Call Lightning
- Level
- 3
- School
- Conjuration
- Concentration
- Yes
- Ritual
- No
- Casting Time
- 1 Action
- Duration
- 10 Minutes
- Range
- 120 ft
- Damage/Effect
- Lightning (...)
- Area
- cylinder 60 ft
- Save
- DEX Save
- Verbal Component
- Yes
- Somatic Component
- Yes
- Material Component
- No
- Source
- Players Handbook
- D&D Beyond Link
- www.dndbeyond.com/spells/Call-Lightning
- Spell Domain
- Natural
Description
A storm cloud appears in the shape of a cylinder that is 10 feet tall with a 60-foot radius, centered on a point you can see within range directly above you. The spell fails if you can't see a point in the air where the storm cloud could appear (for example, if you are in a room that can't accommodate the cloud).
When you cast the spell, choose a point you can see under the cloud. A bolt of lightning flashes down from the cloud to that point. Each creature within 5 feet of that point must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 3d10 lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. On each of your turns until the spell ends, you can use your action to call down lightning in this way again, targeting the same point or a different one.
If you are outdoors in stormy conditions when you cast this spell, the spell gives you control over the existing storm instead of creating a new one. Under such conditions, the spell's damage increases by 1d10.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th or higher level, the damage increases by 1d10 for each slot level above 3rd.