Lightning Halo

4-level Evocation

Casting Time: 1 action

Range/Area: Self (30-foot radius)

Components: Verbal, Somatic, Material

Materials: a piece of conducting metal

Duration: Concentration, up to 1 minute

You summon a radiant halo of yellow lightning behind your back, encircled by five hollow, four-pointed stars of crackling lightning. While the spell is active, when a creature moves into or within a range of 30 feet of you for the first time on a turn, you can use your reaction to unleash a bolt of lightning from one of the star nodes, when you do so that star is expended. Make a ranged spell attack against the triggering creature. On a hit, the target takes 5d8 lightning damage. Once all five stars have been expended, the spell ends early.

At higher levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 5th level or higher, you summon one additional lightning star for each slot level above 4th.

Available for: Wizard, Sorcerer, Artificer