Mystara Spells - Level 7 - Ebon Lightning

Mystara of the Five Spheres Spells

Level 7 Spell - Ebon Lightning

• Evocation 7th Level (Affliction, Consuming, Lighting)
• Secret Crafts - Air, Blood, Devour, Necro, Witch
• Casting time - 1 action
• Range - 150 ft
• Area - line, 5ft wide from caster
• Components - V, S, M (a piece of blackened amber)
• Duration - Instantaneous
• Ebon lightning streaks from your fingers as you cast this spell. Each creature in the line must make a Dexterity saving throw. If the saving throw fails, the creature takes 8d8 lightning damage and loses (expends) its highest-level spell slot for no effect. On a successful save, the creature takes half damage and doesn’t lose a spell slot. Creatures with innate spellcasting lose one use of their highest-level spells slots instead. Creatures without spell slots expend a Hit Dice for no effect. If the affected creature has neither spell slot or hit dice, then they take a point (+1) of damage to their highest attribute.
• Cast at Higher Levels (+1) damage increases by 1d8 for each slot increase.

BECMI Rules

TBA - Will detail how the original game worked.

5th Edition D&D Rules

TBA - Will detail how 5th Edition worked.

Source - Book of Lost Spells page 50.

Original Spell Lists Sorcerer, Wizard

The base spell did not expend hit dice or cause attribute damage, this has been added as part of the spell lists I have made it part of in consuming more than just the flesh of the target. Moved from Shadeologist due to the effects of the spell on the target.

Level Up Advanced 5th Edition D&D Rules

TBA - Will detail how Level Up worked.

Design Changes for the Spell

• Upgrading to A5E.