From a Novel in Progress

[stickmaker]

Comment from one wizard about the combat competence of another:

"Powerful magician. Terrible aim."

Comments

[filkermanque.livejournal.com]

Not quite the same, but it popped into my mind when I saw your fragment:

"Well, his mind had a way of becoming... unfocused. That's the only way I can put it. I could feel the force of his spells bursting around me or rushing past me, and once or twice I came close to being destroyed. But his concentration wavered and never built up into the kind of power I knew he could wield. It's a harrowing feeling facing someone you know could kill you if he put his mind to it."

John Bellairs, _The_Face_In_The_Frost_

[kengr]

Sounds like one of the erliest "Fineous Fingers" strips...

"I'm Bored-Flak the bolt lobber and I seldom miss at this range"

(says the wizard with cross hair on the index finger that is approximately six inches from the person he is aiming at...)