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<blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8251832" data-attributes="member: 6796468">That is an intensely specific example... here's another one.Your group's fighter and barbarian are fighting a guy on the battlefield. 80 feet away, and in the air, a Dragon is closing in.Using Lightning Bolt, you can stand right next to the guy on the battlefield and draw a line to the flying dragon without hitting any of your party members. A Fireball can hit either that one dude or the dragon.Here's another one: You're on a battlefield scenario. There's a messload of orcs and goblins and allies all kind of in a big checkerboard scrum on the field of battle. You could use your fireball on the edge of battle and get maybe 2-3 goblins or orcs without hitting your allies.Or you could do a nice line through the middle of the scrum, picking the line that avoids hitting your allies, and hit 5-12 dudes based on the specific layout of the battle.Or, y'know, swap places with the fighter types and blast down the hallway. Or spider-climb up the wall to stand on the ceiling in the square above your fighter's square and lightning bolt down the hallway in front of the fighter.Lines have a place where they can be more effective than a Fireball. And that place is usually when the chaotic melee of battle makes it hard to avoid hitting allies with spells.That said I'm still gonna do the zig-zaggy lightning bolts, from now on. Maybe have each segment of the &quot;Jump to a target that hasn't been hit&quot; have a minimum length of 10 feet (For range purposes) and can't cross squares the lightning bolt has traveled through... FUN!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steampunkette, post: 8251832, member: 6796468"] That is an intensely specific example... here's another one. Your group's fighter and barbarian are fighting a guy on the battlefield. 80 feet away, and in the air, a Dragon is closing in. Using Lightning Bolt, you can stand right next to the guy on the battlefield and draw a line to the flying dragon without hitting any of your party members. A Fireball can hit either that one dude or the dragon. Here's another one: You're on a battlefield scenario. There's a messload of orcs and goblins and allies all kind of in a big checkerboard scrum on the field of battle. You could use your fireball on the edge of battle and get maybe 2-3 goblins or orcs without hitting your allies. Or you could do a nice line through the middle of the scrum, picking the line that avoids hitting your allies, and hit 5-12 dudes based on the specific layout of the battle. Or, y'know, swap places with the fighter types and blast down the hallway. Or spider-climb up the wall to stand on the ceiling in the square above your fighter's square and lightning bolt down the hallway in front of the fighter. Lines have a place where they can be more effective than a Fireball. And that place is usually when the chaotic melee of battle makes it hard to avoid hitting allies with spells. That said I'm still gonna do the zig-zaggy lightning bolts, from now on. Maybe have each segment of the "Jump to a target that hasn't been hit" have a minimum length of 10 feet (For range purposes) and can't cross squares the lightning bolt has traveled through... FUN! [/QUOTE]

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