Lee_Louviere: I'm finding that a lot of the stuff in the game just doesn't work at all.
Poison blade spell will make the weapon glow green like it's poisoned, but doesn't add damage.
Blinding shot will show the blind icon but doesn't stop enemies or weaken them.
Burning will show the icon but doesn't do anything either.
Earth chains spell plays the animation but doesn't do anything to enemies.
Death Hands also does nothing. Enemies just walk over them with no effect.

Does anyone know what I did wrong?

OmegaFruitPunch: I just got this game the combat kind of sucks but the interaction and story telling is good. Maybe you just encountered some bugs?

lordhoff: With poison blade, there should be a green portion after the red portion on your emeny's health bar. I haven't made it past the first part yet myself but the stones I've found add either 10 or 20% - not much at all with the weak early weapons. I haven't used any of the others but for blinding dust, my guess is that it lowers chance to hit since that is what seems to happen to my character when an enemy uses it.

Lee_Louviere: "Enchanting" with stones works fine. The Necromancy SPELL makes the weapon glow green but doesn't add the poison damage.

lordhoff: OK - when I try that, I'll pay close attention.

Lee_Louviere: Can you try the Chains spell or Dead Hands spell, or the various stun abilities to see if it does disable the enemy and gives you a double damage bonus?

I would like to know if it's just my installation that's broken, or if the game is broken for everyone.