We had the same message, summoning limit exceeded, until we decided to go back after Firkaarg, or however that is spelled. When we stepped into the first cavern area (where the crimson deaths live), I saw a flash of red next to the entrance, and the screen said the fire elemental was unsummoned. I grabbed a scroll of monster summoning (why memorize it if I couldn't get any critters anyway) and sure enough, I got one kobold, and got the summoning limit message. I killed him, and tried again. I got one kobold. We went into the next area, and got the same thing, the fire elemental who helped us with the vampires was unsummoned, and now I could summon two guys. I then wracked my brain trying to figure where else we might have left someone behind, and after a few hours of bouncing around, I was able to summon 5 guys again, and promised myself never to leave a summoned critter behind ever again.
Incidentally, they were all fire elementals, and they were all at the entrance to the map (select all, then click on the exit). Not sure if that makes any difference. Fire elementals were just my wife's favorite summon that game, and possibly coincidentally, as each was dispelled, we were able to summon anew.
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If it helps debug the problem, I'm pretty sure I can find an old savegame from the wife's computer, and either send it, or just grab a screenshot of it happening.
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[ 02-28-2003, 04:03 PM: Message edited by: Thorfinn ]
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