Lightning Bolt

When a wizard calls upon a Lightning Bolt spell, he releases a powerful charge of electrical energy that immediately launches itself towards the target creature and bounces on walls. The Wand of Lightning can apply a version of this spell, which differs between BG1 and BG2.
==Description==
==Gameplay==
The caster selects a single creature (including self) or interactable object (like a chest, or a potion laying on the floor) and casts the spell using the targeting cursor - which launches a lightning bolt projectile at that target. 
Any creature that has intersected the path of the lightning bolt projectile is exposed to its effects.
Each time the stroke of lightning hits/connects with a creature it will inflict Electricity damage scaled to the caster's level - although the victim is allowed a Saving throw versus Spells to reduce it by half.
A lightning bolt that ricochets from a solid surface that strikes a particular creature more than once allows that creature another saving throw, and or a magic resistance check etc.
The bolt can be blocked by Magic resistance.
Any spell protection such as Minor Spell Deflection or Minor Globe of Invulnerability can block the bolt from damaging the protected creature.
Additionally, a Spell Immunity: Evocation or the Cloak of Mirroring will negate the spell.
It is possible that a single lightning bolt could bounce and ricochet and end up striking a particular creature, including the caster, as many as three times before it is grounded out and dissipated; this phenomenon is dependent on the area map's configuration as well the presence of solid objects that can affect the bolt's angle of incidence.
==Bugs==
*Should the caster target themselves, the Lightning Bolt:
** Will be fired towards the Southeast instead of the direction being faced. Most of the time the caster will not be hurt as the bolt springs from their hands.
** Will be fired either towards the North or the direction being faced, depending on the graphical orientation of the caster. It will always hurt them. With certain orientations, the bolt does not continue past them.
* Lightning Bolt cast from a wand only checks for obstructions prior to striking the target once every six casts. Therefore, if Farsight is cast to reveal a location and then a target is selected during the first through fifth casting of this spell, then the lightning bolt will noclip to strike the enemy's location. Once the target is stricken, the lightning bolt will behave normally, regaining its collision physics.
==Where to obtain its scroll==
===The Black Pits===
====Sold by====
* Dinguer the Mad 
===Baldur's Gate===
*Sorcerous Sundries
===Shadows of Amn===
*Galoomp's Store
*Mae'Var's Guildhall { If it is your stronghold }
*City of Caverns
*Reirra's Shop
Treasure
* Barrel by the exit to the Slums from Slaver Stockade during Free Hendak and the slaves
*Trapped cupboard in the house north-east of the Five Flagons Inn in the Bridge District.
===Throne of Bhaal===
*Arcana Archives
*Watcher's Keep
==Trivia==
The Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd Edition Wizard spell Lightning Bolt allows the caster to decide if the stroke will be a forked or single bolt variety. See the External links for further reading.
==Gallery==
OG Prebek 4.png|Prebek and Sanasha battle Gorion's Ward - a Lightning Bolt strikes the Ward, then bounces off a wall and kills one of Prebek's Goblins, the bolt continues on towards another wall.
OG Prebek 5.png|A moment later, the bolt ricochets off the wall and ends up electrocuting another goblin and then bounces off a wall and ends at the caster, who dies. Such are the hazards of this spell, especially in enclosed areas.
==Mod content==
Spell Revisions mod has changed this arcane spell, revising its saving throw. See below for description:
Lightning Bolt
Level: 3
School: Evocation
Range: Long
Duration: Instant
Casting Time: 3
Area of Effect: 1 creature
Saving Throw: Breath half
Upon casting this spell, the wizard releases a powerful stroke of electrical energy that inflicts 1d6 points of damage per level of the spellcaster (maximum damage of 10d6) to the target creature. A successful saving throw vs. breath at -4 reduces this damage to half.
==External links==
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* Advanced D&D 2nd Edition Wiki - Lightning Bolt (Wizard Spell)
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