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<blockquote data-quote="WhosDaDungeonMaster" data-source="post: 7556569">It's perfectly reasonable to rule it either way. Thinking of the roughly two feet of space a human might physically occupy in a 5-foot area, threading the needle between two targets could easily miss both, or at least would be unlikely to deal full damage IMO. I see several options (and I am sure others would come up with more) that could work depending on how the DM rules it:1. you rule both targets have to make saves as normal2a. you rule both targets makes saves, but have advantage2b. you rule one makes a save as normal, the other has advantage3a. you rule both targets take half damage, and a successful save indicates no damage3b. you rule one makes a save as normal, the other takes half and makes a save for no damage4. the DM rolls 50/50 to see which of the two is actually affected by the spell. that single target makes their save as normal5. the DM has the player roll a special &quot;spell attack&quot; to determine if they can place the lightning bolt so that both targets are affectedand so on...Pick an option, they are all within the parameters of the rules and how you interpret them and wish to rule the results.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WhosDaDungeonMaster, post: 7556569"] It's perfectly reasonable to rule it either way. Thinking of the roughly two feet of space a human might physically occupy in a 5-foot area, threading the needle between two targets could easily miss both, or at least would be unlikely to deal full damage IMO. I see several options (and I am sure others would come up with more) that could work depending on how the DM rules it: 1. you rule both targets have to make saves as normal 2a. you rule both targets makes saves, but have advantage 2b. you rule one makes a save as normal, the other has advantage 3a. you rule both targets take half damage, and a successful save indicates no damage 3b. you rule one makes a save as normal, the other takes half and makes a save for no damage 4. the DM rolls 50/50 to see which of the two is actually affected by the spell. that single target makes their save as normal 5. the DM has the player roll a special "spell attack" to determine if they can place the lightning bolt so that both targets are affected and so on... Pick an option, they are all within the parameters of the rules and how you interpret them and wish to rule the results. [/QUOTE]

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