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Summon Spells

Many of the most useful units and commanders in the game aren't bought with gold; they are summoned with gems or blood slaves. These have a variety of different roles; units range from cheap patrol chaff (Pack of Wolves summoning Wolf) to elite shock troops (Demon Knights), and commanders range from humble scouts (Black Servant) to high-end mages (Queen of Elemental Air) and powerful supercombatant chassis (Wraith Lord).

Like with some other kinds of spells, stuff acquired earlier in research tends to be inefficient or sub-optimal compared to later stuff. For example, Ogres are generally only worth summoning if a low-research nation needs to convert earth gems into an army urgently. On the other hand, later stuff might be too niche, difficult, or impractical to use, such as the Giant Monsters or the Seasonal Spirits. Some other summons are a crucial part of a nation's strategy, such as Ozelotls.

Most commander summons create only one commander; most unit summons create several (sometimes scaling with the caster's paths).

This pages details ritual summons which create permanent units; a separate page details combat summons.

Fire

Fire

Summon Fire Drake Conjuration 4 fire 22 • 6firegem Fire Drake
Fire Drakes emit a "beam" of fire, which covers multiple squares and can deeply penetrates enemy ranks (or hit allies). Unfortunately, Drakes are somewhat unreliable; they're slow, Undisciplined, and are vulnerable to Charm Animal. They're also Cold-Blooded, even though they breath Fire.
Drakes can be summoned in greater numbers by a Dragon Master, making them substantially cheaper and more turn-efficient.
Summon Flame Jelly Conjuration 4 fire 22 • 6firegem Flame Jelly x10+
Underwater Only.The rare underwater Fire mage can efficiently summon these interesting creatures. Flame jellies have a Fire Shield that works Underwater for defense, and perhaps the highest magic resistance of any unit in the game. Their attacks are an interesting AOE1 fire/poison attack. While ineffective against targets with fire resistance, massed flame jellies can be effective against an enemy using Mass Protection underwater.
Summon Summer Lions Conjuration 5 fire 33 • 20firegem Summer Lion x5 +1/2
Like other seasonal spirits, these are Ethereal Mindless Magic Beings Animals with Spirit Sight, high magic resistance, and modest seasonal variation in HP. Summon lions have a heat aura and have remarkably high HP for their size (55 HP in Summer; 33 in Winter).
Summon Fire Snakes Conjuration 6 fire 22 • 7firegem Fire Snake x5 +1/2
An offense focused unit, with an AOE1 Fire Flare attack and a Poisonous Bite. These are often used as a fire gem dump, because they can very quickly destroy targets without fire resistance. They do better in Heat Scales, thanks to their Fire Power. They are undisciplined, but less vulnerable to Charm Animal than most other units with the Animal tag due to their high magic resistance.
Summon Flame Spirit Conjuration 6 fire 33 • 30firegem Flame Spirit
An fire 33 mage with a retinue of 1d6 Will o' the Wisps. Commonly summoned by nations with limited access to break more deeply into fire magic. Vulnerable to cold damage and has no boots slot, which limits map movement.
King of Elemental Fire Conjuration 8 fire 55 • 50firegem One of: Pyriphlogos - King of Flames • Rhuax - King of Magma
Summons one of the Elemental Royalty, high-end Mages that might be able to serve as heavy thugs or supercombatants.
Rhuax is the better of the two for thugging, given his Earth Magic level and his higher toughness. You don't get to choose which King you get, though, and you can't get duplicates. Both have fire 55. If one "dies", that simply frees them up for re-summoning, by anyone.

Fire/Earth

Bind Scorpion Beast Conjuration 3 fire 11earth 11 • 2firegem Scorpion Beast
Scorpion beasts are size 5 beasts with with darkvision, good protection, and an impressive scorpion tail attack, which deals 35 poison damage if it pierces protection. These capabilities are offset by being undisciplined and thus hard to buff, and being an animal with only 5 magic resistance. This spell would likely be used more if it were more mage turn efficient.
Terracotta Army Enchantment 4 fire 11earth 11 • 10firegem Terracotta Soldier x10 +1/lv
Clay pikemen that can be summoned quickly with firegem. While their combat skills and hit points are worse than human infantry, the combination of mindless, spirit sight, fire resistance, poison resistance, immunity to Rigor Mortis, and physical resistances provide multiple reasons to summon these. Like the more durable Living status, they do not heal after battles.

Fire/Nature

Summon Fire Ants Conjuration 2 fire 22nature 11 • 10firegem Fire Ant x10 +1/lv
descrip

