Another neat thing (which might take a bit more programing that it's worth) would be to have anybody standing on a connected body of water receives lightning damage as if they were hit directly. So, if you are standing on a body of water when you cast lightning, you also get shocked, but so will everyone else.
That would potentially make the water wave quite useful for laying down traps in corridors and big rooms, provided you also had the lightning spell.
I suppose you could also add patches of tar (which would slow movement) but similarly magnify the damage of fire-based attacks.