D&D 5E Does lightening bolt spell cause extra damage to sea creatures in water?

[Demetrios1453]

It's funny, since I'm playing the old Gold Box D&D CRPGs right now, and literally tonight I did the underwater section of Dark Queen of Krynn. Since it uses 1e rules, I had to swap out all my fireballs for lightning bolts in order to have a good AoE underwater.

 

[Bill Zebub]

The 5e update of "The Styes" in Ghosts of Saltmarsh includes a lightning-based glyph of warding trap that's underwater. The text states that "Because the lightning diffuses evenly through the water, no saving throw is allowed against this effect."

So it doesn't change the area of effect of the glyph. It just doesn't allow a save to avoid any of the damage.

I could see creatures in water having disadvantage on saves against electrical damage.

I wonder if the Hags also have lightning spells for that reason...

 

[pukunui]

I could see creatures in water having disadvantage on saves against electrical damage.

I wonder if the Hags also have lightning spells for that reason...

Bit if a thread necro here, it looks like.

 

[Bill Zebub]

Doh.

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[Charlaquin]

Doh.

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