Monstrous Menagerie

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Monstrous Menagerie
Level	7
School1	Summoning
Source(s)	Book of Beasts
Casting noise	5
Spell noise	0
Power Cap	200
Flags	Mons abjure

Summons a powerful exotic creature to the caster's aid: a manticore, a lindwurm, or, at high power, even a sphinx. Casting the spell at higher power also increases the strength of the beasts themselves.

Monstrous Menagerie is a level 7 Summoning spell which summons an exotic creature or a pack of Harpies.

Effect

One beast or up to three harpies are summoned. Higher spell power gives a chance of a Sphinx, boosts the strength of the creature(s) and increases the number of Harpies summoned.

Possible summons:

• H Harpy
• H Manticore
• k Lindwurm
• H Sphinx

There is a spell power dependent chance for a Sphinx, (1 - 61 / <power>) / 2. If Sphinx wasn't summoned there is an equal chance of Harpies, a Manticore, or a Lindwurm.

There are two chances for an additional Harpy. One is <power> in 80, and the other is <power> - 75 in 100.

Summoned monsters gain from 0 to 6 additional hit dice based on spell power. The formula is (<power> - 50) / 25, randomly rounded to an integer.

Duration of the summons is around 36 turns, it does not depend on the spell power.

Monster Version

The monster version functions like the player version, except no hit dice bonus is given to the summoned creatures.

The following enemies cast Monstrous Menagerie:

• @ Kirke

History

• Prior to 0.22, for Dithmenos worshippers Lindwurm was replaced by a Manticore.
• Prior to 0.18, the spell level was 6.
• Prior to 0.17, the spell was found in the Book of Beasts and Book of Summonings, but not the Grand Grimoire.
• In 0.16 the spell got its summon cap reduced by one.
• Monstrous Menagerie was added in 0.14.