Summon Monsters.

[Sradac]

What is the point of this spell? Really? It woulda been cool to be able to summon short duration monster allies with this spell, but every time any character of mine has EVER cast it and i've had level 40+ wizards all the monsters it creates are either hostile or almost hostile. I've cast it everywhere from the gremlin caves, to the casino, to L1 of the ID , to the mana temple. NEVER a friendly creature. Scrolls of summon familiar summon permanent companions yeah, but why not short duration pets for summon monsters???

[Macros]

There are several uses for this spell.

1.If you really want to gain some xp, go to DH2 and cast it there(might be dangerous). Also probably if you'll cast it long enough(and kill summoned monsters of course) you should get some stuff from them.

2.You can use this spell to surround yourself with relatively weak monsters, which in certain situations can be very handy.

[freekE]

Summon Monsters is very usefull when you surrounded by "nasy" monsters (ghoul,wight etc.) - summon a large group of weak foe's create a sort of "room" :) its better fight with one ghoul and surrounded by 4-5 goblins, then fight surrounded by 6 ghouls - simple

[Dougy]

Yeah, it is quite useless, but not every spell needs a use. All of it's applications seem quite trivial. You can also use it for training without having to waste time finding the enemy. If you summon animals you can tame them.

Anyone tried casting it in the ToEF or the underwater level? Do you gain experience points when the monsters die?

[Nezur]

-- Anyone tried casting it in the ToEF or the underwater level? Do you gain experience points when the monsters die?

The spell might just create fire creatures in ToEF and water creatures on the underwater level.

[Ryuuku]

Once I casted Summon monsters while i was on top level of TOEF and i was trying to escape ACW, I summonned ~6 7 quickling kings :D, it was quite annoying but i managed to kill ACW even after that :D

[Grey]

Monsters don't take damage in the fire temple anyway, and any type of monster can be summoned there (with danger level restrictions). Monsters that drown in the water cave are not added to your kill list.

The only use for it is... more monsters. I once summoned loads of stuff in the white unicorn clearing and kept killing them all for extra exp, marks etc and an ancient dragon at one point dropped Skullcrusher - nice!

[gut]

I also tried the 'summon monsters' spell while
fleeing from the ACW. The spell did not succeed,
so I was bolted to death. I was under the
impression that the spell could not work on the
orb level. I guess there is a chance for it to
work, just not 100%. Wands of monster creation
are much more reliable for making monster
shields.