Level
Cantrip
Casting Time
1 Action
Range/Area
120 ft.
Components
V, S
Duration
Instantaneous
School
Evocation
Attack/Save
Ranged
Damage/Effect
Slashing
You target one creature within range. On a successful hit, paper thin silver lines appear to swipe across the creatures body for a millisecond, causing 1d10 slashing damage.
This spell's damage increases by 1d10 when you reach 5th level (2d10), 11th level (3d10), and 17th level (4d10).
This is blatantly broken. Should be save vs no dmg.
its literally firebolt but not fire damage lol
The range of the spell should probably be reduced to a range of 60 ft. The target should instead have either a Dexterity or Constitution saving throw, successful saves only deal half damage. And d10 slashing damage is alright, considering that there are very few spells that do not deal elemental damage or force.
Honestly, I would think this should be a touch spell, just looking at someone and them being cut to ribbons is a bit much, I see someone likened it to Fire Bolt but there are a lot more things resistant to fire damage than slashing damage
They said, “on a successful hit”
Cantrips are either an attack roll all-or-none or save-or-none. They are not supposed to deal half damage on a successful save. As mentioned previously this is literally a firebolt reskinned for flavor. I don't see any problem with it.
The reason this is broken is because it deals slashing damage instead of fire damage. It's a cantrip, so it deals magical slashing damage. Magical slashing/piercing/bludgeoning damage is even better than force damage.
But they did not say "make a ranged spell attack", which is poor form. Technically, as is, the spell is incomplete and does nothing. You simply select a target, but no die roll is called for, so the spell ends.
This line of thinking is exactly why ttrpg's are better than games. We as people are able to determine what they meant and shouldn't have to rely on perfect wording. We can determine that by "On a successful hit", the creator meant that an attack roll is made, holding it to semantics is unnecessary and nitpicky
I am speechless.