You cover your hand with a glove of putrid ooze and reach out to a target within range. Make a melee spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target is grappled. While grappled in this way, the target takes 2d6 acid damage at the start of both its turn and your turn each round. When the target takes damage from this spell, you can use your reaction to regain a number of hit points equal to the damage the target takes.

When cast with a spell slot of 3rd level or higher, this spell deals an additional 1d6 damage each turn per level of the spell. Also, when cast with a spell slot of 5th level or higher, you regain hit points every time the spell deals damage, instead of when you use your reaction.