Air

Air

Call of the Winds Conjuration 3 air 22 • 10airgem Great Hawk • Black Hawk x41
An early remote magic phase attack spell that can be used to snipe weakly-defended provinces (and unprotected mages in them) with a range of 5 provinces. The Black Hawks have only one good attack (their first one), and the Great Hawk rarely fights, so can lose to 6 PD.
Surviving birds are valuable as patrollers or distraction chaff. Can be cast on a friendly province to just summon the birds.
Summon Wyverns Conjuration 4 air 22 • 3airgem Wyvern x2
Wyverns are flying, cold-blooded animals with good poison resistance and shock resistance. In contrast with other Drakes, Wyverns are Disciplined and have good combat stats, but they don't get a Breath weapon, having two melee attacks instead.
The second melee attack deals an impressive 50 Fatiguing Poison Damage if it deals actual damage and the target fails a magic resistance check. Their modest strength means this attack can have trouble piercing protection, though buffs like Strength of Giants, Enlarge/Army of Giants, and Weapons of Sharpness can solve that problem.
Drakes can be summoned in greater numbers by a Dragon Master, making them substantially cheaper and more turn-efficient.
Summon Gryphons Conjuration 4 air 22 • 9airgem Gryphon x5 +1/2
Gryphons are undisciplined Flying animals with high magic resistance. This spell requires the same research level and path cost as Summon Wyverns with a similar per-unit cost. While they have a little more HP and damage output, mage turn efficiency and the lack of cold-blooded are the main reasons to prefer Gryphons.
Summon Spring Hawks Conjuration 5 air 33 • 20airgem Spring Hawk x5 +1/2
Like other seasonal spirits, these are Ethereal Mindless Magic Beings Animals with Spirit Sight, high magic resistance, and modest seasonal variation in HP. Spring hawks have high combat skills (especially in Darkness) and are notable for their shock damage attack. While they are ethereal, the combination of no protection, low hit points, and low damage output limits their effectiveness when used unbuffed. One possible role for Spring Hawks is to counter enemy thugs with shock vulnerability (e.g., countering a thug who you expect to have negative shock vulnerability after casting Ironskin).
Contact Draconians Conjuration 5 air 33 • 30airgem Draconian Chief • Draconian x15
Draconians are large flying cold-blooded humanoids with a poisonous bite. The Draconian Chief can summon more Draconians each turn via the Summon Allies order, making this spell one of the ways to invest gems to create a freespawn economy. This spell is also one of the more mage-turn efficient ways to generate siege strength.
Queen of Elemental Air Conjuration 8 air 55 • 50airgem One of: Aella - Queen of Storms • Thuella - Queen of Thunder • Nephele - Queen of Clouds
Summons one of the three Air Queens; they're probably the best of the Elemental Royalty, due to their extreme mobility, and due to the demand for high-end Air battlefield spells like Mass Flight and Fog Warriors.
All three are mostly identical, but Thuella has the best combat power in exchange for lacking allies to summon; not that summoning allies is a great use of time for such powerful Mages. All three have air 55

Air/Earth

Watcher Enchantment 5 air 33earth 11 • 5airgem Watcher
May cast underwater. Durable immobile unit with a very high damage lightning attack and very high Patrol bonus. Watchers are not commanders, so a commander with magic leadership must patrol in order to benefit from the patrol bonus.

Air/Death

Corpse Man Construction Construction 1 air 11death 11 • 1airgem Corpse Construct
Corpse constructs are interesting chaff. Because this spell costs only one gem, and its output can be boosted by a Lightning Rod (+3 constructs) and Storm Spool (+2 constructs), it is one of the most efficient ways to turn gems into HP and siege strength. They have a built-in Charged Body effect that can stun attackers in melee, which is important because their combat skills are abysmal. Notably have high elemental resistances, but no protection and only 4 MR.

Air/Nature

Summon Amphiptere Conjuration 3 air 22nature 11 • 3airgem Amphiptere
A flying cold-blooded creature, superficially similar to a Wyvern. The Amphiptere is tougher, with special features on both attacks: "death poison" (35 damage) when its fangs pierce protection, and a 15 damage ranged poison spray attack. The combination of undisciplined, a rare cross path, and only being summonable one at a time means these are rarely used in any numbers. A potential use case is to embed within a flying raiding force as a counter to thugs.

