So due to a handful of campaign issues, mostly story related, like half the party is swapping out in a session or two for new characters. I'm making a 9th level Sorcerer. But the long short of it is that he is a devoted worshipper of chaos(His mother was a chaos beast), so I'm changing him to an 8th level sorcerer and 1st level Cleric. Additionally, I'm focusing on building him for support, buff, and a dash of healing here and there.
I'm doing this for lore reasons, and also to get access to twinnable healing spells I can use 5th level spots for in a pinch, and also the fun combination of Bless + Bend luck for +2d4 when needed in encounters where I won't waste Haste or Greater Invisibility.
So it comes down to Life or Trickery.
I don't have the Str for heavy armor due to MAD of this build, so Life exclusively grants me stronger heals, and a spell slot freed up for Guiding Bolt(which is sorc-luckable so its not too bad that it doesn't have +cha for attacks). However, Trickery gives me Charm Person(No way I'm blowing a sorc slot for that) and the fairly incredible Advantage on stealth for an hour at will.
Now the caveats. ALL our sneaky characters are swapping out. We may not have a stealth character for a while, so Trickery buff will be of marginal utility for some time. Also, we have a Tempest Cleric who already heals, though she doesn't make it her primary focus or anything. She'd rather make large amounts of explosions.
So uh, what would you do?
I'm doing this for lore reasons, and also to get access to twinnable healing spells I can use 5th level spots for in a pinch, and also the fun combination of Bless + Bend luck for +2d4 when needed in encounters where I won't waste Haste or Greater Invisibility.
So it comes down to Life or Trickery.
I don't have the Str for heavy armor due to MAD of this build, so Life exclusively grants me stronger heals, and a spell slot freed up for Guiding Bolt(which is sorc-luckable so its not too bad that it doesn't have +cha for attacks). However, Trickery gives me Charm Person(No way I'm blowing a sorc slot for that) and the fairly incredible Advantage on stealth for an hour at will.
Now the caveats. ALL our sneaky characters are swapping out. We may not have a stealth character for a while, so Trickery buff will be of marginal utility for some time. Also, we have a Tempest Cleric who already heals, though she doesn't make it her primary focus or anything. She'd rather make large amounts of explosions.
So uh, what would you do?