Well all know theres no lightning in the underdark. The spell is still there and working, which i just found out, and will use from here on, but maybe to add to realism we could change the visual effect to the bombardment spell, and just analogize it to making rocks fall from the ceiling, and maybe the rocks do bludgeoning damage instead of electric.

just a thought.

If it's working, I wouldn't imagine it's intended to. Nor would I imagine it a good idea to cast it...since it makes absoloutly no sense to be able to call lightning several miles underground.

I've always disliked the spell anyway. It gives druids a pretty decent offensive spell, which can be just as powerful as a mage's fireball. I always thought druids to be a nice balance between casting and combat, like clerics. So perhaps a new spell to replace it, with toned down damage

It's not supposed to be working, no. Don't use it.

I have a feeling the nwn version is the 3.5 version (but cant check) that does work in doors, someone with 3.5 handbook can they look it up?

In the 3.5 Handbook it states "This spell functions indoors or underground, but not underwater."

Which makes perfect sense because you do not need to be 'outside' for their be lightning. It's just an imbalance of charge. :o

Conan The Conqueror In the 3.5 Handbook it states "This spell functions indoors or underground, but not underwater."

Which makes perfect sense because you do not need to be 'outside' for their be lightning. It's just an imbalance of charge. :o

No?

It should function as default nwn call lightning I think, which is 3.5. That is Not lightning bolt.

Wow, call lightning is a really good spell, unless the 'only enemies' part of it isn't true.

I still think it's stupid to be able to "call lightning" in a cave. Unless it finds it's way from the surface, through all the passages, and into it's target. I'd also have to demand that all the drow and Illithid in it's way get zapped!

Ohh, and Conan. . . it's "call lightning" not "create electricity". Lightning comes from the sky. Period.

DruQks Ohh, and Conan. . . it's "call lightning" not "create electricity". Lightning comes from the sky. Period.

So make it Cave In instead. It'll rock then....

Get it?

:lol:

DruQks Lightning comes from the sky. Period.

Just wrong. High electric fields ionize sections of air. The ionized air becomes conductive. A current flows from A to B (neutralizing the electric field). Lightening is a scaled up version of the spark you get when touching the door knob after dragging your feet.

Even in lightening due to a thunderstorm charge can move in either direction (current flowing from ground to cloud or vice versa).

Also note that the separation of electric charge that causes the ionizing fields is a really general phenomenon -- it can occur in clouds of volcanic ash, dust, smoke, storm clouds, as well as on your person (I get an electric shock all the time when I close my car door).

cawila, we all know this but tell me, when you close your car door do you leap up and say "Crap, I just got struck by lightning"?

Plus, whether or not current flows from point A to B in order to neutralize an electric field in dust clouds or volcanic ash, it's still in the sky. I wouldn't call an bolt of electricity ramming a man inside a cave lightning. I'd call it really bad luck.

But we can draw fire out of nowhere and fire it at people with a big explosion. The point is moot IMO. Magic.

Oroborous So make it Cave In instead. It'll rock then....

Get it?

:lol:

that was my idea. the bombardment spell graphic effect is cool, and just make it 1d6 bludgeoning dmg per round.

In the 3.5 Handbook it states "This spell functions indoors or underground, but not underwater."

:roll:

someone quote the exact words for the entire spell description to end all of this. I have a feeling its identical to nwn standard call lightning, or very close. It works inside, it does Electrical damage not bludgeoning.

Immediately upon completion of the spell, and once per round thereafter, you may call down a 5-foot-wide, 30-foot-long, vertical bolt of lightning that deals 3d6 points of electricity damage. The bolt of lightning flahes down in a vertical stroke at whatever target point you choose within the spell's range (measured from your position at the time). Any creature in the target square or in the path of the bolt is affected.

You need not call a bolt of lightning immediately; other actions, even spellcasting, can be performed. However, each round after the first you may use a standard action (concentrating on the spell) to call a bolt. You may call a total number of bolts equal to your caster level (maximum 10 bolts).

If you are outdoors and in a stormy area -- a rain shower, clouds and wind, hot and cloudy conditions, or even a tornado (including a whirlwhind formed by a djinni or an air elemental of at least Large sizel see the Monster Manual)-- each bolt deals 3d10 points of electricity damage instead of 3d6.

This spell functions indoors or underground but not underwater.

So, just for clarification after all that said and quoted, can we get a DM ruling on it. As of now, I'm not using it due to what Howland said previously in this post.

Howland It's not supposed to be working, no. Don't use it.

think that pretty much says it all.

Dr Breen

Howland It's not supposed to be working, no. Don't use it.

think that pretty much says it all.

Yeah, I would have thought so too.