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|author_name=Luigifan18
|date_created=October 10, 2012
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{{3.5e Spell
|name=Smiting Lightning
|school=Evocation 
|desc=Electricity, Good
|lvl=Cleric 7
|comp=V, S
|casttime=1 [[SRD:Round|round]]
|range=Long (400 ft. + 40 ft./level)
|tsea=e 
|subj=One or more 30-ft.-long vertical lines of lightning
|dur=1 min./level
|save=[[SRD:Saving Throw|Reflex]] half and [[SRD:Fortitude|Fortitude]] partial; see text
|sr=Yes
|summary=Summon a lightning storm that devastates evil creatures.
}}

Against most creatures, this spell functions just like ''[[SRD:Call Lightning|call lightning]]'' or [[SRD:Call Lightning Storm|''call lightning storm'']], except that you may call up to 20 bolts and each bolt does 7d6 damage (7d10 in a stormy area).

When a lightning bolt from this spell does damage to an [[SRD:Evil Creatures|evil]] or [[SRD:Undead Type|undead]] creature, half of the damage is divine damage and cannot be negated by any source of electricity resistance or immunity that the target possesses. In addition, the lightning itself wraps itself around the creature instantaneously if it fails its [[SRD:Reflex|Reflex]] save. The creature is held in place by bonds of holy lightning for 1 round/2 caster levels. These bonds are divinely enchanted so that the victim is completely and utterly incapable of moving under its own power, let alone escaping; it is for all intents and purposes [[SRD:Paralyzed|paralyzed]] and [[SRD:Helpless|helpless]], even if it would normally be immune to paralysis, and is considered [[SRD:Entangled|entangled]] for the purpose of taking purely mental actions (that is, it must succeed on a [[SRD:Concentration Skill|Concentration]] check, or the action fails and is wasted). Aside from their duration expiring, the bonds can only be removed by [[SRD:Freedom|''freedom'']], [[SRD:Break Enchantment|''break enchantment'']], [[SRD:Remove Curse|''remove curse'']], ''unbinding''<ref name="spc">[[Publication:Spell Compendium|Spell Compendium]]</ref>, or a successful [[SRD:Dispel Magic|''dispel magic'']].

A creature with the [[SRD:Evil Subtype|Evil subtype]] hit by a lightning bolt from this spell suffers the above effect and has a bit of its soul obliterated by the strike. It immediately gains 1d6 [[SRD:Negative Level|negative levels]], but is allowed a [[SRD:Fortitude|Fortitude]] save to halve the amount.

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Article Balance	High +
Author	Luigifan18 +
Component	V + and S +
Descriptor	Electricity + and Good +
Identifier	3.5e Spell +
Level	Cleric 7 +
Range	Other +
Rated By	Eiji-kun + and Leziad +
Rating	Rating Pending +
School	Evocation +
Summary	Summon a lightning storm that devastates evil creatures. +
Title	Smiting Lightning +