Water

Water

Call Kraken Conjuration 3 water 33 • 1watergem Kraken
Underwater Only. A huge beast with four armor piercing attacks for just one water gem. A Kraken could be a strong combatant with enough buffs, but they suffer from a poor comparison with Summon Water Elemental as well as poor magic resistance.
Summon Ice Drake Conjuration 4 water 22 • 7watergem Ice Drake x1
Ice Drakes emit a "beam" of armor negating cold damage that lingers for a bit, capable of penetrating deep into enemy lines and freezing opponents with insufficient Cold Resistance. Ice Drakes are undisciplined, can inflict friendly fire, and have poor melee skills, so are best used in combination with undead or other cold-resistant allies.
Drakes can be summoned in greater numbers by a Dragon Master, making them substantially cheaper and more turn-efficient.
Summon Sea Serpent Conjuration 4 water 22 • 4watergem Sea Serpent x1
Underwater Only. These enormous aquatic Drakes are notable for having enormous hp, fear, and inflicting death poison if their fangs deal damage. As an undisciplined unit with high combat speed and modest protection, they are likely to die quickly unless supported by other undisciplined troops (like province defense). Beware nature mages: An 8 MR Animal is a prime Charm Animal target.
Drakes can be summoned in greater numbers by a Dragon Master, making them substantially cheaper and more turn-efficient.
Contact Sea Trolls Conjuration 5 water 33 • 15watergem Sea Troll x5 +1/2 lv
Sea trolls are excellent late-game blockers, with built-in regeneration (doubled underwater!), high hit points, and good magic resistance. Lacking the weapon and armor of the land Troll, they also lack its extreme fire vulnerability. Each sea troll has the upkeep of a 50 Gold unit. This spell is much less economical than Sea King's Court.
Summon Winter Wolves Conjuration 5 water 33 • 8watergem Winter Wolfx5 +1/2 lv
Like other seasonal spirits, these are Ethereal Mindless Magic Beings Animals with Spirit Sight, high magic resistance, and modest seasonal variation in HP. Winter wolves are notable for their high combat speed, AOE1 cold damage attack (similar to a Frost Brand) and large cold aura. Winter wolves have modest HP and no protection (relaying on Ethereal for defense), but can very rapidly kill or freeze targets that are vulnerable to cold, either natively (Imp, Devil, Fire Elemental) or due to Marble Warriors
Summon Bishop Fish Conjuration 6 water 33 • 15watergem Bishop Fish
Underwater Only. The Bishop Fish is the primary non-national holy 33 summon. With a Shambler Skin Armor or Amulet of the Fish, can be used on land for Divine Blessing and claiming Thrones. Bishop fish lack a boot slot and have low map movement, so you need a Flying Carpet to boost their mobility.
Sea King's Court Conjuration 6 water 33 • 55watergem Sea King x1 • Sea Troll x15 • Troll Guard x5
The Sea King is a powerful underwater troll with water 33, good resistances, 15-25% Regeneration, and the ability to generate a free water gem each month. While worth casting just for the Sea King, the army of sea trolls are solid troops who unfortunately have the upkeep of a 50+ Gold unit.
Often part of climbing Water: a water 22 Mage forges a Water Bracelet and casts this spell to summon the water 33 Sea King.
Summon Asp Turtle Conjuration 7 water 33 • 13watergem Asp Turtlex1
Underwater only. An enormous aquatic trampler with very high natural protection and fear. While 13 magic resistance is far above that of the Kraken or Sea serpent, Asp Turtles suffer from being deeper in the research tree than both Charm Animal and Enslave Mind.
Queen of Elemental Water Conjuration 8 water 55 • 50watergem Thalassa - Queen of the Sea • Bathusma - Queen of the Deeps • Limne - Queen of the Lake
Underwater only. The water Elemental Royalty, all of these have water 55, incredible underwater regeneration, recuperation, and built-in Liquid body, giving them the potential to be mighty underwater supercombatants (ideally with fluffers). Only the Queen of the Lake is naturally amphibious.

Water/Fire

Manifest Vitriol Alteration 6 water 22fire 11 • 3watergem Green Lion
Mages with the rare fire/water cross path can summon the mighty Green Lion. Like the Seasonal Spirits, Green lions are ethereal magic beings with spirit sight and excellent magic resistance. They are notable for their high precision armor piercing and corrosive ranged attack.

Water/Air

Summon Yetis Conjuration 3 water 22air 11 • 13watergem Yeti x5 +1/2 lv
Yetis are winter giants, surrounded by a cold aura. They are notable for being the strongest creature in Dominions with the Sticks and Stones attack, throwing two 19-damage projectiles per round with very low precision. These ranged attacks benefit fully from buffs like Strength of Giants and Army of Giants. Despite their resemblance to the great apes of Bandar Log, Yetis have high magic resistance and are not Animals.

Water/Earth

Summon Cave Cows Conjuration 3 water 22earth 22 • 3watergem Cave Cow x5 +1/2 lv
Cave only. Cave cows are an inexpensive summon that can ruin the day of armored knights with their highly acidic spit, which deals 10 armor-piercing damage (increasing to 17 with Enlarge and Strength of Giants) and corrodes armor.
Claymen Enchantment 3 water 11earth 11 • 5watergem Clayman x5 +1/2 lv
Claymen are mindless constructs, notable for their built-in Regeneration and 20 damage hammer attack. With mediocre combat skills and low protection, they are primarily useful once defensive buffs like Fog Warriors are available.

Water/Death

Streams from Hades Conjuration 6 water 44death 11 • 40watergem Kokythiad
May use underwater. A water mage with some death access can summon this amphibious water 33death 33 mage using just water gems. The Kokythiad has high Fear, spirit sight, excellent magic resistance, and some invulnerability, but only human hit points. Useful for breaking into death 33 and as a Stygian Rains caster.
Summon Catoblepas Conjuration 7 water 33death 22 • 15watergem Catoblepas
Catoblepas are famous for their Gaze of Death attack, which deals 10 armor-negating damage in an enormous area (AOE 20; magic resistance negates) and thus can annihilate entire formations of low MR troops. Friendly fire can be a major problem, both with the Gaze of Death and the poison cloud that surrounds these deadly bulls. Mindless units like constructs and longdead are immune to the Gaze of Death.
Hidden in Snow Enchantment 6 water 33death 11 • 75watergem Various
Mountains and Highlands only, Summons an army of tough undead. See Hidden in Terrain for details.

Water/Nature

Contact Naiad Conjuration 5 water 33nature 11 • 35watergem Naiad
Naiads are powerful amphibious water 33nature 33 mages with many useful abilities, including stealth, Recuperation, and very high Awe and magic resistance. Naiads suffer from homesickness, and will die if away from their home province for long, but can be quite useful both for rituals and Foul Vapors. Homesickness can be removed using Transformation.
Naiad Warriors Conjuration 5 water 33nature 11 • 18watergem Kydnid x15
Kydnids are efficiently summoned amphibious troops, with decent skills, bronze gear and high Awe. With their low strength, they won't kill much, but they can be valuable as amphibious blockers and bodyguards.
Call Ancient Presence Conjuration 9 water 66nature 44 • 25watergem Ancient Presence
An enormous swamp monster with fear and 40 Regeneration per turn, the Ancient Presence can devour whole any creature smaller than it (growing in strength as it does so). Unfortunately, comes as a unit, not a commander. While this monster has some physical resistances, it is much tougher when targeted by protection buffs and/or other fluffing.
A Naiad can summon this monster with Construction 6 boosters.

