Summon Hydra

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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. The number of heads depends on spell power, but it's quite rare to get more than 8. The duration of the summon does not depend on the spell power and is always very short, around 9 turns.

The number of heads is (1d<power> - 1) / 6, but at least 4 and at most 12. There is always an 83% chance that the number of heads is limited to 8.

Monster Version

The following enemies cast Summon Hydra:

• d Bai Suzhen

Note that Bai Suzhen cannot cast this spell while in the storm dragon form.

History

• Summon Hydra was added in 0.8.