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In summary, it's the most effective low level damage spell there is.

1: There is no defense except magic resistance or a shield spell; it's guaranteed damage against most targets.
2: You can target multiple creatures if necessary. For example, if a coven of hags is performing a ritual, you can hit a number of them and force them all to make concentration checks to interrupt the ritual.
3: It's first level. No other offensive first level spell works just as well against a 10HD enemy as it does against a 1HD enemy. Anything that allows a save will do less damage on average because of their better saves, and many (Color Spray, Sleep, hypnotism) literally have no effect at all on anything tough enough to pose a challenge to level 10 characters.

You would have to declare you're closing your eyes (I agree it would be a free action) until your next action. You would thus be affected as if blinded (-2 AC, No Dex bonus to AC, -4 to Dex and Str skill checks, 50% miss chance)is, overall, a bigger penalty than the spell so, by all means, shut your eyes and keep them shut while swinging at my wizard. (I would also rule that you would get no attack of opportunity if the wizard takes a move action to move 30 feet instead of a 5 foot step before casting)

And any enemy rogue would have a field day with you.

Since it is your first time: Rogue

And here we thought he was going to be an expert with Makeup and play a Rouge...must be a bard prestige class?