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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7157111" data-attributes="member: 20323">One thing about 5e is that there are patterns underlying a lot of its design, and spells are no exception. While we do see 1st-level spells with bonus action Casting Time, we hardly see any 1st-level spells with "as a bonus action" clauses in the spell (exception I can think of are entangle and hex). Of those few 1st-level "as a bonus action" spells, *none* deal damage. At a minimum, the PHB seems to put off dealing damage as a bonus action till 2nd-level spells with heat metal and spiritual weapon (or, as is the case with majority of spells of this kind, till 3rd or 5th).I'm not sure about balance reasons for setting it up this way, but I can think of a gameplay reason: Simplicity. Not wanting to overload new players with too much too soon.Maybe the balance thinking has to do with when Multiattack / Extra Attack appear in the game? I'd have to look at that deeper to come to any conclusions. But for now my designer "red bell" is chiming that this might not be balanced & you need to look closer at how it fits into the trends of 5e's design.Other things that are setting off my "red bell" are:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">24 hour duration, no concentration – for comparison, a 2nd-level spell like heat metal or spiritual weapon lasts for up to one minute.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">References produce flame. Not self-contained. No other spell does this.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A "condition" (move it into your hand/implement) that's not really a limit. How often in a 5e game is your hand or implement moved more than 30 feet from you? (if your answer is "more often than you think", I give you my golf clap sir <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />)</li> </ul></blockquote>

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