Spell Details
Level: 3
School: Transmutation
Casting Time: Bonus Action, which you can take immediately after hitting or missing a target with a ranged attack using a weapon
Ritual: No
Range: Self
Components: V, S
Materials:
Duration: Instantaneous
Concentration: No
Description
As your attack hits or misses the target, the weapon or ammunition you're using transforms into a lightning bolt. Instead of taking any damage or other effects from the attack, the target takes 4d8 Lightning damage on a hit or half as much damage on a miss. Each creature within 10 feet of the target then makes a Dexterity saving throw, taking 2d8 Lightning damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.
The weapon or ammunition then returns to its normal form.
Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot. The damage for both effects of the spell increases by 1d8 for each spell slot level above 3.
Classes: Ranger
Source: Player's Handbook 2024 pg. 292