A beam of crackling, blue energy lances out toward a creature within range, forming a sustained arc of lightning between you and the target. Make a ranged spell attack against that creature. On a hit, the target takes 1d12 lightning damage, and on each of your turns for the duration, you can use your action to deal 1d12 lightning damage to the target automatically.
If the initial attack misses, if the target moves out of range, or gains total cover from you, if the target drops to 0 hit points, or you use your action to do something else instead of causing the automatic damage roll, you can use an action on a subsequent turn to make a new spell attack towards the same or a new eligible creature, for the duration of the spell.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the damage increases by 1d12 for each slot level above 1st, and the range increases by 10ft for each slot level above 1st.
* - (a twig from a tree that has been struck by lightning)
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