Summon Hydra

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Summon Hydra
Level	7
School1	Summoning
Source(s)	Book of Blood Fen Folio
Casting noise	7
Spell noise	0
Power Cap	200
Flags	Mons abjure

Summons a many-headed hydra to fight alongside the caster for a short time. Spell power determines the number of heads.

Summon Hydra is a level 7 Summoning spell which summons a friendly hydra.

Effect

A hydra with 4 to 12 heads is summoned. Number of heads depends on power, but it's always rare to get more than 8. Duration of the summon is always very short, around 9 turns.

Number of heads is (1d<power> - 1) / 6, but at least 4 and at most 12. There is always 5 out of 6 chance that the number of heads is limited to 8.

Monster Version

The following enemies cast Summon Hydra:

• d Bai Suzhen

History

Summon Hydra was added in 0.8.