Skyrim:Chain Lightning

	Chain Lightning
School	Destruction	Difficulty	Adept
Type	Offensive	Casting	Fire and Forget
Delivery	Aimed	Equip	Either Hand
Spell ID	00045f9d	Editor ID	ChainLightning
Base Cost	156	Charge Time	0.5
Duration	0	Range	141 ft
Magnitude	40	Area	20 ft
Tome ID	000a2708	Tome Value	390
Appears in random loot at level			23+
Purchase from (Destruction lvl 40+)
Enthir Faralda Farengar Secret-Fire Madena Wuunferth the Unliving

Lightning bolt that does 40 points of shock damage to Health and half to Magicka, then leaps to a new target.

Chain Lightning is an adept level destruction spell that deals shock damage to Health and Magicka to multiple targets.

Effects

• Chain Lightning, 40 pts in 20 ft
• Perk Impact Stagger, 0.25 pts; if the Impact perk has been unlocked
• Disintegrate, 200 pts for 1 sec if the Disintegrate perk has been unlocked

Perks

• Augmented Shock, raises damage to 50 at first rank or 60 at second rank.

Notes

• Has much shorter range than the equivalent Fireball spell, but the fact that it is cast instantly instead of as a projectile makes it much easier to hit moving targets so long as they're within range. Rapidly moving targets (such as deer) may go flying, however, depending on the direction that the spell approaches from.
• Can be used to make "bank" shots to hit enemies you can't actually target directly by aiming at a surface (ceilings, floors, walls, etc.) that has a line of sight to them.
• If enemies are struck with the spell while it is dual-cast and you have the Impact perk, it will stagger them (and anyone else close by) as usual, but if it is dual-cast on the ground (so it arcs up and strikes them) while having the same perk, those struck aren't staggered at all.