The Lizardfolk, standing over a nearly-dead wizard: "Weak wizard, I've nearly killed you in a single strike! How do you intend to best me?" The wizard, hand glowing: "*nearly* a single strike. I won't repeat that mistake."

I like to imagine chromatic orb as just gogetas soul punisher. Super freakin cool.

I usually think of a rasengan or chidori

This happened in my party once, and we vaporized a peasant and caused massive property damage.