Deekin shakes his head quickly. "Oh, definitely not always lightning. Fire much more common. Ice common also. Sometimes acid. Every once in a while sound or searing holy light or raw force or concentrated essence of un-life."

"I remember one spell that created water in the foe's lungs," reminisces Enserric. "Some druid came up with it, of course. Druids are bastards."

"Drowning spell sound better than evaporate all water in body spell," notes Deekin. "That being wizard stuff."

Enserric sniffs. "The distinction is subtle, and perhaps unsuited to the reptilian brain."