draconica's umbral smoulder

you choose up to 3 creatures within range. the shadows around them begin to seer at their life force, sending a agonizing burning sensation down their body. at the beginning of each round the spell is active, the target must make a constitution saving throw. on fail, they take 4d8 necrotic damage or half as much on a successful save. if the target is in dim light or darkness (natural or magical) the damage increases to 5d8 or 6d8 necrotic damage respectively. if the target is in darkness (natural or magical) and fail the constitution saving throw, they are considered paralyzed for that turn (this only counts for the first turn of the spells duration). having the target in the umbral resonance state from the spell 'draconica's umbral resonance' makes the saving throw always fail unless its a natural 20.

at higher levels. when cast at a higher level, increase the number of creatures that you can target by 1 for each level above 5th level