Witch Bolt

1-level Evocation

Casting Time: 1 action

Range/Area: 30ft

Components: Verbal, Somatic, Material

Materials: A twig from a tree that has been struck by lightning

Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

Attack/Save: Ranged spell attack

Damage/Effect: Lightning

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 2d6 lightning damage, and on each of your turns for the duration, you can use your bonus action to re-activate the spell, dealing 2d6 lightning damage to the target automatically. The spell ends if you do not re-activate during a turn. The spell also ends if the target is ever outside the spell’s range or if it has total cover from you.

At higher levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the initial damage and increases by 1d6 for each slot level above 1st.

Available for: Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard