Beads of Blaise

2nd-level evocation

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: 90 feet

Components: V, S, M (a 1-inch-diameter quartz bead, which is consumed by the spell)

Duration: Instantaneous

You launch the material component at a target you can see within range. Choose acid, cold, fire, lightning, poison, or thunder as the damage type, and then make a ranged spell attack against the target. If the attack hits, the target takes 3d8 damage of the type you chose. Each creature within 5 feet of the target must also succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 2d4 damage of the same energy type. Objects within 5 feet of the target can take this damage if they are susceptible to it, and they might suffer other effects, such as being ignited by fire damage if flammable.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, the damage to the target you hit increases by 1d8 and the damage from the explosion increases by 1d4 for each slot level above 2nd.