Lightning Bolt¶
Level 3 · Evocation
- Casting time: Action
- Range: Self
- Components: V, S, M (a bit of fur and a crystal rod)
- Duration: Instantaneous
- Classes: Sorcerer, Wizard
- Saving throw: Dexterity
- Damage type: Lightning
Spell effect¶
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.
Source¶
Player’s Handbook (2024) — Wizards of the Coast.
All spells · By level · By class
Printed core rules¶
Source page references in your supplied Player's Handbook (2024). Open the original PDF at the linked page for complete printed tables and rules; use its wording if the searchable transcription differs.
PDF page 291¶
Open the original rulebook — PDF page 291 — source PDF is not included in this player reference.
Dragon of Icespire Peak¶
Original campaign appearances and variants: Charm of the Storm