Lightning Arc (Druid Spell)

Level: Druid 1

School: Evocation

Elemental School: metal 5

Casting

Casting Time: Standard Action, or the first attack of a Full Attack Action

Components: V, S, M (Fur and amber, worth 1 gp.)

Effect

Range: Touch

Target or Area: all creatures in target area (friend or foe), including creature adjacent to your space and others (see below)

Duration: Instantaneous

Saving Throw: No saving throw granted
 Save DC: -

Spell Resistance: Yes

Description

You call upon the Green for the power to illuminate your foes. The Green sends you a crackling charge in your fingers.

Make a melee touch attack against a target you are adjacent to. This may be done as part of the action of casting this spell. As you cast this spell, you must choose a second target who is within fifteen feet of the first target (3 squares). The distance to the second target can increase by five feet per five caster levels, ie, 20 feet (4 squares) at level 6, 25 feet (5 squares) at level 11, 30 feet (6 squares) at level 16, 35 feet (7 squares) at level 21, 40 feet (8 squares) at level 26, and 45 feet (9 squares) at level 31.

If you succeed on your melee touch attack, you generate an arc of lightning between the two chosen targets. The lightning deals (Circle 1 damage): 1d6 points of damage per character level (max 4d6 at character level 4) of lightning (energy, common) damage to both targets.

In addition, you may choose a number of squares between the two targets equal to the distance between them, plus one square. Namely, choose 4 squares up to level 5, 5 squares up to level 10, 6 squares up to level 15, 7 squares up to level 20, 8 squares up to level 25, 9 squares up to level thirty, and 10 squares at level 31 and above. All of these squares must be adjacent to one another, and each square chosen must be closer to the distant target than the previous square. If there are any creatures in those squares, they also take full damage.

There is no saving throw against this damage, but if the initial melee touch attack fails, the spell is lost. Note that this spell frequently requires casting in melee range. The spell fails if there is no line of effect between the targets.

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Mana Burn Circle Damage

Spell Circle	Burn Cost	Req'd Char Level	Base Dice	Max Dice
0	N/A	N/A	1d4 per 2 character levels	max of 4d4 at character level 8
1	N/A	1st	1d6 per character level	max of 4d6 at character level 4
2	+1	3rd	1d6 per character level	max of 6d6 at character level 6
3	+1	5th	1d6 per character level	max of 10d6 at character level 10
4	+1	7th	1d6+1 per character level	max of 12d6+12 at character level 12
5	+1	9th	1d6+1 per character level	max of 15d6+15 at character level 15
6	+1	11th	1d6+2 per character level	max of 16d6+32 at character level 16
7	+1	13th	1d6+2 per character level	max of 20d6+40 at character level 20
8	+1	15th	1d6+3 per character level	max of 21d6+63 at character level 21
9	+1	17th	1d6+3 per character level	max of 25d6+75 at character level 25
10	+1	19th	1d6+4 per character level	max of 25d6+100 at character level 25
11	+1	21st	1d6+5 per character level	max of 25d6+125 at character level 25
12	+1	23rd	1d6+6 per character level	max of 27d6+162 at character level 27
13	+1	25th	1d6+7 per character level	max of 27d6+189 at character level 27
14	+1	27th	1d6+8 per character level	max of 29d6+232 at character level 29
15	+1	29th	1d6+9 per character level	max of 29d6+261 at character level 29
16	+1	31st	1d6+10 per character level	max of 30d6+300 at character level 30
17	+1	33rd	1d6+11 per character level	max of 30d6+330 at character level 30
18	+1	35th	1d6+12 per character level	max of 30d6+360 at character level 30