(Slinger's) Flare Shot

You temporarily imbue the sling bullet used in the spell’s casting and make a ranged attack with it from a sling against one creature within 45 feet of you. On a hit, the target suffers the weapon attack’s normal effects, and you can cause an animated colored fire to leap from the target to a different creature of your choice that you can see within 10 feet of it. The second creature takes fire damage equal to your spellcasting ability modifier.

This spell’s damage increases when you reach certain levels. At 5th level, the initial ranged attack deals an extra 1d4 fire damage to the target on a hit, and the fire damage to the second creature increases to 1d4 + your spellcasting ability modifier. Both damage rolls increase by 1d4 at 11th level (2d4 and 2d4) and 17th level (3d4 and 3d4).