Earth

Earth

Summon Cave Grubs Conjuration 1 earth 11 • 6earthgem Cave Grub x5 +1/2 lv
Cave only. An early game way to get 60 siege strength worth of siege chaff given a earth 11 in cave province lab. Their slow combat speed is a feature, since it makes these weak combatants easier to keep alive.
Summon Ogres Conjuration 2 earth 11 • 10earthgem Ogre x5 +1/2 lv
Ogres are one of the game's most accessible summons. While their cold resistance is somewhat notable, their main use case is as a quickly massed source of 30 damage attacks in early game warfare.
Summon Cave Drake Conjuration 4 earth 22 • 4earthgem Cave Drake
Cave drakes are earth Drakes. A cave drake is a cold-blooded animal notable for its resistance to physical damage, with 22 protection and 58 hit points. Cave drakes have high strength but poor combat skills, so they combine well with immobilizing spells like Web and Earth Meld. Drakes can be summoned in greater numbers by a Dragon Master, making them substantially cheaper and more turn-efficient.
Summon Fall Bears Conjuration 5 earth 33 • 12earthgem Fall Bear x5 +1/2 lv
Like other seasonal spirits, these are Ethereal Mindless Magic Beings Animals with Spirit Sight, high magic resistance, and modest seasonal variation in HP. Notable for their built-in Regeneration and high HP, Fall Bears can be very effective blockers against targets without magic weapons, especially with protection buffs and/or Fog Warriors.
Contact Trolls Conjuration 5 earth 33 • 15earthgem Troll x5 +1/2 lv
Trolls are an expensive but powerful troop summon, with high magic resistance, high durability, a very high damage great club, and built-in Regeneration. Especially with buffs, they can be quite strong in combat against opponents that are unable to exploit their high fire vulnerability. Note that unlike most summons, trolls have high gold upkeep.
Contact Hill Giant Conjuration 6 earth 33 • 3earthgem Hill Giant
Hill giants are undisciplined size 6 giant units with a remarkable 106 hp, an extremely high damage great club, and 9 magic resistance. Their grab and swallow attack has a role in killing size 2 thugs. Their magic vulnerability is a major problem in combat, as they will be targeted by spells like Soul Slay, but makes them ideal as bait when fighting masses of mind blasters.
Troll King's Court Conjuration 6 earth 33 • 55earthgem Troll King • Troll x10 • War Troll x5 • Troll Moose Knight x2
The Troll King is a useful summon, often used as a thug chassis or a caster for big earth spells like Army of Gold and Weapons of Sharpness. He comes with an army of trolls, which is a great bonus but makes this spell more expensive than many other mage summons. Troll Kings are important for path-boosting earth magic, since an earth 22 mage with Earth Boots can cast this spell and then give the Troll king his boots to create a earth 44 mage. Note that unlike most summons, trolls have high gold upkeep.
King of Elemental Earth Conjuration 8 earth 55 • 50earthgem One of: Barathrus - King of Deeper Earth • Oreigenes - King of Mountains
Elemental Royalty
Clockwork Soldiers Construction 3 earth 22 • 5earthgem Clockwork Soldier x5 +1/2 lv
Clockwork soldiers are a mechanical version of human infantry, with high resistances to all elements and high protection. They fatigue out very quickly (-15 reinvigoration), and thus will actively fight for at most 7 rounds of battle. All constructs are mindless and have spirit sight, though clockwork troops only have a few turns of activity after the casting time of Darkness would complete.
Clockwork Horrors Construction 5 earth 22 • 9earthgem Clockwork Horror x10 +1/lv
Improves on the similar Clockwork soldier by having two attacks and higher combat speed (thus wasting less of their limited combat value moving).
Crusher Construction Construction 5 earth 33 • 15earthgem Crusher
The Crusher is a tough blocker, with high hp, protection, and pierce/slash resistances. Consider fluffing your Crusher with defensive spells like Mossbody and Body Ethereal. Its very low combat stats mean that it will primarily crush targets that have been immobilized by spells like Earth Grip or Web.
Mechanical Men Construction 7 earth 22 • 15earthgem Mechanical Man x10+ 1/lv
Mechanical men are similar to the clockwork soldier in having very high resistances to elemental magic, without the reinvigoration penalty. Their direct combat ability is modest, with just 8 hit points and human level combat stats, but they have some of the best resistances of any troop in the game.
Siege Golem Construction 9 earth 33 • 20earthgem Siege Golem
Similar to a Crusher but with a large siege bonus, better resistances, and duel Shatterfist attacks (basically a built-in Smasher). Siege golems compete with both Crumble and Gate Cleaver as ways to transform earthgem into siege strength. They are quite durable, with high hp, protection, and elemental resistances, but comes as a unit (not a commander), and their modest magic resistance makes them a target for spells like Disintegrate.
Enliven Statues Enchantment 6 earth 33 • 20earthgem Living Statue x10 +1/lv
A mage turn efficient way to summon. Living statues are substantially better combatants than mechanical men, but lack the elemental resistances and do not heal between battles. All constructs have spirit sight, and Living Statues in particular have high attack/defense stats, which means they have very high relative stats in Darkness.

