| Level Cantrip | Casting Time 1 Action | Range/Area 5 ft. | Components S, M* |
| Duration 1 Round | School Evocation | Attack/Save Melee | Damage/Effect Lightning Dmg |
You brandish the weapon used in this spell's casting and make a melee attack with it against a target. Make a ranged spell attack against one creature within 5 feet of you. On a hit, the target suffers the weapon attack's normal effects and is sheathed in static energy until the start of your next turn. If the target moves 5 feet or more before your next turn, then the target takes lightning damage equal to your spellcasting modifier. If the target passes within 5 feet of another creature in its movement, the static energy leaps to that target, dealing 1d8 lightning damage to them as well.
The spell's damage increases when you reach certain levels. At 5th level, the melee attack deals an extra 1d8 lightning damage to the target initially hit, and the damage taken by other creatures also increases by an extra 1d8. Both damage rolls increase by another 1d8 at 11th level (2d8 and 3d8) and again at 17th level (3d8 and 4d8).
* - (a melee weapon worth at least 1 sp)