If you're going within melee range to cast a spell, you kind of want an effect thats better than middling damage. You know, or else you'll be within 3-action smackdown range of a completely unhindered enemy.
What's even less advisable is being within 3-action smackdown range of *multiple* creatures.
The damage is fine, being in the middle of multiple
enemies usually is not. There are some methods to change point of origin (Familiar Conduit, the Mirror implement, etc), they still don’t make me particularly interested in the spell.
My opinion will change if an easier method of letting it originate from an ally gets out.
You literally have to be surrounded by enemies to hit much with this, that will get you killed.
I'd rather have burning hands if I desperately want AoE damage at level 1.
If you're going within melee range to cast a spell, you kind of want an effect thats better than middling damage. You know, or else you'll be within 3-action smackdown range of a completely unhindered enemy. What's even less advisable is being within 3-action smackdown range of *multiple* creatures.
The damage is fine, being in the middle of multiple enemies usually is not. There are some methods to change point of origin (Familiar Conduit, the Mirror implement, etc), they still don’t make me particularly interested in the spell. My opinion will change if an easier method of letting it originate from an ally gets out.
You literally have to be surrounded by enemies to hit much with this, that will get you killed. I'd rather have burning hands if I desperately want AoE damage at level 1.