Items and area of affect

I used a helm that cast fireball and it crashed the server. I've heard that using choking power does the same. Is this fixable?

Seems like wand of call lightning does too. Happened two times just some moments ago.

I blame society!

I recently took the time to see if some of these spells still crash the server. Mainly for hunting use though, decided to use them while no other players were on, last thing I wanna do is end up having a gang after me with pitch forks and flaming wood! Choking powder didn't crash the server, nor did call lightening. Maybe they're safe to use now? Or maybe I'm just special? =) Hammer of the Gods (Unfortunatly.) still crashes the server =( Shame, big shame.

It appears to be random. For example, why can a DM throw any spell they want around, including a hellball and nothing happen. All I can say is I know it needs more RAM and I'm working to that effect. Until I can get it, I hope you will be patient.