Earth/Fire

Iron Dragon Construction 9 earth 44fire 22 • 30earthgem Iron Dragon
Durable fire-breathing unit with full elemental resistances, trample, fear, and a fire breath attack. mindless and thus immune to spells like soul slay, but the low MR for a late game summon means it will be targeted by spells like Disintegrate.

Earth/Air

Enliven Gargoyles Enchantment 5 earth 33air 11 • 10earthgem Gargoyle x5 +1/2 lv
May cast underwater. With this rare cross path, you can summon a group of durable flyers with two attacks and similar attributes to the Living Statue. Because of their built-in physical resistances and small size, gargoyles can be efficiently buffed with AOE 1 spells like Mossbody to create very durable flyers.

Earth/Water

Summon Cave Crab Conjuration 3 earth 11water 11 • 4earthgem Cave Crab
Cave only.

Earth/Nature

Iron Pigs Alteration 6 earth 33nature 11 • 9earthgem Iron Pig x7
descrip

Earth/Death

Hidden Underearth Enchantment 6 earth 33death 11 • 75earthgem Various
Cave only. Summons an army. See Hidden in Terrain
Hidden in Sand Enchantment 6 earth 33death 11 • 75earthgem Various
Waste only. Summons an army. See Hidden in Terrain

Astral

Astral

Juggernaut Construction Construction 9 astral 55 • 25astralpearl Juggernaut
Juggernauts are very durable size 6 Sacred construct, notable for being a unit (not a commander!) that spreads Dominion like a temple. They are one of the slowest units in the game, and thus their trample ability is of limited use.
Telestic Animation Thaumaturgy 5 astral 33 • 5astralpearl Telestic Animate
Cheap holy 22 immobile priest statue. One of the very few units with Innate spellcaster, though you'd need to empower in order to use that ability.

Astral/Water

Call Abomination Conjuration 9 astral 55water 22 • 25astralpearl Abomination x1
A big monster that needs point buffs to survive late-game battles,
but is an artiliry weapon that fires AOS instant death Mind blast (Magic Negates).
Comes too late game to be the most useful thing to spend pearls on.

Astral/Earth

Golem Construction Construction 7 astral 33earth 22 • 30astralpearl Golem
May cast underwater. Golems are one of the defining summons of the late game, because they are a durable mindless astral mage. Mindless mages cannot be targeted by Magic Duel, making golems the preferred caster for important battlefield spells like Antimagic, Doom, and Will of the Fates when fighting a nation with far more astral access than you. Mindless mages are also immune to Soul Slay, Charm, Enslave Mind, and similar spells.

These features, combined with the ability to move during the Magic phase with a Starshine Skullcap, make golems an important late game thug chassis despite their low combat skills. While astral 22 offers limited buff options, golems can be geared, fluffed, or (at great expense) empowered for use as a thug against armies.

Golems have a key role during Astral Corruption and the Cataclysm, because horrors do not hunt mindless mages.

Astral/Death

Ether Gate Conjuration 6 astral 44death 11 • 90astralpearl Ether Lord • Ether Warrior x15
May use underwater. The princely sum pays for dumping Magic3 on the province you cast it in, along with Magic half-giants armed with Moon Blades. The commander has astral 33death 22random1100%, possibly busting you into a path/level you're missing.
The troops are well-armored, and all of them are Ethereal, Amphibious, and possessing Spirit Sight. They perform better in Magic scales, too. The price is often far too high if you're needing only one feature of this Ritual, though.
Call the Eater of the Dead Conjuration 8 astral 44death 44 • 50astralpearl Eater of the Dead
Essentially an Ancient Presence with better ramp-up between battles, due to its Trample-and-Swallow method of feeding and its Corpse Eater trait, but worse initial stats and a Disease aura. It can at least damage Size 6 foes.
The Eater gets progressively better as it eats more, up until it becomes the Unfettered and turns against you; not that the added attacks matter a whole lot, unless the Eater finds itself next to Size 6 supercombatants.

