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'''Call Canine Familiar''' is a level 3 [[Summonings|Summoning]] spell which summons a mystical canine to your aid.

[[Summoner]]s start with this spell.

==Useful Info==
Summons an [[inugami]], or supports it if one is already present.

Higher spellpower increases the summon's stats directly, rounded in a weighted manner:<ref>{{source ref|0.32.1|ghost.cc|1047}}</ref>
*[[HD]] = <code>3 + power/15</code>
*[[HP]] = <code>14 + power/4</code>
*[[AC]] = <code>5 + power/10</code>
*Melee damage = <code>5 + power/7</code>

Duration of the summon is around 81 turns ([[duration class]] 5); it does not depend on spell power.<ref>{{source ref|0.32.1|spl-summoning.cc|176}}</ref>

There is a summon limit of 1 inugami. Casting the spell while an inugami is present will heal it for <code>5 + power/5</code> to <code>9 + power/5</code> HP, and cause it make a [[cleaving]] attack immediately (in addition to its regular turn).<ref>{{source ref|0.32.1|spl-summoning.cc|203}}</ref> If it has less than 11 turns left, it will also gain 6-9 turns of duration.<ref>{{source ref|0.32.1|spl-summoning.cc|211}}</ref>

If the inugami dies (not counting expiry or [[Abjuration]]), you cannot cast this spell again for 13-21 turns.

==Strategy==
The inugami is a fast, reliable ally. You can't summon multiple dogs in a row, but they are significantly better at combat than the earlier Summoning spells.

Recasting this spell for the heal/instant attack is not very MP efficient, though if you have a surplus of MP, it can be a good way to spend it.

===Tips & Tricks===
*If the inugami dies, you can use other summoning spells and/or [[kiting]] to stall out time.
*This is the only spell in the [[Summoner]] starting book that summons an ally with [[see invisible]]. At the least, it's decent at dealing with early [[orc wizard]]s and [[unseen horror]]s.

==History==
*Prior to [[0.32]], recasting this spell did not increase the dog's duration if it had less than 11 turns left.
*In [[0.31]], this spell was reworked. Prior to this version:
**Instead of an inugami, you could summon either a [[hound]], [[wolf]], or [[warg]]. To decide, a random value within <code>power ± 10</code> was chosen; if 60 or more, a warg was summoned, if 40 or more, a wolf was summoned. Therefore, reaching 30 power and 50 power were relevant breakpoints.
**Recasting the spell did not cause the summon to heal or make an attack, and you could cast the spell again if the summon died.
**The [[duration class]] ranged from 2 (around 18 turns) to 6 (around 171 turns); the formula was <code>2 + (1d<power> - 1) / 4</code> (capped at 6).
*Prior to [[0.14]], this spell could also summon [[jackal]]s and its summon cap was 3.

==References==
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