Arcane Cards

You touch a deck of cards and imbue them magic. As an action, you can make a ranged spell attack by drawing one card from the deck and throwing it towards a creature. When thrown it has a range of 30 feet. On a hit, the target takes slashing damage equal to 1d4 + your spell casting ability modifier. Hit or miss the spell the ends on the card.

If you score a critical hit with the card, roll a 1d4, one of the following effects will occur:

1. The card deals an additional 1d6 fire damage and ignites flammable objects not being worn.

2. The card deals additional cold damage equal to half your spell casting ability modifier (rounded up) and the creatures speed is reduced by 5 feet.

3. The card shocks another creature within 10 feet of the target.

4. The card splits into three and deals an additional 2d4 slashing damage.

You can throw more than one card when you reach higher levels: two cards at 5th level and three cards at 11th level. You can throw the cards at the same target or at different ones. Make a separate attack roll for each card.