Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Bad Carma 03-22-07, 12:39 AM	Does this spell effect 1 5ft. square or do you effect 4 5ft squares because it is a line spell.
Thomar_of_Uointer 03-22-07, 12:53 AM	http://www.d20srd.org/srd/spells/callLightning.htm The text says you have to target a square, so you can't hit intersections. In theory, you could still hit four creatures that way (two riders and a flying and non-flying mount, one below the other).
Kouk 03-22-07, 11:10 AM	It is a vertical line, meaning it affects up and down, not a horizontal line like lightning bolt. Most combats don't involve the third dimension, it is normally only important against flying creatures or underwater combat. It is basically a 5ft. cylinder.
Vegepygmy 03-22-07, 04:33 PM	Does this spell effect 1 5ft. square or do you effect 4 5ft squares because it is a line spell.It's a subtle distinction, but call lightning is not actually a line spell; it's an effect spell. The effect it creates is described as a "line," but they don't mean a "line" as in an Area: Line spell (though it operates in most respects like one). So no, you can't place a called lightning stroke at a grid intersection and affect all four 5-foot squares around that intersection (as you could if it were an Area: Line spell). You have to pick a "target square" instead.
Shiikeras 03-22-07, 04:43 PM	It makes sense, Call Lightning is already good enough.
Sajek 03-22-07, 04:58 PM	The fact that it affects a whole five foot square doesnt make much sense. The average lightning bolt is about 1 inch around...
SunTzuWarmaster 03-22-07, 05:21 PM	Yea, and it takes out trees that are 10' radius just like call lightning takes out Large sized creatures.
Kursk 03-22-07, 05:30 PM	The fact that it affects a whole five foot square doesnt make much sense. The average lightning bolt is about 1 inch around... 1'' around and arcs to anything within 2 1/2' radius...
sigma999 03-22-07, 07:45 PM	Wait, so you can't shape it?
Kouk 03-22-07, 09:19 PM	Wait, so you can't shape it? Shape it? If a spell doesn't have an (S) in parentheses like that, it isn't shape-able. There are very few spells, core or otherwise that are actually shape-able (unless you take specific metamagic feats).
1hitparry 03-25-07, 12:49 AM	The fact that it affects a whole five foot square doesnt make much sense. The average lightning bolt is about 1 inch around... Don't apply reality to D&D. Otherwise call lightening would be nullified by tall metal objects. Additionally, lightening bolt would be really stupid if it, too, was only 1-2 inches in diameter. Just imagine that the casters are summoning really big lightening bolts, I guess.
ArcTan 03-25-07, 01:13 AM	The fact that it affects a whole five foot square doesnt make much sense. The average lightning bolt is about 1 inch around... The average lightning bolt can't be forced to hit a specific point on the ground with a perfectly vertical column of "electricity damage" when you tell it to, either.
1hitparry 03-25-07, 01:32 AM	The average lightning bolt can't be forced to hit a specific point on the ground with a perfectly vertical column of "electricity damage" when you tell it to, either. They do if you ask them nicely enough. I zap people all the time.