Adwin's Gambit

At times, a caster must give up the relative safety of distance, for the potential of greater effectiveness. This is the Gambit in which they must decide upon.

With a brief incantation and exuberant display of dexterous digits, you imbue a card, or cards, with magical force and sling it at a creature or object within range.

Make a ranged spell attack against a target. On a hit, the target takes (1d8+1) points of damage [1d8 force damage, +1 slashing damage]; a cuttable object hit by this spell is sundered if not being worn or carried. Furthermore, the caster can cause a "dealt" card to ricochet from the first target to one other (of the caster’s choice, that they can see, also within the spell’s 60' maximum range). The second object or creature takes 1 point of slashing damage per card.

Initially the caster must designate a single creature or object to attack with the spell. The ricocheting card(s) must be directed at a separate secondary target. The card(s) can only travel in straight lines to the range limit of the spell (60 feet). This limitation also takes into account distances the ricocheting cards can travel, up to the spell’s maximum range. If the initial card or the ricocheting card travel beyond the 60' maximum range, the projectile flutters to the ground harmlessly. The projectile cannot pass through creatures or solid objects. The caster may also choose to angle shots, banking them, to hit targets that are otherwise unreachable.

The caster can throw more than one imbued card at higher levels: two at 5th level, three at 11th level, and four at 17th level. Each spell plateau further increases damage by 1d8+1 (with each plateau also increasing secondary damage potential, dealt cards deal an additional 1 point of ricocheting damage to a single secondary target.): (2d8+2) when you reach 5th level, (3d8+3) at 11th, and (4d8+4) at 17th level.

Imbued cards are not consumed during the casting of this spell and can possibly be retrieved.