[Looking for Advice] Homebrewing Spells

[Golden-Esque]

Hello everyone!

I'm working on a new base class that uses abilities that, mechanically, are almost identical to spells. The trouble is that I am having a very tough time balancing the damage / effect levels of the abilities. I was wondering if anyone knew of some good guides or tutorials of how to homebrew balanced spells.

[Mulletmanalive]

The dmg has guidelines that really only adjudicate damage but keep up with or exceed the core damage spells.

I'm not really aware of conditions ever being given a comparative analysis against damage...most "optimal" spells are a result of Wizards ignoring their own advice...