I decided to make another D&D Cleric, I got fed up falling down with one of my gishes. Here are my notes.
I am playing at a table that uses the 2014 rules, here is the Cleric page at dnd5e wiki. I plan to run an Assimar and DnD Beyond use the Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse version. The PC’s sub-class/domain is the Arcana Domain sub-class.
General
ON the D&D beyond, I need to check the number of prepared spells, which AFAIK is WIS modifier + level + the domain spells, so 8+. The Assimar special abilities, healing and radiant consumption are defined by the proficiency level. The 5th level Cleric’s ability “Destroy Undead” is not written into the character sheet.
Spell Selection
The next spells I want are, Sanctuary (1), Command (1), Hold Person (2), Lesser Restoration (2), Silence (2), & Beacon of Hope. I suppose, Protection from Good/Evil should probably be there too. I should probably develop an “in town” prepared list. What I have is strongly healer and combat orientated and not so investigative/exploratory.
The D&D Beyond lists many spells twice in the spell list on the .pdf version of the character sheet. Google AI explains this as caused by legacy spell commitments, error handling of multi classing or domain spells.
Combat and the action economy
I need to get on top of how to play the class, in combat,
- A: Bless (C), BA: No cantrips are Bonus Actions, or maybe Sanctuary first.
- A: Spiritual Weapon, BA: An Attack Cantrip, noting that Mind Sliver places a debuff on the character making either TtD or Guiding Bolt more likely to succeed.
- A: Attack Cantrip unless Cure Wounds is needed, BA: depends on A
Note: that at L5 we have spirit guardians so maybe that is cast at 2, and I should check the channel divinity resource use; it might be useful in some combats. The amulet of the devout gives at least one free channel divinity.
Downtime & Magic Items
We are discussing Downtime, maybe I should craft something, a Rod of Retribution, Ioun Stones, Ring of Protection and the ring of spell storing are probably beyond me at level 6; but seemingly not. The Wand of Magic Missiles is uncommon as is the wand of the war mage (+1), the rare wands are quite powerful.
I got a ring of spell storing, and made a page/snip about it. Getting this was not hard, but I don’t think we play with ‘complications’.
The Tome of Understanding is “Very Rare”. The Ioun Stone of Reserve which can hold up to three spells is “Rare”, the Stone of Insight (WIS +2) is also “Very Rare”. Ioun Stones require attunement. At the next downtime, maybe I should look to find a Tome of Understanding, preferably before the level 8 feat.
D&D Beyond have a page on items for Clerics.
Attunement
I now have three attuned items. The Pearl of Power, the Amulet of the Devout and the ring of spell storing. And so no more.
The Amulet of the Devout scales, +1 uncommon, +2 rare, and +3 very rare.
Featured Image by AI @deepai.org and the image in the text was made by me using NWN’s character builder.