Lightning Bolt (Magic: The Gathering)

Lightning Bolt

◊Descriptors – electrical, magic, Red, spell

◊Effect – Indirect Ranged Damage 8 • 8 points

Lightning Bolt (unreliable, indirect, inaccurate, limited, extended 2, ranged Damage 8 with limited multiattack)

◊Modifiers – extended range 2: 2 flat points, inaccurate: -1 flat point, increased range: +1/rank, indirect: 2 flat points, limited: -1 rank, limited multiattack: 4 flat points, unreliable: -1/rank, quirk: -3 flat points

◊Action – standard

◊Requirement – ranged attack; access to one Red mana resource

◊Range – S/M/L 800/1600/3200 feet

◊Duration – instant

◊Results – Multiattack Damage (single target only)

◊Resist – Toughness

Description

Lightning Bolt hurls a surge of electrical power at your target from the sky overhead. Each time you call forth a Lightning Bolt, roll a die. On a 10 or less, the bolt strikes something other than your intended target. Otherwise, make a ranged attack roll to hit your target with a -2 penalty, due to the erratic nature of the energies you are attempting to wield. If your attack succeeds by two degrees, increase the damage resistance DC by +2, or by +5 for three or more degrees of success.

Whether or not your Lightning Bolts work as intended, you can only call 5 bolts before exhausting the supernatural energies which empower them. Afterwards you must rest one hour and expend another Red mana resource in order to use this spell again.

You can only use Lightning Bolt under the open sky and under the right atmospheric conditions.

Lightning Bolt Ritual

Preparation 32 hours • Performance 80 minutes • DC 18 • Fast-Casting 8 rounds DC 23

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