Is he a front-line tank type who soaks up damage for the party while healing himself? Does he stand back casting support spells and using ranged spells for damage? Gorm is going to be of the former, charging into battle and soaking up damage from the more threatening enemies. He worships the ideal of freedom, hails from a village on the top of a snowy peak, and has a strong distaste for storm giants and undead because a storm giant zombie killed his father.Īfter you’ve got a concept that you’re happy with, you should start thinking about what you want your cleric to focus on in battle. But their light blindness can definitely be a problem for an adventuring party.įor my example character, we’ll go with a chaotic good dwarven cleric named Gorm. Duergar are excellent front-line clerics thanks to their spell-like abilities and Con and Wis bonuses. Aasimar are a great choice because they get a bonus to both Wisdom and Charisma. Any of the other core races will make fine clerics, but you may also want to consider a few race choices from the Bestiary. Elves are generally a poor choice since neither Dex nor Int modifier are particularly useful for a cleric. Dwarves are a great choice thanks to both the +2 Wisdom boost they get as well as their ability to ignore penalties to their movement speed when wearing medium or heavy armor. Your choice of race can also be an important factor in the overall power level of your cleric. Is your cleric particularly devout, or does he/she worship in a more vague sense, maybe worshiping an ideal instead of a specific deity? Thinking about things like these makes it less likely you will get bored playing your cleric. While this may get annoying if you overdo it, you can keep your character fresh by making little quips about it every so often. What kind of climate did he or she come from? This will determine the type of clothing your character is wearing and also give you the chance to complain when you’re in an opposite climate. Any character that has, well, CHARACTER will be more fun to play, period.
You’re looking at the class and thinking “How can I make sure that I don’t get bored?” The first thing to do is to give your character a good back story. So you’ve decided (or been convinced) to play a cleric in a new game with some friends. I’m going to write this article under the assumption that your cleric will channel positive energy, since your party will probably need to be healed at SOME point. However, if you come up against any undead, your channeling will heal instead of harm them. Combined with the Channel Smite feat, your character can end up doing some incredible damage against living creatures. A neutral cleric with either a neutral or evil deity has the option to channel negative energy and cast harmful spells instead of healing spells. Something to consider when making a cleric, which will GUARANTEE that you’re never used as a healbot, is to channel negative energy. To those players: good on you for wanting to be a healbot. If you’re a healer-style player, there are ways to make your cleric INCREDIBLY good at healing, to the point where you can keep the party alive through just about anything.
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In this installment of Natural Twenties, I’ll explain how to take your cleric from heal-bot to party star.įirst of all, it’s important to realize that some players actually DO enjoy playing the healer and keeping the party alive. And that’s sad, because the cleric is one of the most versatile and powerful characters in the game. I’ve had many a player become disinterested in the game after they got “stuck” playing the cleric for the party. Mainly because, in most games, they invariably turn into the heal-bot, and let’s face it, healing your allies every turn gets boring and monotonous. Generally they are not everyone’s favorite choice as far as classes go.
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