in oblivion when you cast a spell of say lightening fire or frost it just made a small projectile ball
but what we should have is a new spell type like there is touch target and constant and what you do is set the time like constant for 5 seconds and it send out a
shorter but more widspread range

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1149160-spells-and-magic/

Let's use that one and continue there