Tools and Taverns
Affects species ability score bonuses: choose 2014 or 2024 rules.

Lightning Bolt

Level 3 Evocation

SRD 5.2.1 (2024 rules)

Casting Time
Action
Range
Self
Components
V, S, M (a bit of fur and a crystal rod)
Duration
Instantaneous
Classes
SorcererWizard

A stroke of lightning forming a 100-foot-long, 5-foot-wide Line blasts out from you in a direction you choose. Each creature in the Line makes a Dexterity saving throw, taking 8d6 Lightning damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.

Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d6 for each spell slot level above 3.

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