> **School:** Evocation > **Casting Time:** Action > **Range:** 60 feet > **Components:** V, S > **Duration:** Instantaneous You release an arc of lightning at a creature within range. **Ranged Spell Attack.** Make a ranged spell attack against the creature. On a hit, the target takes 4d12 Lightning damage, and you can cause the spell to jump to another creature within 20 feet of the target. On a miss, the target takes half as much damage only. **Jump.** When the spell jumps, make another ranged spell attack against the new target, with the same effect on a hit or miss, respectively. The spell can’t hit the same target twice or jump to a target out of the spell's range. The spell can jump to a new target up to four times. **Using a Higher-Level Spell Slot.** The damage increases by 1d12 and the number of times the spell can jump increases by one for each spell slot level above 4. **Classes:** #Sorcerer, #Wizard