Flame Blade

2nd-Level Evocation Spell (Druid, Sorcerer)

Casting Time: Bonus Action
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (a sumac leaf)
Duration: Concentration, up to 10 minutes

You evoke a fiery blade in your free hand. The blade is similar in size and shape to a scimitar, and it lasts for the duration. If you let go of the blade, it disappears, but you can evoke it again as a

A Bonus Action is a special action that you can take on the same turn that you take an action. You can't take more than one Bonus Action on a turn, and you have a Bonus Action to take only if a rule explicitly says so. See also Actions.

.

As a

When you take the Magic action, you cast a spell that has a casting time of an action or use a feature or magic item that requires a Magic action to be activated.

If you cast a spell that has a casting time of 1 minute or longer, you must take the Magic action on each turn of that casting, and you must maintain Concentration while you do so. If your Concentration is broken, the spell fails, but you don't expend a spell slot. See also Concentration.

action, you can make a melee spell attack with the fiery blade. On a hit, the target takes Fire damage equal to 3d6 plus your spellcasting ability modifier.

The flaming blade sheds

Bright Light is normal illumination. See also Exploration.

in a 10-foot radius and

An area with Dim Light is Lightly Obscured. See also Lightly Obscured and Exploration.

for an additional 10 feet.

At Higher Levels: The damage increases by 1d6 for each spell slot level above 2.

Source: Player's Handbook, p. 275