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<blockquote data-quote="Al'Kelhar" data-source="post: 1026291" data-attributes="member: 7884">Lightning bolt is a 120' line, rather than an area of 5' wide out to Medium range or an area of 10' wide out to half Medium range.This is a change to the way the spell has worked all the way from 1st edition (you've always been able to cast it in 5' wide or 10' wide versions), simply to configure it for table top play and to use the new &quot;area of effect&quot; called &quot;line&quot; (which was already in 3.0E anyway - dragon breath weapons anyone?).Did anyone ever use the 5' wide version of lightning bolt?&nbsp; Now that fireball doesn't fill a volume and therefore is perfectly OK to use in confined spaces, and has a Long range, why would anyone use lightning bolt (apart from those times when you come up against fire resistant critters)?I'm house-ruling lightning bolt back to its 3.0E area.Cheers, Al'Kelhar</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Al'Kelhar, post: 1026291, member: 7884"] [i]Lightning bolt[/i] is a 120' line, rather than an area of 5' wide out to Medium range or an area of 10' wide out to half Medium range. This is a change to the way the spell has worked all the way from 1st edition (you've always been able to cast it in 5' wide or 10' wide versions), simply to configure it for table top play and to use the new "area of effect" called "line" (which was already in 3.0E anyway - dragon breath weapons anyone?). Did anyone ever use the 5' wide version of [i]lightning bolt[/i]? Now that [i]fireball[/i] doesn't fill a volume and therefore is perfectly OK to use in confined spaces, and has a Long range, why would anyone use [i]lightning bolt[/i] (apart from those times when you come up against fire resistant critters)? I'm house-ruling [i]lightning bolt[/i] back to its 3.0E area. Cheers, Al'Kelhar [/QUOTE]

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