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Dungeon Master’s Guide
take a Magic action to cause a bolt of lightning to leap from the staff’s tip in a Line that is 5 feet wide and 120 feet long. Each creature in that Line makes a DC 17 Dexterity saving throw
is used, it can’t be used again until the next dawn.
Lightning. When you hit with a melee attack using the staff, you can cause the target to take an extra 2d6 Lightning damage (no action
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each other creature in the Line (excluding you) makes a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw, taking 4d6 Lightning damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one. Immediately after dealing
Each time you make an attack roll with this magic weapon and hit, you can have it deal Lightning damage instead of Piercing damage.
Lightning Bolt. When you throw this weapon at a target no farther
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sage Advice & Errata
Can a creature that burrows grapple a target and drag them into the ground by burrowing? No. A burrowing creature can drag another creature with them only if they have the ability to leave a tunnel
. For example, a Purple Worm has the Tunneler trait, so it can drag a Grappled creature into a tunnel it creates when burrowing. Conversely, an Earth Elemental can’t drag a creature into the ground with it.
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A beam of crackling energy lances toward a creature within range, forming a sustained arc of lightning between you and the target. Make a ranged spell attack against it. On a hit, the target takes
2d12 Lightning damage.
On each of your subsequent turns, you can take a Bonus Action to deal 1d12 Lightning damage to the target automatically, even if the first attack missed.
The spell ends if the
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Cover, the sphere discharges lightning at that creature and disappears. That creature makes a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes Lightning damage based on the number of
spheres you created, as shown in the following table. On a successful save, the creature takes half as much damage.
Number of Spheres
Lightning Damage
1
4d12
2
5d4
3
2d6
Spells
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in the Emanation. This damage is Acid, Cold, Fire, or Lightning (your choice when you make the attack).
In addition, the ground in the Emanation is Difficult Terrain for your enemies.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage increases by 1d8 for each spell slot level above 4.
You conjure spirits from the Elemental Planes that flit around you in a 15-foot Emanation for the duration. Until the spell ends, any attack you make deals an extra 2d8 damage when you hit a creature
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, and each creature on the ground in that area must succeed on a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw or have the Prone condition. If that creature is also concentrating, it must succeed on a DC 20 Constitution
saving throw, or its Concentration is broken. In addition, you can cause a 30-foot-deep, 10-foot-wide fissure to open up on the ground anywhere in the area. Any creature on a spot where the fissure
Monsters
Monster Manual
Aberrant Ground. The ground in a 10-foot Emanation originating from the mouther is Difficult Terrain.
Gibbering. The mouther babbles incoherently while it doesn’t have the Incapacitated
condition. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 10, any creature that starts its turn within 20 feet of the mouther while it is babbling. Failure: The target rolls 1d8;{"diceNotation":"1d8", "rollType":"roll
Spells
Player’s Handbook
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
Spells
Player’s Handbook
Lightning springs from you to a creature that you try to touch. Make a melee spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 Lightning damage, and it can’t make Opportunity
Monsters
Monster Manual
", "rollAction":"Elemental Burst (Cold)", "rollDamageType":"Cold"}, Fire;{"diceNotation":"5d6+8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Elemental Burst (Fire)", "rollDamageType":"Fire"}, Lightning
;{"diceNotation":"5d6+8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Elemental Burst (Lightning)", "rollDamageType":"Lightning"}, or Thunder;{"diceNotation":"5d6+8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Elemental Burst
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the oil takes 10 minutes. The affected creature then gains the effect of the Freedom of Movement spell for 8 hours.
Alternatively, the oil can be poured on the ground as a Magic action, where it
One vial of this oil can cover one Medium or smaller creature, along with the equipment it’s wearing and carrying (one additional vial is required for each size category above Medium). Applying
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Player’s Handbook
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
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
Magic Items
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You can take a Bonus Action to toss this magic weapon into the air. When you do so, the weapon begins to hover, flies up to 30 feet, and attacks one creature of your choice within 5 feet of itself
you. As part of the same Bonus Action, you can cause the weapon to attack one creature within 5 feet of the weapon.
After the hovering weapon attacks for the fourth time, it flies back to you and
Monsters
Monster Manual
"} Lightning damage.
Lightning Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Lightning Breath"}. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 16, each creature in a 60-foot-long, 5
+5", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Rend", "rollDamageType":"Slashing"} Slashing damage plus 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Rend", "rollDamageType":"Lightning
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Player’s Handbook
For the duration, the willing creature you touch has Resistance to one damage type of your choice: Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, or Thunder.
Spells
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4d8 Lightning damage on a hit or half as much damage on a miss. Each creature within 10 feet of the target then makes a Dexterity saving throw, taking 2d8 Lightning damage on a failed save or half as
As your attack hits or misses the target, the weapon or ammunition you’re using transforms into a lightning bolt. Instead of taking any damage or other effects from the attack, the target takes
Monsters
Monster Manual
"} Lightning damage.
Lightning Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Lightning Breath"}. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 12, each creature in a 30-foot-long, 5-foot
", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Rend", "rollDamageType":"Slashing"} Slashing damage plus 3 (1d6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Rend", "rollDamageType":"Lightning
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Player’s Handbook
. Acidic rain falls. Each creature and object under the cloud takes 4d6 Acid damage.
Turn 3. You call six bolts of lightning from the cloud to strike six different creatures or objects beneath it. Each
target makes a Dexterity saving throw, taking 10d6 Lightning damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.
Turn 4. Hailstones rain down. Each creature under the cloud takes 2d6
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ground. The globe hovers in this way until you or another creature grasps it. If you move more than 60 feet from the hovering globe, it follows you until it is within 60 feet of you. It takes the
shortest route to do so. If prevented from moving, the globe sinks gently to the ground and becomes inactive, and its light winks out.
