FREE BREW - Aberrant Arms - 1st level Conjuration (Patreon)

A totally random daily brew inspired by a simple idea from discord community member @Scourge728 to make some kind of ranged single target necrotic damage 1st level spell. 

It falls between guiding bolt and arms of hadar.  I chose to go with disadvantage on attack rolls since it felt more flavorful for constraining tentacles. Arms of Hadar prevents targets from taking reactions, but as a self radius spell it is used for effectively disengaging while doing damage. Since this is ranged, no reactions felt significantly less impactful, and I already have anti reaction spells.  

Guiding bolt deals 4d6 radiant, a comparable damage type, and gives advantage to the next attack roll v the target. Stronger than my spell at first glance, but crucially it does nothing if the attack misses. Strength save with half damage on pass is quite good, which helps make this spell worthwhile