I never thought about this before but how does Chain Lightning work when the primary target has evasion? No evasion but makes their save? Has SR?
This came up last session I was DMing. My players argued that since the primary target has evasion and made his save that the secondary targets would:
1) Not get hit because the primary target didn't get hit
2) Even if the secondary targets were hit they would also take no damage as the primary target took no damage.
To keep the game going I just agreed with my players and had the spell "fizzle". Does anyone know how this is supposed to work? What about if the primary target has SR and it doesn't pierce it?
Thanks!