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{{flavour|A box filled with the bizarre leftovers of a depraved wizard's magical experimentations. Opening it might set loose a friendly mutant beast: bizarre creatures, each with their own combination of traits. Increased skill with Evocations will allow stronger beasts to be released.
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There are six known traits:
*Bat beasts fly and move very quickly, but erratically.
*Fire beasts resist and breathe fire.
*Ox beasts resist cold, are armoured with thick fur, and can knock back foes.
*Shock beasts resist electricity and can transform into living lightning.
*Sting beasts resist poison and have a reaching poison-tail attack.
*Weird beasts can see invisible and attack with constricting tentacles.
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As far as anyone knows, all beasts have exactly two of these traits.}}

A '''box of beasts''' is a [[evocable items|miscellaneous magic item]] which can summon an irregular, albeit friendly, monster, classified generally as a mutant beast. The box of beasts becomes empty after one use; it can be recharged by gaining experience.

It is [[item set|mutually exclusive]] with the [[sack of spiders]].

==Mutant Beast==
A mutant beast usually combines two random traits/facets:
*Bat: [[flying]], [[fast]], [[batty]].
*Sting: [[Reaching|reach]]/[[poison|poison]], rPois.
*Fire: [[Fire Breath|fire breath]], rF.
*Weird: [[constrict]], [[See invisible|sInv]].
*Shock: rElec, [[blinkbolt]].
*Ox: [[trample]], rC, +5 AC.

Each beast also has one of five tiers, corresponding to HD and melee attack damage.
*Larval (HD 3) (12 damage)
*Juvenile (HD 9) (19 damage)
*Mature (HD 15) (26 damage)
*Elder (HD 21) (33 damage)
*Primal (HD 27) (40 damage)

[[HD]] of mutant beasts is roughly <code>(Evocations skill + 1d7 - 1d7)</code>, rounded up to the nearest tier & capped at 27.

==History==
*Prior to [[0.26]], boxes of beasts had a 1/3 chance to fall apart after every use and didn't recharge with XP.
*Prior to [[0.19]], boxes of beasts didn't stack.
*Prior to [[0.17]], a box of beasts would instead summon a [[chimera]].
*In [[0.16]], box of beasts became considerably stronger than before.
*Prior to [[0.13]] this item summoned individual (non-chimera) monsters.
*Prior to [[0.9]], it appeared as a '''small ebony casket''' while unidentified.

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