Nature

Nature

Summon Animals Conjuration 1 nature 22 • 10naturegem Various
See Animal Summons.
Pack of Wolves Conjuration 2 nature 11 • 2naturegem Wolf x10 +1/lv
Wolves are a very cheap animal summon. As fast undisciplined units that are substantially weaker than many PD troops, their combat effectiveness is typically limited to serving as a distraction. A popular use case is as early game patrol chaff for blood hunting.
Summon Horned Serpents Conjuration 2 nature 11 • 4naturegem Horned Serpent x5 +1/2 lv
Horned serpents are easily massed undisciplined cold-blooded animals with a poisonous bite. While 29HP may seem impressive, their low defense skill and modest protection mean they trade poorly with many basic units, like province defense. However, their low cost, high attack skill, high MR, and 15AN poison mean they can have a useful role as a tool against thugs or other elites lacking high poison resistance.
Summon Killer Mantis Conjuration 2 nature 22 • 4naturegem Killer Mantis x5 +1/2 lv
Killer mantis have the rare combination of being both a magic being and an animal. They are notable for having two decent attacks and unbreakable morale.
Awaken Vine Men Conjuration 3 nature 11 • 1naturegem Vine Man x3
Mindless, poison resistant chaff. With two very weak attacks, unbreakable morale, some physical resistances, and awful combat stats, vine men are typically used as blockers or as bodyguard "batteries" for a mage casting soul vortex.
Spell scales with the Ivy Lord ability, which is most easily obtained by forging an Ivy Crown or summoning an Ivy Lord.
Awaken Algae Men Conjuration 3 nature 11 • 1naturegem Algae Man x3
An amphibious variant of the vine man, with higher protection but lower HP.
Call of the Wild Conjuration 3 nature 44 • 12naturegem Werewolf x1 • Wolf x30
Technically a remote attack, this spell can be cast in friendly territory as a remote summon. Gives less wolves outside forests. Less efficient as a summoning spell than Pack of Wolves, but the Werewolf can summon 3 wolves per turn. It takes ten months for the werewolf to produce an equal amount of wolves per nature gem, assuming the spell was used in a forest.
Summon Leogryphs Conjuration 4 nature 22 • 12naturegem Leogryph x10 +1/lv
Leogryphs are fast, undisciplined animals with high attack skill and two attacks. Unlike many animals, they have decent magic resistance.
Awaken Vine Ogres Conjuration 4 nature 33 • 3naturegem Vine Ogre x2
Vine Ogres are inexpensive mindless magic being plants with an impressive 55 hit points. Because of their low cost, they can be cost-effectively used in many ways, including as siege chaff, evocation bait, blockers, or soul vortex batteries for powerful death mages. Spell scales with the Ivy Lord ability, which is most easily obtained by forging an Ivy Crown or summoning a Vine Lord.
Spirits of the Wood Conjuration 5 nature 33 • 8naturegem Woodland Spirit x10 +1/lv
Woodland spirits are fragile homesick ethereal spirits with high awe and 20% regeneration, but unfortunately no protection. Their attack permanently steals strength (magic resistance negates). They are moderately effective blockers against foes lacking magic weapons or having low morale; with powerful buffs (such as Fog Warriors), they might be able to block foes lacking magic weapons for a very long time.
Contact Forest Trolls Conjuration 5 nature 33 • 10naturegem Forest Troll x5 +1/2 lv
Trolls descrip
Awaken Sleeper Conjuration 5 nature 44 • 10naturegem Sleeper x1
descrip
Forest Troll Tribe Conjuration 6 nature 33 • 37naturegem Troll Shaman x1 • Forest Troll x15
Trolls descrip
Contact Forest Giant Conjuration 6 nature 33 • 2naturegem Forest Giant x1
descrip
Contact Lamias Conjuration 6 nature 33 • 5naturegem Lamia x5 +1/2 lv
descrip
Animal Horde Conjuration 7 nature 44 • 15naturegem Various
Animal Summons
Awaken Ivy King Conjuration 7 nature 44 • 30naturegem Ivy King x1
descrip
Faerie Court Conjuration 8 nature 55 • 40naturegem Faery Queen x1 • Sprite x15
descrip
Awaken Tarrasque Conjuration 9 nature 66 • 25naturegem Tarrasque x1
A super tough regenerating dragon with a big poison cloud.
Comes too late in research to be useful, as you would prefer a fully slotted super-combatant chassis at Conj 9
Wooden Construction Construction 5 nature 33 • 3naturegem Lumber Construct x1
Poorer Golem. If you get one during a random event, it's tradition to thug it out for good luck.
Awaken Treelord Enchantment 7 nature 55 • 35naturegem One of: Treelord • Treelord • Dying Treelord
descrip
Call the Worm That Walks Thaumaturgy 8 nature 55 • 30naturegem Worm Mage
Immortals descrip

Nature/Water

Summon Sea Dogs Conjuration 1 nature 11water 11 • 2naturegem Sea Dog x5 +1/2 lv
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Summon Crocodiles Conjuration 1 nature 11water 11 • 4naturegem Crocodile x5 +1/2 lv
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Summon Sea Lions Conjuration 3 nature 22water 11 • 10naturegem Leocampus x10 +l/lv
Underwater only.
Summon Sea Lions Conjuration 3 nature 22water 22 • 7naturegem Bog Beast x5 +1/2 lv
Underwater only.
Summon Swamp Drake Conjuration 4 nature 22water 11 • 7naturegem Swamp Drake x1
Swamp drakes are slow cold-blooded animals with a poison gas beam attack. Because of their poor combat skills and modest protection, they are best used in combination with poison immune troops, such as undead. Like Bog beasts, Swamp Drakes can be an effective way to field poison damage for nations with limited access to the poison cross path. Drakes can be summoned in greater numbers by a Dragon Master, making them substantially cheaper and more turn-efficient.

