Oblivion:Summon

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	Summon
School		Conjuration
Type		Defensive (No enchanting)
Effect ID		varies
Base Cost		varies
Barter Factor		0
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Spells Scrolls

Summon {Creature} for D seconds.

This spell allows you to summon various creatures to fight on your side. The more powerful the creature, the more costly the spell. You may only summon one creature at a time. Summoned creatures will not summon underlings. For example, Spider Daedra would normally summon Spiderlings, but summoned Spider Daedra are not able to do so. You can also attack summoned creatures and capture their souls; after three hits they turn hostile and attack you. You may not collect ingredients from summoned creatures after they're dead; they simply vanish into thin air.

[edit] Notes

There is a Summon Dremora Lord test potion (available in the editor, but not anywhere in the game); with the Wizard's Tower plugin, a Daedric Lava Whiskey potion is available that includes the Summon Dremora Lord effect.
The Staff of the Everscamp in the quest Whom Gods Annoy provides limitless (and constant) summoned scamps, which can be taken advantage of just like regular summons: target practice, soul trapping (Lesser souls), etc.
This effect has been categorized as defensive, because you actually cast the effect upon yourself (and casting the spell is not considered to be a hostile act).
Some summoned creatures are equipped with weapons (i.e., skeletons, dremora). Normally, these weapons disappear with the creature when the spell expires. However, if the summon drops his weapon, it remains present after the end of the spell. This is one way to obtain Dremora weapons; there is even a chance your summon will have an enchanted Dremora weapon. The fastest way to get a summon to drop his weapon is by using Disintegrate Weapon (however, the weapon must already be drawn; if you disintegrate the weapon before he starts to attack, he will never pull it out). Be careful not to do this where other weapons are available: your summon will pick up any other weapon, and that weapon will disappear when the summon spell expires.
With careful timing and luck it is possible to remove weapons and items from dying summons by quickly hitting the activate button at the instant when the summoned creature is killed. The time window in which this will work is very short, and it never works if the summon effect's duration has expired.

[edit] Summonable Creatures

In each of the following tables, the creatures are arranged in order from the weakest to the most powerful. Those figures provided in the Effect Base Cost column are taken from the Spell Effects page, and are equal to the magicka cost of a 10 second duration spell. Note that the magicka cost of any summon spell depends on its duration.

[edit] Creatures

Icon	Creature	Health	Attacks	Soul	Spell Level	Effect ID	Effect Base Cost
	Black Bear	150	22pts melee	Common	Expert	Z005	47.3
	Black Bear	Used by Spriggans. Available to the player with the Spell Tomes official plug-in.

[edit] Undead

Creature	Health	Attacks	Soul	Spell Level	Effect ID	Effect Base Cost
Skeleton	20	5pts melee	Petty	Appren	ZSKE	11.25
Rufio's Ghost	18×lvl	Ghostly Touch Snowball	Leveled^L:+0	None	Z001	13.0
Rufio's Ghost	Only available through the unique Summon Rufio's Ghost scroll
Zombie	80	10pts melee	Lesser	Appren	ZZOM	16.67
Ghost	15×lvl Max:60	13+1×lvl pts melee (Max:17) Ghostly Touch Snowball	<=Lesser^L:+0	Appren	ZGHO	22.0
Skeleton Guardian	170	8pts melee	Lesser	Journey	ZSKA	32.5
Ancestor Guardian (Dunmer Ability)	12×lvl Max:48	13+1×lvl pts melee (Max:17) Ghostly Touch Snowball	<=Lesser^L:+0	None	Z002	33.3
Headless Zombie	175	27pts melee	Common	Journey	ZHDZ	56.0
Skeleton Hero	280	12pts melee	Common	Expert	ZSKH	66.0
Faded Wraith	280	24pts melee Faded Wraith's Curse Silence of the Grave Winter's Grasp Frost Bolt	Common	Expert	ZWRA	87.5
Skeleton Champion	350	14pts melee	Greater	Expert	ZSKC	152.0
Gloom Wraith	500	17 melee Gloom Wraith's Curse Silence of the Grave Arctic Blow Ice Bolt	Grand	Master	ZWRL	260.0
Lich	360	20pts melee, leveled weapon Many leveled spells	Grand	Master	ZLIC	350.0

[edit] Daedra and Dremora

Creature	Health	Attacks	Soul	Spell Level	Effect ID	Effect Base Cost
Scamp	16×lvl Max:80	12+1×lvl pts melee (Max:17) Flare	<=Lesser^L:+1	Appren	ZSCA	30.0
Flame Atronach	150	5pts melee Fiery Touch Atronach Fireball	Common	Journey	ZFIA	45.0
Spiderling	75	8pts melee Poison spit	None	None	Z003	45.0
Spiderling	Used only by Spider Daedra
Dremora	leveled		Black	Journey	ZDRE	72.5
Clannfear	180	36pts melee	Common	Expert	ZCLA	75.56
Frost Atronach	280	40pts melee Freezing Touch Atronach Frostbolt Freezing Heal	Greater	Expert	ZFRA	102.86
Daedroth	280	40pts melee Daedroth Shield Fiery Breath	Greater	Expert	ZDAE	123.33
Storm Atronach	350	26pts melee Shocking Touch Atronach Lightning	Greater	Master	ZSTA	125.0
Dremora Lord	leveled		Black	Master	ZDRL	157.14
Spider Daedra	300	16pts melee Poison spit Shock	Greater	Expert	ZSPD	195.0
Xivilai	240	15pts melee Chameleon Dispel Other Heat Blast Lightning Bolt	Grand	Master	ZXIV	200.0