Chain LightningEvocation
VSM
6
ActionCasting time
45 mRange
InstantaneousDuration

You launch a lightning bolt toward a target you can see within range. Three bolts then leap from that target to as many as three other targets of your choice, each of which must be within 30 feet of the first target. A target can be a creature or an object and can be targeted by only one of the bolts. Each target makes a Dexterity saving throw, taking 10d8 Lightning damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.

At higher levels. One additional bolt leaps from the first target to another target for each spell slot level above 6.

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Chain Lightning — printable spell card

  • Level 6
  • Evocation
Casting time
Action
Range
45 m
Duration
Instantaneous
Components
V, S, M (three silver pins)
Classes
Sorcerer, Wizard

Full spell text

You launch a lightning bolt toward a target you can see within range. Three bolts then leap from that target to as many as three other targets of your choice, each of which must be within 30 feet of the first target. A target can be a creature or an object and can be targeted by only one of the bolts. Each target makes a Dexterity saving throw, taking 10d8 Lightning damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.

At higher levels. One additional bolt leaps from the first target to another target for each spell slot level above 6.

See also