There are several ways of obtaining creatures to help you: Summon Creature - A spell which will allow you to summon certain creatures (provided you have enough mana, see mana costs below). Convince Creature - A rune which "convinces" creatures to fight for you, some creatures which cannot be summoned, can be convinced. Animate Dead - A necromancy-like rune which allows you to turn a corpse into a moving skeleton, this is the only exception to the 2 maximum summon rule.