Summon monster VIII

Summon monster VIII was a powerful arcane conjuration spell and one of the series of summon monster spells available to spellcasters. Its use was first recorded around the .
==Effects==
This spell summoned a powerful extraplanar monster to aid the caster. Besides greater elementals, it could summon lillends, hellcats, or vrocks. It also summoned celestial versions of dire bears or triceratops; fiendish versions of the largest monstrous centipedes, spiders as big as houses, dire tigers or tyrannosaurus could be summoned.
In aquatic environs only, the spell could summon a celestial cachalot whale or fiendish giant squid.
More rarely, some black-hearted casters learned to summon solamiths using this spell.
==Components==
In addition to verbal and somatic components, this spell required as its focus a small bag and tiny candle to cast. The candle did not need to be lit for the spell to function.
==History==
This spell was used by Dyrr, the Lichdrow of Menzoberranzan.
==Appendix==
===References===
Category:Wizard spells (3e)
Category:Conjuration spells
Category:Wizard spells