Lightning Bolt in Dungeons & Dragons 5e
Replacement Series
Lightning Bolt
3-level Evocation
Casting Time: 1 action
Range/Area: self (100 foot line)
Components: V,S,M
Materials: (a piece of quartz and a bit of fine dust)
Duration: instantaneous
A brilliant, blue-white beam of lightning flashes forth from your fingertips, forming a line 100 feet long and 5 feet wide in a direction you choose.
You can cause the beam to bounce once off of a solid, nonconductive object that you can see (such as a stone wall) in a new direction you choose equal to the beam’s remaining length. Each creature in the beam's path must make a Dexterity saving throw. A target creature takes 4d12 lightning damage on a failure, or half as much damage on a success.
The lightning ignites flammable objects in the area that aren't being worn or carried.
At higher levels: When you cast this spell 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d12 for each level above 3rd. Available for: Sorcerer, Wizard
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