Allies and summoning

Call a creature, raise a corpse, create a clone or turn an enemy to your side. Their limits and expiry rules differ.

Keeping allies

Creature strength and lifetime

School proficiency selects a creature level from the summoned type’s allowed levels. The requested level is capped near the caster’s level, but the creature’s own minimum level still applies. The spell then sets its weapon strength, so the ordinary bestiary entry is not an accurate substitute for the summoned creature.

Summon lifetime uses the effect’s base duration and school proficiency. It is calculated separately from the generic spell-duration display. The table below records the actual creature and remaining turns immediately after creation.

Replacing allies

Summon and raise limits are counted by creature race. When a cast exceeds its limit, the ally of that race with the least time remaining is removed. Different spells that create the same race can therefore replace one another.

A newly created clone replaces your previous clone. Mind-controlled creatures use a separate shared pool, with the limit supplied by the control spell being cast. At that limit, the existing creature selected for replacement stops being an ally.

Control has target restrictions

Mind control requires a living NPC whose level is within both the spell’s strength and the caster’s level. Animal control additionally requires the Animals faction. Magic resistance can reject these hostile spell effects.

When control expires, the creature becomes hostile, even if it was neutral before being controlled. A clone is a separate copy with its own lifetime and spell restrictions; it does not permanently recruit the original creature.

Travel and expiry

Your registered allies in the room you leave move with you to the destination. Their remaining lifetime decreases as turns pass, including travel and sleep. Summoned or raised creatures disappear when their time runs out; controlled creatures instead become hostile.

Summoned and raised creatures grant no kill experience or random loot. Plan around their remaining time before starting a long journey or resting.

Corpses you can raise

Human
Orc
Goblin
Kobold

Raising requires a dead NPC of one of these races and replaces that corpse with the undead creature.

Summoned and raised creatures

These measurements use each spell’s minimum and maximum reference caster. Damage is a normal hit before target defenses. The creature’s actual lifetime is measured separately from the spell’s listed effect duration.

Created through the game’s summon/raise logic, including spell-specific weapon strength. Sampled corpse races: Orc. This table measures successful creature creation; the spell page covers mana, learning, casting and targeting requirements. Summoned and raised creatures grant no kill XP or random loot.
Spell and creature	Reference caster	School proficiency	Ally level	Health	Melee	Ranged	Lifetime (turns)
Ghoul’s AwakeningRaise: GhoulLimit: 2 of the same race	Minimum: Mage L1Intelligence 4	1	1	20	3	—	8
Ghoul’s AwakeningRaise: GhoulLimit: 2 of the same race	Maximum: Mage L50Intelligence 10	10	10	61	5	—	14
Lichborn AscensionRaise: LichLimit: 2 of the same race	Minimum: Mage L1Intelligence 4	3	10	61	3	8	9
Lichborn AscensionRaise: LichLimit: 2 of the same race	Maximum: Mage L50Intelligence 10	10	19	102	54	17	14
Rise of the Arch-LichRaise: ArchLichLimit: 2 of the same race	Minimum: Mage L2Intelligence 5	6	20	120	49	10	11
	Maximum: Mage L50Intelligence 10	10	29	166	65	25	14
Bone Archer’s CallRaise: Skeleton (Archer)Limit: 2 of the same race	Minimum: Mage L1Intelligence 4	1	1	20	3	2	8
	Maximum: Mage L50Intelligence 10	10	10	61	19	6	14
Warrior of the DeadRaise: Skeleton (Warrior)Limit: 2 of the same race	Minimum: Mage L1Intelligence 4	1	1	20	28	—	11
	Maximum: Mage L50Intelligence 10	10	10	61	74	—	20
Curse of the UndyingRaise: ZombieLimit: 2 of the same race	Minimum: Mage L1Intelligence 4	1	1	20	22	—	11
Curse of the UndyingRaise: ZombieLimit: 2 of the same race	Maximum: Mage L50Intelligence 10	10	10	61	57	—	20
Plagueborn HorrorRaise: Infected ZombieLimit: 2 of the same race	Minimum: Mage L1Intelligence 4	3	8	52	16	—	9
	Maximum: Mage L50Intelligence 10	10	17	93	30	—	14
Messenger of DoomSummon: CrowLimit: 1 of the same race	Minimum: Mage L1Intelligence 4	1	1	15	3	—	11
Messenger of DoomSummon: CrowLimit: 1 of the same race	Maximum: Mage L50Intelligence 10	10	10	46	5	—	20
Knight of the Bone LegionSummon: Skeleton (Knight)Limit: 1 of the same race	Minimum: Mage L2Intelligence 5	6	10	61	32	—	16
	Maximum: Mage L50Intelligence 10	10	19	102	54	—	20
Web of ShadowsSummon: Huge SpiderLimit: 1 of the same race	Minimum: Mage L1Intelligence 4	3	3	22	11	—	9
Web of ShadowsSummon: Huge SpiderLimit: 1 of the same race	Maximum: Mage L50Intelligence 10	10	10	46	16	—	14
Winged TerrorSummon: WyvernLimit: 1 of the same race	Minimum: Mage L7Intelligence 5	9	15	115	4	11	15
Winged TerrorSummon: WyvernLimit: 1 of the same race	Maximum: Mage L50Intelligence 10	10	24	171	7	19	16
Flameborn SentinelSummon: Fire ElementalLimit: 1 of the same race	Minimum: Mage L1Intelligence 4	3	15	84	8	—	9
	Maximum: Mage L50Intelligence 10	10	24	125	27	—	14
Glacial GuardianSummon: Ice ElementalLimit: 1 of the same race	Minimum: Mage L2Intelligence 5	6	15	84	15	—	13
	Maximum: Mage L50Intelligence 10	10	24	125	29	—	16
Stormborn GuardianSummon: Lightning ElementalLimit: 1 of the same race	Minimum: Mage L1Intelligence 4	1	15	84	8	—	8
	Maximum: Mage L50Intelligence 10	10	24	125	29	—	14

Control and clone spells

Control spells share a pool of creatures whose allegiance has changed; the spell being used supplies the limit. A new clone replaces the previous clone.
Spell	Kind	Limit
Puppet Master’s Will	Mind control	1
Soothing Presence	Animal control	1
Perfect Doppelgänger	Clone	1
Reflected Adversary	Clone	1
Echo of the Foe	Clone	1
Twin of the Ally	Clone	1

See Combat and equipment for defenses and casting failures, or Spells to compare the abilities themselves.

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