was known as Foxfire and could summon multiple flying creatures (butterflies, insubstantial wisps, vampire mosquitoes, and hornets), some of which could arrive hostile.
  • The Foxfire card is one of 23 cards to be kept in the deck simplification of 0.19. The deck of war was removed in this version.

See also

Decks Nemelex's Cards
Deck of destruction Degeneration The Orb Pain The Storm Vitriol Wild Magic
Deck of escape The Cloud The ElixirExile The Tomb Velocity
Deck of summoning The Dance The Elements The Illusion The Swarm The Pentagram The Rangers
Deck of punishment Swine TormentWraith Wrath