Nature/Earth

Summon Kithaironic Lion Conjuration 4 nature 33earth 11 • 5naturegem Kithaironic Lion
descrip
Summon Manticore Conjuration 6 nature 22earth 11 • 5naturegem Manticore
descrip

Nature/Death

Contact Lamia Queen Conjuration 6 nature 55death 22 • 25naturegem Lamia Queen
descrip
Construct Manikin Construction 3 nature 11death 11 • 9naturegem Manikin x10 +2/lv
descrip
Construct Mandragora Construction 6 nature 22death 11 • 10naturegem Mandragora x5 +2/lv
descrip

Death

Death

Black Servant Conjuration 1 death 22 • 5deathgem Black Servant
A scout. Useful if you need an amphibious scout or need a scout with spirit sight.
Summon Shades Conjuration 2 death 22 • 8deathgem Shade x5 +1/2 lv
Rarely used.
Revive Wights Conjuration 3 death 22 • 20deathgem Wight x5
May use underwater. Descr
Revive Bane Conjuration 3 death 22 • 7deathgem Bane
May use underwater. Descr
Summon Shade Beasts Conjuration 4 death 33 • 15deathgem Shade Beast x15 +2/lvl
May use underwater. Descr
Spirit Mastery Conjuration 5 death 11 • 4deathgem Dispossessed Spirit x15+
May use underwater. Descr
Revive Bane Lord Conjuration 5 death 44 • 12deathgem Bane Lord
May use underwater. Descr
Summon Ghosts Conjuration 6 death 22 • 14deathgem Ghost x5 +1/2 lv
May use underwater. Descr
Summon Spectre Conjuration 6 death 33 • 22deathgem Spectral Mage
May use underwater. Descr
Summon Mound Fiend Conjuration 7 death 33 • 28deathgem Mound Fiend
May use underwater. Descr
Harvester of Sorrows Conjuration 7 death 33 • 28deathgem Harvester of Sorrows
May use underwater. Practically summoning a thugable Banevenom Charm.
Kills about 5% of the current pop as an anonymous event every turn.
Can dispatch light PD and patrols that were expecting a scout with a charm.
More of a Troll tool for its price than an actually win strategy.
Call Wraith Lord Conjuration 7 death 55 • 40deathgem Wraith Lord
May use underwater. Descr
Legion of Wights Conjuration 9 death 66 • 30deathgem Wight x20 +3/lv]
May use underwater. Descr
Tartarian Gate Conjuration 9 death 77 • 10deathgem Summons a Tartarian
See the Tartarian Gate page for a complete description of this endgame spell.
Enchantment
Reanimation Enchantment 1 death 11 • 10deathgem Longdeadx10
May use underwater.
Revive King Enchantment 2 death 22 • 3deathgem Mound King
May use underwater.
Create Revenant Enchantment 3 death 22 • 9deathgem Revenant
May use underwater. Turns Death gems into Researchers. Probably only needs some early game to spam death magic and dedicated death site searching.
Behemoth Enchantment 4 death 33 • 7deathgem Behemoth
May use underwater. An undead elephant. Decent MR and morale mean these do not share some of the weaknesses of other elephant units; low defense and protection mean that these perform substantially better with defensive buffs.
Pale Riders Enchantment 5 death 33 • 10deathgem Longdead Horseman x20+ 2/lv
May use underwater. descrip
Carrion Reanimation Enchantment 7 death 33 • 10deathgem Soulless Ghost x100 +2/lv
May use underwater. descrip
Ritual of Rebirth Enchantment 7 death 44 • 15deathgem Revives a hero as a Mummy
May use underwater. descrip
Lichcraft Enchantment 8 death 55 • 30deathgem Lich
May use underwater. descrip

Death/Fire

King of Banefires Conjuration 8 death 33fire 44 • 50deathgem Antrax - King of Banefires
Elemental Royalty. descrip
Reanimate Archers Enchantment 6 death 22fire 11 • 5deathgem Longdead Archer x10
descrip

Death/Air

Ziz Construction 6 death 33air 22 • 4airgem Ziz
An undead version of the Great Eagle. More expensive and harder to mass, but the greater cost pays for complete elemental resistances, spirit sight, Storm immunity, and Fear.

Death/Water

Leviathan Enchantment 7 death 33water 11 • 12deathgem Leviathan
Underwater only, A giant undead turtle with trample and fear. Comes with very high protection but very low combat speed.

Death/Earth

Poison Golem Construction 5 death 44earth 22 • 35deathgem Poison Golem
A tough thug chassis with Reaper and Banefire shield but no magic paths.

Blood

Despite the high numbers, Blood slaves are fairly easy to collect and considered cheaper to spend then gems.

A main downside for A lot of Blood summon troops, is that you have to summon them one of time until you get to the late game horde versions.

In addition, Unique Demon commanders return to the summoning pool when killed.

