This is describing exactly a line area of effect. Witch bolt is not an AOE spell.
Chain lightning is not an AoE spell either. It's a line effect spell with a twist. The intermediary between WitchBolt and Chain Lightning that is most obvious is Lightning Bolt itself.
I just thought Chain Lightning was close to what the OP was trying to describe as an example.
No. An Actual affect of the spell is a mostly fluff based piece of description on the spell that actually talks about an electrical ribbon of energy between the caster and the target while the spell is continued to being concentrated on and used from round to round. It's flavor but it's a visual affect that comes along with the spells mechanics.
Lightning bolt can thus be seen as doing lightning over that entire length and I think actually a bit longer but it's released in a single bolt. And then chain lightning is actually controlling that line spell and making it bend and split when it hits a target to jump to jump to the rest of it's targets instead of getting them all to stand in a specific way in physical space.
So there is a noticable progression in the spells that can be seen on how the magical theory and philosophies are applied and modified to them.
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This is describing exactly a line area of effect. Witch bolt is not an AOE spell.
Chain lightning is not an AoE spell either. It's a line effect spell with a twist. The intermediary between WitchBolt and Chain Lightning that is most obvious is Lightning Bolt itself.
I just thought Chain Lightning was close to what the OP was trying to describe as an example.
No. An Actual affect of the spell is a mostly fluff based piece of description on the spell that actually talks about an electrical ribbon of energy between the caster and the target while the spell is continued to being concentrated on and used from round to round. It's flavor but it's a visual affect that comes along with the spells mechanics.
Lightning bolt can thus be seen as doing lightning over that entire length and I think actually a bit longer but it's released in a single bolt. And then chain lightning is actually controlling that line spell and making it bend and split when it hits a target to jump to jump to the rest of it's targets instead of getting them all to stand in a specific way in physical space.
So there is a noticable progression in the spells that can be seen on how the magical theory and philosophies are applied and modified to them.