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{{SpellPage
{{SpellPage
| name = Witch Bolt
| name = Witch Bolt
| image = Witch Bolt.webp
| image = Witch Bolt Icon.png
| level = 1
| level = 1
| school = Evocation
| school = Evocation
| classes = Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
| classes = Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard, Arcane Trickster, Eldritch Knight
| class learns at level 1 = Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard, Draconic Bloodline:Blue/Lightning Ancestry
| class learns at level 1 = Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard
| class learns at level 3 = Arcane Trickster, Eldritch Knight
| class learns at level 3 = Arcane Trickster, Eldritch Knight
| granted by feats = Magic Initiate: Sorcerer, Magic Initiate: Warlock, Magic Initiate: Wizard
| summary = It allows spellcasters to hit enemies with a blue ray of electrifying energy that deals Lightning damage to them initially and also on subsequent turns.
| granted by items =
 
| summary = It allows spellcasters to hit enemies with a blue ray of electrifying energy that deals {{DamageType|Lightning}} damage to them initially and also on subsequent turns.
A successful hit with this bolt will create an arc of lightning between the target and the caster. It can then be activated again on subsequent turns to automatically hit the target without expending spell slots. This arc will disappear and end the spell early if not activated on subsequent turns, or if the caster and the target move out of range of each other.
| description = Link yourself to a target with a bolt of lightning. Deal an additional {{DamageText|1d12|Lightning}} each turn by activating it.
| description = Call forth a beam of crackling energy. Deals {{DamageText|1d12|Lightning}} damage and links you to the target through an arc of lightning.
| cost = action, spell1
 
Each subsequent turn, you can use an [[Action]] to activate the arc to automatically deal {{DamageText|1d12|Lightning}} damage.
| action type = action
| attack roll = yes
| attack roll = yes
| damage = 1d12
| damage = 1d12
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| range = ranged
| range = ranged
| condition = Witch Bolt
| condition = Witch Bolt
| condition icon - Witch Bolt Icon.png
| condition effects =
* The spellcaster can activate the arc linking it to this creature to automatically deal {{DamageText|1d12|Lightning}} damage.
| condition duration = 10
| condition duration = 10
| higher levels = [[Spells#Upcasting|Upcast]]: The initial damage increases by {{DamageText|1d12|Lightning}} per level. Damage on subsequent turns is always {{DamageText|1d12|Lightning}}
| higher levels = When the spell is cast a 2nd Level or higher, the initial damage increases by {{DamageText|1d12|Lightning}} for each spell slot level above 1st.
| notes =
| notes =
* As of Patch 6, Witch Bolt cannot be twin cast with {{SAI|Metamagic: Twinned Spell}}. However, this restriction does not apply when upcasting the spell to level 2 or higher.
* {{Class|Draconic Bloodline}} of Blue (Lightning) Ancestry learns this spell automatically.
** When twin casting, if one of the targets dies, the spell will end prematurely.
* The incantation for Witch Bolt is '''Perurē''', the Latin command "burn/scorch!"
| video = Witch Bolt Visuals.mp4
}}
}}
[[Category:Recastable spells]]
[[Category:Sources of Lightning damage]]
== External Links ==
* {{FRWiki|Witch bolt|long}}
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