Summon Hydra

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Summon hydra.png Summon Hydra
Level 7
School1 Summoning
Source(s) Book of Blood
Fen Folio
Casting noise 6
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.[1]

Monster Version

The following enemies cast Summon Hydra:

History

Summon Hydra was added in 0.8.

References