Try dropping all the items for the first quest OUTSIDE the summoning area and then picking them up if the instructor doesn't recognize that you have them. Make sure you have the right rune (wisdom).
The ingredients go in the circle - the rune does NOT - it is handed to the instructor.
Drop them outside the summoning room or outside the circle? Actually, I have tried both and the instructor still does not recognize that I have the items.
I WANT to like this game as I did DD, but this sort of bug makes it hard. This should just work when you have the items--not require you to jump through some non-intuitive hoops! Grrrrrrr..... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/memad.gif" alt="" />
