Larian Studios Forums Divine Divinity (English) General Area damage and skill questions

I am playing a Survivor 13th, that has been using his bow mostly as well as some wizard magic. I have read the skill descriptions and some are too vauge.
So far, Deadly Disks is my only area spell.
I like to roleplay in a world where such things are not mysteries.

Do any of these skills affect an area or hit 2 or more creatures?

- Splitting Arrows
- Trail Bombs, Spider mines
- Explosive Arrows
- Hell Spikes
- Seeking Flame
- Elemental Hail
- Elemental Strike

Do Poisoned, Elemental, Spiritual, Explosive Arrows deal the listed damage in addition to normal damage?

Do any curses affect an area rather than a single creature?

Does Repel Damage (passive) prevent the listed damage from happening?

How long do the shielding/guarding spells last if you don't get hit with damage?

Does Shadow Warrior stay around as a pet or vanish after striking?

Does True Shot (passive) work properly? I heard there was a bug.

Is there a website where there is active discussion or more accurate descriptions of the skills? I don't consider gamefaqs.com complete enough.

Thanks for your answers

Having not toiled in magic or archery, I can only say that Poison Cloud and probably Explosive Arrows are area-effect skills.

Splitting Arrows can hit more than one creature, even friendly ones if you are not careful. Hell Spikes does area damage, but needs to be maxed for best use. Elemental Hail and Poison Cloud are also area effect spells.

SpellShield and Aura of guarding last indefinitely if you do not get hit with damage.

Shadow Warrior vanishes after striking; sort of a slower, less effective ranged attack, though I think I only tried it at level 1 or 2.

True Shot is currently broke.

I have not checked gamefaqs.com, but;

The Locus Inn - Skill System (individual paths, or a skill table for each class)

RPG Vault - Divine Divinity Skills XI (links to other skill sets at bottom of page)