Spell

Shocking Grasp

Evocation cantrip

Level: Cantrip
School: Evocation
Casting Time: Action
Range: Touch
Components: V (Verbal), S (Somatic)
Duration: Instantaneous
Damage Type: Lightning
Classes: Sorcerer, Wizard

Effect

Lightning springs from you to a creature that you try to touch. Make a melee spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d8 Lightning damage, and it can't make Opportunity Attacks until the start of its next turn.

Cantrip Upgrade. The damage increases by 1d8 when you reach levels 5 (2d8), 11 (3d8), and 17 (4d8).

This spell runs in the game's combat engine with these exact rules: targets, range, saving throw and damage are resolved on the server.

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