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'''Invocations''' denotes how skillful your character is at beseeching a deity for help. It improves the power and/or success rate of most god-given powers, save for [[Trog]]'s, [[Kiku]]'s, and [[Nemelex]]'s, which are based entirely on [[Piety]], [[Necromancy]], and [[Evocations]], respectively.
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Invocations also increases your max MP, but the effect is not cumulative with [[Spellcasting]].
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'''Invocations''' denotes how skilful your character is at beseeching a [[God|deity]] for help. It improves the power and/or success rate of most god-given powers. (For some gods, piety also has this effect.)
  
==Invocations aptitudes==
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Invocations also increases your max [[MP]], but the effect is not cumulative with [[Spellcasting]] or [[Evocations]], and provides less maximum MP than Spellcasting.
  
From [[Dungeon Crawl]] [[Stone Soup]] in-game documentation:
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{{skill aptitudes}}
  
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==Applicable Gods==
|Hu=<nowiki>1</nowiki>
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Invocations skill is useful when worshipping one of the following [[god]]s:
|Fe=<nowiki>0</nowiki>
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|Ce=<nowiki>1</nowiki>
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<div style="column-count:4">
|Dg=<nowiki>N/A</nowiki>
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* [[Beogh]]
|Ds=<nowiki>3</nowiki>
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* [[Cheibriados]]
|Dr=<nowiki>1</nowiki>
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* [[Dithmenos]]
|DD=<nowiki>3</nowiki>
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* [[Elyvilon]]
|DE=<nowiki>1</nowiki>
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* [[Fedhas Madash]]
|HE=<nowiki>1</nowiki>
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* [[Hepliaklqana]]
|SE=<nowiki>1</nowiki>
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* [[Lugonu]]
|Gh=<nowiki>1</nowiki>
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* [[Makhleb]]
|Ha=<nowiki>1</nowiki>
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* [[Nemelex Xobeh]]
|Ko=<nowiki>1</nowiki>
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* [[Okawaru]]
|Mf=<nowiki>1</nowiki>
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* [[Qazlal]]
|Mi=<nowiki>0</nowiki>
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* [[Sif Muna]]
|Mu=<nowiki>-1</nowiki>
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* [[The Shining One]]
|Na=<nowiki>1</nowiki>
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* [[Uskayaw]]
|Op=<nowiki>1</nowiki>
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* [[Yredelemnul]]
|Og=<nowiki>1</nowiki>
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* [[Zin]]
|HO=<nowiki>3</nowiki>
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</div>
|Sp=<nowiki>0</nowiki>
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|Te=<nowiki>-1</nowiki>
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The remaining gods do not use Invocations skill:
|Tr=<nowiki>-1</nowiki>
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* [[Kikubaaqudgha]]'s abilities are powered by [[Necromancy]].
|Vp=<nowiki>-1</nowiki>
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* [[Ashenzari]], [[Gozag Ym Sagoz]], [[Jiyva]], [[Ru]], [[Trog]] and [[Wu Jian]] give abilities that are independent of skills.
}}
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* [[Vehumet]] and [[Xom]] don't provide any active abilities.
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==History==
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*Prior to [[0.19]], Nemelex Xobeh's skills were based on Evocations.
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*Prior to [[0.14]], Jiyva's skills were based on Invocations.
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*In [[0.12]], a hidden special cost for training Invocations was removed and aptitudes were adjusted.
 
   
 
   
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[[Category:Skills]]
 
[[Category:Skills]]
 
{{Skills}}
 
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Revision as of 18:16, 26 December 2018

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Invocations denotes how skilful your character is at beseeching a deity for help. It improves the power and/or success rate of most god-given powers. (For some gods, piety also has this effect.)

Invocations also increases your max MP, but the effect is not cumulative with Spellcasting or Evocations, and provides less maximum MP than Spellcasting.

Aptitudes

At Ba DE Dg Ds Dj Dr Fe Fo Gr Gh Gn HO Hu Ko Mf Mi Mu Na Op On Sp Te Tr Vp VS
0 -1 1 N/A 3 0 1 0 2 1 1 9 3 1 1 1 0 -1 1 1 2 0 -1 -1 -1 0

Applicable Gods

Invocations skill is useful when worshipping one of the following gods:

The remaining gods do not use Invocations skill:

History

  • Prior to 0.19, Nemelex Xobeh's skills were based on Evocations.
  • Prior to 0.14, Jiyva's skills were based on Invocations.
  • In 0.12, a hidden special cost for training Invocations was removed and aptitudes were adjusted.
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