So your whole thing is combustion of things-?
Combustion is best seen as a means to an end. I find that many wizards tend to ignore strictly physical or mechanical solutions to problems, but I've always been drawn to the fields of study more traditionally practiced by Artificers.
Combustion (and specifically the external combustion engine) is a very reliable and flexible source of power with a broad array of applications. Of course i do know the incantation for Trazodor's Ever-Spinning Wheel, which could similarly function as a continuous power source, but i find that a boiler and piston just has so much more flare to it.













