[Kameron8]

It's in a perfect spot as is. It does roughly the same damage as any mage skill (Wil + 10), does a damage type that can only be resisted by Sayakana and Golden Glow, and can apply the highest level burn in the game. Not to mention it has reasonably high range. The fact that it's line targeted and has a hefty (obscene to anyone other than a lich, but that's irrelevant since only liches have it) FP cost just makes it balanced. I don't WANT to have the optimal move every single turn to be essence blast spam. If burn is inflicted, this skill does far more damage by the end of the infliction than any single spell can hope to, outside of Invocations or charged mind attacks.