A stroke of lightning forming a line 100 feet long and 5 feet wide blasts out from you in a direction you choose. Each creature in the line must make a dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 8d6 lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The lightning ignites flammable objects in the area that aren't being worn or carried.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 3rd.
Lightning Bolt appears in System Reference Document 5.1. Text from the SRD 5.1 by Wizards of the Coast, CC BY 4.0.
Damage 3rd · Evocation
Lightning Bolt
Cast
1 action
Range
Self
Duration
Instant
Save
DEX
A stroke of lightning forming a line 100 feet long and 5 feet wide blasts out from you in a direction you choose. Each creature in the line must make a dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 8d6 lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
At higher levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 3rd.
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Damage 3rd · Evocation
Lightning Bolt
Cast
1 action
Range
Self
Duration
Instant
Save
DEX
A stroke of lightning forming a line 100 feet long and 5 feet wide blasts out from you in a direction you choose. Each creature in the line must make a dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 8d6 lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.
At higher levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 3rd.
# Lightning Bolt
*3rd-level Evocation*
- **Casting time:** 1 act
- **Range:** Self
- **Components:** V, S, M (A bit of fur and a rod of amber, crystal, or glass.)
- **Duration:** Instantaneous
- **Role:** Damage
- **Source:** System Reference Document 5.1
## Card summary
**Area.** A 100 ft line, 5 ft wide, from you in a direction you choose.
**Save.** DEX. A fail takes 8d6 lightning damage, a success takes half.
**Extras.** Ignites flammable objects it passes through.
**Upcast.** +1d6 damage per slot level above 3rd.
## Description
A stroke of lightning forming a line 100 feet long and 5 feet wide blasts out from you in a direction you choose. Each creature in the line must make a dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 8d6 lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. The lightning ignites flammable objects in the area that aren't being worn or carried.
**At Higher Levels.** When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 3rd.