casting ring of spears at pole doesn't seem go off when advancing critters get to pole. And when it does go off (cast at melee), it usually has a bunch of blank lines

>cast pole
You gesture.
A grey-green starburst spreads across the entire area, its pointed spokes pausing to probe various points along the ground.
The earth groans as sharpened rock spears rise quickly from beneath its surface at pole range around you!
Roundtime: 3 sec.
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Your cambrinth orb thrums softly as it discharges as much power as necessary, leaving a large amount left for future use.
A shuddering crack fills the air as several of the jagged stone spears surrounding you at pole range crumble to dust, only to be replaced by others that rise quickly out of the ground.
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The swamp troll begins to advance on you!
The swamp troll is still a distance away from you and is closing steadily.
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The swamp troll closes to pole weapon range on you!
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The swamp troll closes to melee range on you!
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Your cambrinth orb thrums softly as it discharges as much power as necessary, leaving a great amount left for future use.

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Your cambrinth orb thrums softly as it discharges as much power as necessary, leaving a great amount left for future use.
The spears surrounding you at melee range suddenly shift!
One of the rock spears lands a good hit to a piruati serpent's back forcing the spine to bend suddenly, but doing no major damage at all!




One of the stone spears fails to get past a piruati serpent's .
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