Lightning Bolt
Level 3 · Evocation 5.5e · SRD 5.2.1 (2024)
Other rules version: Lightning Bolt (5e, 2014, SRD 5.1)
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- Casting Time
- Action
- Range
- Self
- Components
- V, S, M (a bit of fur and a crystal rod)
- Duration
- Instantaneous
- 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.