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7507 Bug Report minor always 2013-08-23 22:24 2013-10-22 22:33
CommanderC Both  
Kate All  
normal Both  
resolved 0.13 ancient branch  
0.13-a0-2772-g9cbdda8 done  
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none 0.14 ancient branch  
0007507: Shadow creatures sometimes summons a number of monsters above its cap
I have seen this when it summons an ogre mage with his band or a pack of ugly things. When it happens, the whole pack is immediately abjured.
Issue History
2013-08-23 22:24 CommanderC New Issue
2013-09-01 01:50 drywall Note Added: 0023954
2013-09-05 21:37 Duralumin Note Added: 0023978
2013-09-05 21:38 Duralumin Issue Monitored: Duralumin
2013-10-22 22:33 Kate Note Added: 0024232
2013-10-22 22:33 Kate Status new => resolved
2013-10-22 22:33 Kate Fixed in Branch => 0.14 development branch
2013-10-22 22:33 Kate Resolution open => done
2013-10-22 22:33 Kate Assigned To => Kate

Notes
(0023954)
drywall   
2013-09-01 01:50   
This behavior often causes pre-existing Shadow Creatures summons to time out as well, meaning with one cast you can lose both all of your existing summons and the newly generated ones. It would be nice if the spell didn't spawn bands anymore or at least checked each summon one at a time, leaving partial bands behind.
(0023978)
Duralumin   
2013-09-05 21:37   
Or just rise summoning cap for Shadow Creatures to fit in any pack. And if you recast it after hitting a cap, then only part of the pack should get abjured.
(0024232)
Kate   
2013-10-22 22:33   
Fixed by making band members not count towards the summon cap (and reducing the spell's cap slightly). Maybe there's a better way to handle it but this seems better than it just not functioning as a summon spell some of the time.