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Lightning Bolt 2024

3rd-level evocation

Casting time
1 action
Range
Self (5-feet line)
Components
V, S, M (a bit of fur and a crystal rod)
Duration
instantaneous
Save
Dexterity
Damage
8d6 Lightning
Classes
Sorcerer, Wizard

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.

At higher levels

The damage increases by 1d6 for each spell slot level above 3.

SlotDamage
4th9d6
5th10d6
6th11d6
7th12d6
8th13d6
9th14d6

Other versions

A5E Lightning Bolt · A5E Adventurer's Guide2014 Lightning Bolt · SRD 5.1

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