Witch Bolt

Level	1st Level	Casting Time	1 action	Range	10m
AoE	Single	Duration	Concentration, up to 1 minute
School	Storm	Components	V, S, M (a twig from a tree that has been struck by lightning)
Classes	Arcanist, Blackguard, Black Mage, Time Mage

A beam of crackling, blue energy lances out toward a creature within 10m forming a sustained arc of lightning between you and the target.

Make a ranged spell attack against that creature. On a hit, the target takes 1d12 LIGHTNING damage and becomes

until the end of its turn, with the escape DC set as your spell save DC. On each of your turns for the duration, you can use your action to deal 1d12 LIGHTNING damage to the target automatically. The spell ends if you use your action to do anything else. The spell also ends if the target is ever outside the spell's range or if it has total cover from you.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, the initial and subsequent damage increases by 1d12, for each slot level above 1st.