New Spell: Janeko's Sudden Discharge

[Anabstercorian]

Janeko's Sudden Discharge
Evocation
Level: Sor/Wiz 3
Components: V, S, F
Casting Time: 10 minutes
Range: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)
Effect: Ray of electrical energy
Duration: 10 minutes/level or until discharged.
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: Yes

You imbue yourself with a powerful electrical charge that you can fire forth as a ray of electricity as a move action, ending the spell. The ray deals 1d6 points of electrical damage per 10 minutes remaining in the duration of spell (maximum 10d6).

Focus: A bracelet of lodestones worth 50 gp.

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Is this adequately clear?

 

[WizWrm]

Are you allowed to cast it multiple times and still have them all available? I'd bump it up another two spell levels or more, if so; since that would make it almost equivalent to a quickened (which is four levels up, plus a feat slot) lightning bolt.

 

[LightPhoenix]

Are you allowed to cast it multiple times and still have them all available? I'd bump it up another two spell levels or more, if so; since that would make it almost equivalent to a quickened (which is four levels up, plus a feat slot) lightning bolt.

I'd say no, along the lines that spells don't stack with themselves. You can't cast Shocking Grasp twice, why this?

I'm wary of the duration, personally. I think it lasts too long to make it an equally desirable version of lightning bolt. In the midst of battle it's a poor strategy, sure. Right now though you can cast it and have it available as essentiallya quickened lightning bolt before every combat, especially at high levels.

I think I would reduce the duration to 1 minute/level, and maybe bump it up to 4th level - WizWrm's point about the quickened lightning bolt are very valid.

 

[the Jester]

I'm with LightPhoenix on this one. It's too good, as written, for a 3rd-level spell.

You should definitely include verbage to the effect that you can't cast and 'hold' more than one of these spells at a time.

 

[Camarath]

Looks fine to me. It allows one traget, requires both a 10 minutes to cast and a move action to use, and deals 1d6/level (if used in the first 10 min) sounds like a fair 3rd level spell to me as long as you can only have one of these spells in effect at a time.

Does the spell require a ranged touch attack?

 

[Anabstercorian]

It's a ray, so yep.

 

[Prothall]

I think it's fine as is... Like lightning bolt, only cast ahead of time - so it can't really be overused that much. Only thing is that if you round properly, the thing will never do more than 9d6 damage. I might make the focus a component, but other than that, I like it.