Hi all,
I have a Hill Dwarf War Cleric hitting level 5 soon. When I created him way back when, our group didn't really have much in the way of a "tank", and also I didn't know much about the rules back then.
My idea really was to make a tough, tanky front liner who could take the hits while the rest of the party does the damage.
Fast forward to now. I know a lot more about the rules, I've play tested and ran a lot of higher level stuff, and I'm just not thrilled with the class. It suffers a bit from MAD, and it's abilities don't really synergizr well.
Also we've had a couple of additions to the group that quite frankly eclipse my character in the twnkong role (A Barbarian and Moon Druid).
I'm thinking three options:
1. Sticking with War Cleric. Not quite "kick you out of the party" material but rather meh.
2. Multiclass into Fighter A. Give up tanking, pick up polearm master, and use a polearm. Stand behind the Barbarian and generally be annoying in combat.
3. Multiclass into Fighter B. Pick up a 2 handed weapon like a maul, pick up Great Weapon Master, sjd go smashy smashy.
Both options would require me to give up Resiliance (con) to get the most out of. I'm very undecided about that. Also I'd probably look at Cleric14/Fighter6 as my mix, I tried running Fighter 11/Cleric 9, and later on not having higher level Cleric spells sucked.
What say the forum?
I have a Hill Dwarf War Cleric hitting level 5 soon. When I created him way back when, our group didn't really have much in the way of a "tank", and also I didn't know much about the rules back then.
My idea really was to make a tough, tanky front liner who could take the hits while the rest of the party does the damage.
Fast forward to now. I know a lot more about the rules, I've play tested and ran a lot of higher level stuff, and I'm just not thrilled with the class. It suffers a bit from MAD, and it's abilities don't really synergizr well.
Also we've had a couple of additions to the group that quite frankly eclipse my character in the twnkong role (A Barbarian and Moon Druid).
I'm thinking three options:
1. Sticking with War Cleric. Not quite "kick you out of the party" material but rather meh.
2. Multiclass into Fighter A. Give up tanking, pick up polearm master, and use a polearm. Stand behind the Barbarian and generally be annoying in combat.
3. Multiclass into Fighter B. Pick up a 2 handed weapon like a maul, pick up Great Weapon Master, sjd go smashy smashy.
Both options would require me to give up Resiliance (con) to get the most out of. I'm very undecided about that. Also I'd probably look at Cleric14/Fighter6 as my mix, I tried running Fighter 11/Cleric 9, and later on not having higher level Cleric spells sucked.
What say the forum?