Spell
Lightning Bolt
Official reference · XPHB · 2024
- Level
- 3
- School
- Evocation
- Cast
- 1 action
- Range
- Self (100-foot line)
- Components
- V, S, M
- Duration
- Instantaneous
- Concentration
- no
- Ritual
- no
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.