ToME: the Tales of Maj'Eyal

Not sure if this is a bug or if I am just not reading the spell description right. Flame shock's description says it does around 20 damage, but I only do about 7 per round with 5 points. Is this correct?

It depends on the fire resistance of your target.
Flameshock is more useful for its stun effect than as a damage-dealing spell.

Some talents give their total damage (so divide by number of rounds for damage per turn) or their damage per turn. Is this what you are seeing?

All of the flame spells that do damage over time show the total damage that will be inflicted instead of the per round damage. You see the same thing in weapons with added poison damage. I was very excited to see a double poison weapon with an absurd damage additive, but most things were dead long before the poison had ticked enough times to outperform a more traditional weapon.