Vylja's Lightning Strike
(Alteration)(Weather)

Range:  10 yards per level
Components:  V, S
Duration:  Instantaneous
Casting Time:  9
Area of Effect:  Special
Saving Throw:  1/2

By casting this spell, a priest can focus the natural electrical energy present in his surroundings into a bolt of lightning. The spell has three different applications.
•	It can function as a faster way of casting call lightning. Except for the shorter duration, it is identical to that spell (it can only be cast outdoors when a storm is near, for example).
•	The second application of Vylja's lightning strike can still only be cast outdoors, but it needs no real storm to power it. However, it can be cast in any given site with a 1 mile diameter only once every hour (this is the time it takes for the natural charges to build up again). This application delivers 1d4 points of electricity damage to its target or targets for each level the priest has attained. The area of effect is up to the caster: it can be a circle with a diameter of 20 feet, or the priest can choose to let the lightning strike up to three different creatures within range. In the latter case, the electrical charge must be divided by the priest over the different targets (for example, a 16th-level priest could hit a giant for 10d4 points of damage, and its two gnoll servants for 3d4 points each). A saving throw versus spell is allowed for half damage.
•	The third application closely resembles the second one, but it can also be cast indoors or under the ground. The damage is however decreased to 1d3 points of damage per caster level. The saving throw for half damage is of course still applicable.

