You brandish the weapon used in the spell’s casting and make a melee attack with it against one creature within 5 feet of you. On a hit, the target suffers the weapon attack’s normal effects, and you can cause a bolt of lightning to arc from the target to a different creature of your choice that you can see within 10 feet of it. The second creature takes lightning damage equal to your spellcasting ability modifier.
This spell’s damage increases when you reach certain levels. At 5th level, the melee attack deals an extra 1d6 lightning damage to the target on a hit, the lightning damage to the second creature increases to 1d6 + your spellcasting ability modifier and allowing + 1 creature to be targeted by the effect. Both damage rolls increase by 1d6 at 11th level (2d6 and 2d6) and 17th level (3d6 and 3d6), also allowing + 1 creature to be targeted at each increase.
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