Lightning Bolt

Evocation [electricity]
Tier: 3
Components: Verbal, Somatic
Casting Time: 1 major action
Range: 120 ft
Effect: 120 ft line
Duration: Instantaneous
Saving Throw: Reflex half
With a rolling crack of thunder, the bolt streaks through the ranks of your enemy.

You release a powerful stroke of electrical energy that deals 5d6 points of electricity damage. The bolt begins at your fingertips.

The lightning bolt sets fire to combustibles and damages objects in its path. It can melt metals with a low melting point, such as lead, gold, copper, silver, or bronze. If the damage caused to an interposing barrier shatters or breaks through it, the bolt may continue beyond the barrier if the spell’s range permits; otherwise, it stops at the barrier just as any other spell effect does.

Augmentation:
For each extra spell point you invest, you can increase the damage by 1d6 (up to a maximum total of [caster level] d6).

If you cast this as a tier 4 spell, the spell no longer affects an area, but instead affects up to 1 target per caster level. Select the targets in the order they are to be affected. Each target must be within 30 feet of the previous target (the first can be anywhere within the spell’s range).