>cast male def
You gesture.
Swirls of malefic darkness gather in a wide matrix near your body, continuously drawing brief-lived iterations of the Malediction pattern swirling defensively.
Roundtime: 3 sec.

The pattern 'swirling defensively' makes me think it's aimed at helping ME defensively, i.e., by focusing on my opponents offenses. The same oddness of language choice is with an offensive cast, the pattern 'swirling offensively'...

>cast male def
You gesture.
Swirls of malefic darkness gather in a wide matrix near your body, continuously drawing brief-lived iterations of the Malediction pattern to malign your enemies' defensive abilities.
Roundtime: 3 sec.

>cast male off
You gesture.
Swirls of malefic darkness gather in a wide matrix near your body, continuously drawing brief-lived iterations of the Malediction pattern to malign your enemies' offensive abilities.
Roundtime: 3 sec.

Oh yeah, that's much better. Thanks!