===== Send Lesser Horror =====

??Send Lesser Horror?? is a [[ritual]] that requires [[Blood]] 5 to cast, requiring {{path>B2S3}} and consuming {{gems>9B}} when cast. This spell has a 10% chance of causing its caster to gain a [[horror mark]]. It is somewhat related to the more potent spell [[Send Horror]], but differs chiefly in the strength of the horrors produced, and its ability to produce more than one horror in a single cast.

As is implied by the name, this spell chiefly summons lesser [[horror]]s. However, it has chances to summon greater and even doom horrors. This chance depends very heavily on various factors: counterintuitively, the drain [[scales]] in the target province increase this chance, as well as whether [[Astral Corruption]] or the [[cataclysm]] are active. Note that having astral corruption active during the cataclysm has no apparent effect on this spell.

The chance of rolling each horror within each tier (lesser, greater, doom) appear to be approximately equal. When certain lesser horrors are summoned with this spell, they are accompanied by a number of non-commander forms of the same type of horror.

Specifically, the chance of summoning a greater horror is approximately as follows:((Based on [[:user:loggy:horrors|analysis of the Dominions 5.51b executable]], values are consistent with [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bCsSfFzJD176LxUyvAWsjyZHrtB-zlMLUMfueaZRHGo/edit#gid=1516034731|data of over 200000 total casts in different conditions]]))

^ Conditions ^ Base chance ^ Bonus/penalty per Drain/Magic scale ^
| None | 1.5% | 0.5% |
| Astral Corruption | 10% | 2.5% |
| Cataclysm (with or without Astral Corruption) | 25% | 5% |

The approximate chances of summoning a doom horror are calculated to be as follows:

^ Conditions ^ Base chance ^ Bonus/penalty per Drain/Magic scale ^
| None | 0.0045% | 0.0015% | 
| Astral Corruption | 0.1% | ~0.08%((Actual values moving from neutral scales are 0.05%, 0.125%, 0.1975%)) |
| Cataclysm (with or without Astral Corruption) | 0.625% | ~0.325%((Actual values moving from neutral scales are 0.275%, 0.325%, 0.375%)) |

The lesser horrors that yield additional non-commanders when summoned with this spell are described below. Note that unlike most rolls in Dominions, these die rolls are NOT open-ended.

^ Horror ^ Effective Die Roll ^
| ??Horror Mantis?? | 1d3 |
| ??Float Cat Horror?? | 1d3 |
| ??Soultorn?? | 2d6-1 |
| ??Spine Membrane Horror?? | 1d3 |
| ??Belly Maw Horror?? | 2d3-1 |
| ??Brass Claw Horror?? | 2d3-1 |

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