Hey

The notification e-mail on this thread just went somewhere deep in my inbox and didn't know you replied
Those strange happenings with talismans are indeed odd... Hope Sparton can give you some details about that as I've never encountered these (apart from counter-counter-counter-counter attack, but that is (should be) fixed long ago).

For the freezing question: yes, if you kill the character setting up the effect, freeze debuff wears off immediately. Dunno if this is intended, but if it stayed there even after caster's death, it would basically be the same as stun with a tiny dmg added. I think this is okay and can be a ground for some strategies.

Yes, unfortunately the game is still bugged, no BNW, I am not giving hope up yet! I still think this can be one of the best games out there, just needs a little push