Lightning Lance

This spell creates a silvery shimmering weightless rod about as thick about as a sword hilt and about 4 feet long. This bolt of “frozen” lightning forms with its midpoint in the caster's empty hand and can be used in three ways: as a handheld weapon, as an electrical discharge, or as a hurled bolt.

If wielded as a handheld weapon, it lasts for the full spell duration, strikes with the caster's THAC0, can be used in conjunction with another single-handed weapon or item (such as a dagger or wand in the caster's other hand), and deals 3d6 points of electrical damage per strike. In any of its first three rounds of existence, even if it has been used as a handheld weapon already, a lightning lance can be used in one of the two additional ways described below. If used as a handheld weapon for all four rounds, in the last round the lightning lance strikes at +1 and for double damage (6d6).

If touched to a solid object and willed by the caster to discharge, the lance vanishes in a flash, forcing two item saving throws vs. lightning on the object; failure of either means the item shatters. If hurled by the caster (at the caster's THAC0 with a +1 attack bonus), the lance streaks away in a straight line and deals 6d6 points of damage to any single creature that it strikes. It fades away harmlessly if it does not strike anyone after traveling 30 yards. If the creature struck is in direct, physical contact with another being or beings, the damage is shared evenly.