Equipment
immobile object, such as a tree or a spike driven into the ground. A creature that steps on the plate must succeed on a DC 13 Dexterity saving throw or take 1d4 Piercing damage and have its Speed reduced
As a Utilize action, you can set a Hunting Trap, which is a sawtooth steel ring that snaps shut when a creature steps on a pressure plate in the center. The trap is affixed by a heavy chain to an
Monsters
Monster Manual
", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Lightning Breath"} Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 12, each creature in a 40-foot-long, 5-foot-wide Line. Failure: 16 (3d10);{"diceNotation":"3d10", "rollType":"damage
", "rollAction":"Lightning Breath", "rollDamageType":"Lightning"} Lightning damage. Success: Half damage.
Repulsion Breath. Strength Saving Throw: DC 12, each creature in a 30-foot Cone. Failure: The target is pushed up to 30 feet straight away from the dragon and has the Prone condition.Lightning
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Monster Manual
":"Lightning Breath"}. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 23, each creature in a 120-foot-long, 10-foot-wide Line. Failure: 82 (15d10);{"diceNotation":"15d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"lightning
breath", "rollDamageType":"Lightning"} Lightning damage. Success: Half damage.
Repulsion Breath. Strength Saving Throw: DC 23, each creature in a 30-foot Cone. Failure: The target is pushed up to 60 feet
Monsters
Monster Manual
", "rollAction":"Lightning Storm"}. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 18, each creature in a 10-foot-radius, 40-foot-high Cylinder originating from a point the giant can see within 500 feet. Failure: 55 (10d10
damage plus 13 (3d8);{"diceNotation":"3d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Storm Sword", "rollDamageType":"Lightning"} Lightning damage.
Thunderbolt. Ranged Attack Roll: +14;{"diceNotation
Monsters
Monster Manual
Death Throes. The balor explodes when it dies. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 20, each creature in a 30-foot Emanation originating from the balor. Failure: 31 (9d6);{"diceNotation":"9d6", "rollType
the balor’s turns, each creature in a 5-foot Emanation originating from the balor takes 13 (3d8);{"diceNotation":"3d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Fire Aura", "rollDamageType":"Fire
Equipment
You can douse a creature, object, or space with Oil or use it as fuel, as detailed below.
Dousing a Creature or an Object. When you take the Attack action, you can replace one of your attacks with
throwing an Oil flask. Target one creature or object within 20 feet of yourself. The target must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw (DC 8 plus your Dexterity modifier and Proficiency Bonus) or be
Spells
Player’s Handbook
You touch a willing creature and choose a damage type: Acid, Bludgeoning, Cold, Fire, Lightning, Necrotic, Piercing, Poison, Radiant, Slashing, or Thunder. When the creature takes damage of the
chosen type before the spell ends, the creature reduces the total damage taken by 1d4. A creature can benefit from this spell only once per turn.
Monsters
Monster Manual
", "rollDamageType":"Lightning"} Lightning damage.
Constrict. Strength Saving Throw: DC 18, one Large or smaller creature the behir can see within 5 feet. Failure: 28 (5d8 + 6);{"diceNotation":"5d8+6
ends.
Lightning Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Lightning Breath"}. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 16, each creature in a 90-foot-long, 5-foot- wide Line
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following spells from it:
Detect Evil and Good
Detect Magic
Detect Poison and Disease
See Invisibility
Protective Aura. As a Magic action, you can plant the haft end of the rod in the ground
throws and can sense the location of any Invisible creature that is also in the Bright Light.
The rod’s head stops glowing and the effect ends after 10 minutes or when a creature takes a Magic
Monsters
Monster Manual
":"damage", "rollAction":"Charged Tendril", "rollDamageType":"Lightning"} Lightning damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, the shambling mound pulls the target 5 feet straight toward
"} Lightning damage at the start of each of its turns. When the shambling mound moves, the Grappled target moves with it, costing it no extra movement. The shambling mound can have only one creature Grappled by this action at a time.LightningCold, Fire
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.
Lightning Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Lightning Breath"}. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 15, each creature in a 60-foot-long, 5-foot-wide Line
. Failure: 49 (9d10);{"diceNotation":"9d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"lightning", "rollDamageType":"Lightning"} Lightning damage. Success: Half damage.
Repulsion Breath. Strength Saving Throw
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you can see under the cloud. A lightning bolt shoots from the cloud to that point. Each creature within 5 feet of that point makes a Dexterity saving throw, taking 3d10 Lightning damage on a failed save
or half as much damage on a successful one.
Until the spell ends, you can take a Magic action to call down lightning in that way again, targeting the same point or a different one.
If you’re
Monsters
Monster Manual
":"Elemental Flail (Fire)", "rollDamageType":"Fire"}, Lightning;{"diceNotation":"6d6+4", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Elemental Flail (Lightning)", "rollDamageType":"Lightning"}, or Thunder
(Fire)", "rollDamageType":"Fire"}, Lightning;{"diceNotation":"4d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Elemental Claw (Lightning)", "rollDamageType":"Lightning"}, or Thunder;{"diceNotation":"4d10
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You touch one willing creature, and choose Acid, Cold, Fire, Lightning, or Poison. Until the spell ends, the target can take a Magic action to exhale a 15-foot Cone. Each creature in that area makes
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Monster Manual
damage.
Lightning Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Lightning Breath"}. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 19, each creature in a 90-foot-long, 5-foot-wide
", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Rend", "rollDamageType":"Slashing"} Slashing damage plus 5 (1d10);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Rend", "rollDamageType":"Lightning"} Lightning