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Monsters
Eberron: Rising from the Last War
10 ft., one target. Hit: 21 (5d6 + 4);{"diceNotation":"5d6+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Magical Strike","rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage.
Spell Mimicry (Recharge 5–6
);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction":"Spell Mimicry"}. The living spell unleashes a stroke of lightning in a line 100 feet long and 5 feet wide. Each creature in the line must make a DC 15
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
Lightning Bolt
Legacy
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Spells
Basic Rules (2014)
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Lightning Bolt 3rd-level evocation Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (100-foot line) Components: V, S, M (a bit of fur and a rod of amber, crystal, or glass) Duration: Instantaneous 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Lightning Bolt 3rd-level evocation Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (100-foot line) Components: V, S, M (a bit of fur and a rod of amber, crystal, or glass) Duration: Instantaneous 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Lightning Bolt Level 3 Evocation (Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (a bit of fur and a crystal rod)
Duration: Instantaneous
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Lightning Bolt Level 3 Evocation (Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (a bit of fur and a crystal rod)
Duration: Instantaneous
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Lightning Bolt 3rd-level evocation Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (100-foot line) Components: V, S, M (a bit of fur and a rod of amber, crystal, or glass) Duration: Instantaneous 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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
Lightning Bolt Level 3 Evocation (Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (a bit of fur and a crystal rod)
Duration: Instantaneous
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
Lightning Bolt Level 3 Evocation (Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (a bit of fur and a crystal rod)
Duration: Instantaneous
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Lightning Bolt Level 3 Evocation (Sorcerer, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: Self
Components: V, S, M (a bit of fur and a crystal rod)
Duration: Instantaneous
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
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Lightning Bolt 3rd-level evocation Casting Time: 1 action Range: Self (100-foot line) Components: V, S, M (a bit of fur and a rod of amber, crystal, or glass) Duration: Instantaneous 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
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
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
than 120 feet from you, you can forgo making a ranged attack roll and instead turn the weapon into a bolt of lightning. This bolt forms a 5-foot-wide Line between you and the target. The target and
Spells
Player’s Handbook
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
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
This wand has 7 charges. While holding it, you can expend no more than 3 charges to cast Lightning Bolt (save DC 15) from it. For 1 charge, you cast the level 3 version of the spell. You can increase
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
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
Spells
Player’s Handbook
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
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
Monsters
Monster Manual
three Rend attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of (A) Repulsion Breath or (B) Spellcasting to cast Guiding Bolt (level 2 version).
Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +16;{"diceNotation":"1d20+16
);{"diceNotation":"2d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"rend", "rollDamageType":"Lightning"} Lightning damage.
Lightning Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction
Spells
Player’s Handbook
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
three Rend attacks. It can replace one attack with a use of (A) Repulsion Breath or (B) Spellcasting to cast Guiding Bolt (level 2 version).
Rend. Melee Attack Roll: +12;{"diceNotation":"1d20+12
);{"diceNotation":"1d10", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Rend", "rollDamageType":"Lightning"} Lightning damage.
Lightning Breath (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge
Monsters
Monster Manual
. Typical choices include Heat Metal, Lightning Bolt, and Magic Missile.Multiattack. The helmed horror makes two Arcane Sword attacks.
Arcane Sword. Melee Attack Roll: +6;{"diceNotation":"1d20+6", "rollType
Monsters
Monster Manual
", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Storm Blade", "rollDamageType":"Lightning"} Lightning damage.
Storm Bolt. Ranged Attack Roll: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Storm Bolt
days.Multiattack. The djinni makes three attacks, using Storm Blade or Storm Bolt in any combination.
