Cindering Smokescreen

You call upon the spirit of a Chimera to belch forth dark ash and white-hot sparks around you in a 15-foot Emanation for the duration. Until the spell ends, any attack you make deals an extra 2d4 Fire damage when you hit a creature in the Emanation.

In addition, you have Half Cover against ranged attacks made against you from outside the Emanation.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d4 for each spell slot level above 3.