Why no touch Range elemental spells? Options

[Shinobi Killfist]

Would you really want to be at pointblank range of an indirect elemental attack??? If you had a vial of acid in your hands would you want to walk up and slap someone with it instead of toss it??? These spells create elemental effects and then deliver then which is different from most spells which attack the target directly.

I would not mind being at point blank range since its magic and its just discharging the element into the target. And for those who ask, yes sure ranged is generally better in all ways, but I'd rather have a touch range spell if that is what fits the character concept better. Not everything has to be min-maxed.