Blood

Bind Shadow Imp Blood 1 blood 11 • 1bloodslave Shadow Imp
Cheap scouts that take mage turns instead of fort turns.
Bind Spine Devil Blood 2 blood 22 • 3bloodslave Spine Devil
Solid two poison attack chaff with high Prot and Poison barbs.
Bind Fiend Blood 2 blood 22 • 5bloodslave Fiend of Darkness
Sneaky Flyers with Darkness Power and two solid poison attacks.
Bind Serpent Fiend Blood 4 blood 11 • 2bloodslave Serpent Fiend
descrip
Horde from Hell Blood 5 blood 44 • 44bloodslave Devil (commander) • Devil • Imp x25
descrip
Bind Succubus Blood 5 blood 44 • 66bloodslave Succubus
descrip
Ritual of Five Gates Blood 6 blood 55 • 39bloodslave Fiend of Darkness • Devil • Frost Fiend • Storm Demon • Demon Knight
descrip
Plague of Locusts Blood 7 blood 55 • 88bloodslave Demonic Locust (commander) • Demonic Locust x8
descrip
Bind Heliophagus Blood 8 blood 55 • 111bloodslave One of: Mastema - Heliophagus • Amaimon - Heliophagus • Gorilon - Heliophagus • Mabakiel - Heliophagus
Summons one of four unique commanders. descrip
Forces of Darkness Blood 9 blood 66 • 50bloodslave Fiend of Darkness x14 +1/lvl
Summons one of four unique commanders. descrip
Bind Demon Lord Blood 9 blood 88 • 150bloodslave One of: Pazuzu - Lord of the Plague Wind • Belphegor - Lord of Hell • Belial - Lord of Corruption • Buer - Goat Sun • Geryon - Monster of Fraud • Ashmedai - Prince of Lust
Summons one of six unique commanders. descrip

Blood/Fire

Bind Fiery Imps Blood 1 blood 11fire 11 • 6bloodslave Fiery Imp x5 +1/2 lv
Their ranged fire attacks benefit from strength buffs.
Bind Devil Blood 3 blood 22fire 22 • 7bloodslave Devil
Fairly strong shock troop summon. Flyers with Two attacks (one inflicts paralyze) and a heat aura.
Bind Arch Devil Blood 7 blood 44fire 22 • 99bloodslave One of: Buriol - Arch Devil • Ethanim - Arch Devil • Furcas - Arch Devil • Magoth - Arch Devil • Igarak - Arch Devil
Summone one of five unique commanders. Descr
Infernal Forces Blood 9 blood 55fire 22 • 50bloodslave Devilx7 +1/lvl • Impx20
A more efficient late-game way to amass Devils, while also getting a lot of imps for practically a steal.

Blood/Air

Bind Storm Demon Blood 4 blood 22air 22 • 10bloodslave Storm Demon
Ethereal Lighting throwers with shock fist attacks in melee. Can be very efficient under the right circumstances.
Infernal Tempest Blood 9 blood 55air 22 • 50bloodslave Storm Demon x7 +1/lv
More Storm Demons for less slaves and mage turns.

Blood/Water

Bind Frost Fiend Blood 3 blood 22water 22 • 8bloodslave Frost Fiend
Low Prot but decent HP and high Defense Skill. Primarily a shooter but becomes a flying melee fighter if you buff their prot.
Bind Ice Devil Blood 6 blood 33water 33 • 88bloodslave One of: Nycafor - Ice Devil • Oriax - Ice Devil • ??Gaap - Ice Devil? • Bifrons - Ice Devil • Cimejes - Ice Devil • Bune - Ice Devil
Summons one of six unique commanders. Descr
Forces of Ice Blood 9 blood 55water 22 • 50bloodslave Frost Fiend x8+ 1/lv
Summon Fiends more Efficently

Blood/Earth

Bind Demon Knight Blood 5 blood 22earth 22 • 15bloodslave Demon Knight
Summons a strong knight with Fear. Very good demon summon. Fill the role of hard-to-kill flankers.
Father Illearth Blood 7 blood 33earth 44 • 105bloodslave Pedoseion - Father Illearth
Summons a unique commander. See Elemental Royalty for more.
Infernal Crusade Blood 9 blood 55earth 22 • 50bloodslave Demon Knight x10 +1/lv
Efficient way to summon tons of Knights in the late game.

Blood/Nature

Cross Breeding Blood 3 blood 11nature 11 • 15bloodslave Cross breeding x20 +1/lv
descr
Awaken Dark Vines Blood 5 blood 11nature 33 • 12bloodslave Dark Vines x2
descr
Cross Breeding Blood 8 blood 22nature 22 • 20bloodslave Cross breeding x40 +3/lv
descr

Blood/Death

Bind Bone Fiends Blood 2 blood 11death 11 • 5bloodslave Bone Fiend x5 +1/2 lv
Turns Blood slaves into nacked Undead with Good two Stength claw attacks.
Most perfer the Greater number of Londead chaff or more durable Demons.
Blood Rite Blood 7 blood 22death 22 • 11bloodslave Vampire
Naked guy, but still hard to kill and immortal.
Curse of Blood Blood 7 blood 33death 44 • 77bloodslave Vampire Lord
Great Late game mage with great access to death and blood magic. Hard to kill and immortal. Great qualities to have.
Notable Spells
Rituals Personal Enchantments Divine Name/Gift of Reason • Transformation • Twiceborn • Cure Disease
Strategic Domes • Globals • Magic Phase Movement • Remote Attacks
Summons Cross Breeding • Elemental Royalty • Hidden Underneath/in Snow/in Sand • Infernal Breeding • Reanimation • Release Lord of Civilization • Ritual of Rebirth • Tartarian Gate
Other Wish
Combat Magic Battlefield Enchantments
Buffs Hell Power • Life after Death • Mossbody • Pain Transfer • Phoenix Pyre • Returning • Soul Vortex • Time Stop • Strength of Giants
Debuffs Armor of Achilles • Earth Grip • False Fetters
Direct Damage Divine Magic • Magic Duel • Soul Slay
Summons Reanimation
Other Communions • Enslave Mind
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summon-spells.txt · Last modified: 2022/06/27 10:02 by fenrir

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