Storm Blade. Melee Attack Roll: +9;{"diceNotation":"1d20+9", "rollType":"to hit", "rollAction":"Storm
Monsters
Monster Manual
Magic, Detect Thoughts, Disguise Self, Invisibility, Light, Mage Armor (included in AC), Mage Hand, Prestidigitation 2/Day Each: Fly, Lightning Bolt (level 7 version) 1/Day Each: Cone of Cold (level 9
Monsters
Monster Manual
Each: Detect Thoughts, Dimension Door, Hold Person (level 3 version), Lightning Bolt (level 4 version)Poison
Monsters
Monster Manual
Intelligence as the spellcasting ability (spell save DC 20):
At Will: Detect Magic, Detect Thoughts, Dispel Magic, Fireball (level 5 version), Invisibility, Lightning Bolt (level 5 version), Mage
Hand, Prestidigitation 2/Day Each: Animate Dead, Dimension Door, Plane Shift 1/Day Each: Chain Lightning, Finger of Death, Power Word Kill, ScryingProtective Magic. The lich casts Counterspell or Shield
Monsters
Monster Manual
creature’s turn, the kraken can expend a use to take one of the following actions. The kraken regains all expended uses at the start of each of its turns.
Storm Bolt. The kraken uses Lightning Strike
deals double damage to objects and structures.Multiattack. The kraken makes two Tentacle attacks and uses Fling, Lightning Strike, or Swallow.
Tentacle. Melee Attack Roll: +17;{"diceNotation":"1d20+17
Monsters
Monster Manual
Magic, Detect Thoughts, Disguise Self, Mage Hand (the hand is Invisible) 1/Day Each: Clairvoyance, Dimension Door, Fireball (level 5 version), Lightning Bolt (level 5 version), Plane Shift (self only
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
Dispel Magic
3
Enlarge/Reduce
0
Fireball (level 7 version)
7
Flaming Sphere
2
Ice Storm
4
Invisibility
2
Knock
2
Light
0
Lightning Bolt (level 7 version)
7
Magic Items
D&D Free Rules (2024)
7, Lightning Bolt; on an 8, Phantasmal Force; on a 9, Polymorph; on a 10, Stinking Cloud.
51–55
You have the Stunned condition until the end of your next turn, believing something awesome
Magic Items
Dungeon Master’s Guide (2024)
time the area of effect is Heavily Obscured.
46–50
You cast Lightning Bolt. The Line created by the spell extends from you to the chosen point of origin.
51–55
The creature
Monsters
Storm Lord’s Wrath
":"damage","rollAction":"Headbutt","rollDamageType":"piercing"} piercing damage.
Lightning Bolt Blades. Melee Weapon Attack: +8;{"diceNotation":"1d20+8","rollType":"to hit","rollAction":"Lightning
Bolt Blades"} to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (2d4 + 4);{"diceNotation":"2d4+4","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Lightning Bolt Blades","rollDamageType":"slashing"} slashing damage.PoisonBludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing from Nonmagical Attacks that aren't Adamantine
Monsters
Dragon of Icespire Peak
);{"diceNotation":"2d6","rollType":"damage","rollAction":"Thunder Hooves","rollDamageType":"thunder"} thunder damage.
Lightning Bolt (Recharge 6);{"diceNotation":"1d6","rollType":"recharge","rollAction
":"Lightning Bolt"}. Gorthok shoots a bolt of lightning at one creature it can see within 120 feet of it. The target must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 18 (4d8);{"diceNotation":"4d8
Magic Items
Acquisitions Incorporated
While holding it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its charges to cast either a green-flamed fireball or a blue lightning bolt at random from it (save DC 15).
For 1 charge, you
Monsters
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
.
Death Bolt (Recharge 5–6);{"diceNotation":"1d6", "rollType":"recharge", "rollAction":"Death Bolt"}. The spirit hurls a magical lightning bolt in a 120-foot line that is 10 feet wide. Each creature in
that area must make a DC 18 Dexterity saving throw, taking 27 (6d8);{"diceNotation":"6d8", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Death Bolt", "rollDamageType":"lightning"} lightning damage plus 16 (3d10
Monsters
Thieves’ Gallery
;{"diceNotation":"2d10+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Chaos Bolt (Force)", "rollDamageType":"force"}; 5, lightning;{"diceNotation":"2d10+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Chaos Bolt
(Lightning)", "rollDamageType":"lightning"}; 6, poison;{"diceNotation":"2d10+3", "rollType":"damage", "rollAction":"Chaos Bolt (Poison)", "rollDamageType":"poison"}; 7, psychic;{"diceNotation":"2d10+3