Campaign: Dungeons of Drakkenheim
Researching the Spell: A character who can cast 2nd level spells can research Warp Bolt. To complete the research, the caster must spend 4 days of downtime and 200 gp.
Contaminated Spell: When you cast this spell, you gain one level of contamination.
An arcing bolt of octarine lightning strikes a creature within range. If the target has one or more contamination levels, it is hit automatically. Otherwise, make a ranged spell attack against that creature. On a hit, the target takes 6d6 necrotic damage and gains one level of contamination. You can create a new bolt of lightning as your action on any turn until the spell ends.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, you can target 1 additional creature for each spell level above 2nd.
* - (a delerium fragment worth 100 gp, which the spell consumes)
My other homebrew entries:
What's it with researching the spell? You don't need to do that you just learn it and you get it.
These are what I use in my campaign, which began nearly 2 years ago. The regular versions of the new spells came out just yesterday.
Your DM can use whatever versions they wish in their campaign; maybe they'll make it less challenging for you.