I had great fun with a young wizard blowing things up a lot. Takes time to learn this stuff. :)
(In SPIRAL PATH.)
@KatKimbriel And then there's the much grimmer outcomes for undertrained/incompetent sorcerers in @graydon 's "A Succession of Bad Days" … (rule one of magic: try not to do anything with the side-effect of setting your brain on fire!)
@cstross @KatKimbriel Try not to destroy the potential to have the ability to comprehend what you just did, either.
Should see if I can have that come up more.