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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 6922919" data-attributes="member: 20564"><p>Light clerics get some nifty blasting - but with being behind a bunch of caster levels, lower saves becasue of lower wisdom, that it conflicts with your action to attack and use your battlemaster stuff and because it looks like you already have a lot of castery damage in the party and need tankiness, its not super enticing to advance. The lack of other healing making getting some mroe cleic slots and spell levels might be a bit interesting, but I don't think it's worth it.</p><p></p><p>Fighter 5 will give you extra attack, which is right up your ally. I'm just as interested in fighter 6 for an ASI - your 17 Str can turn in a +4 modifier either with the ASI or a feat that also grants +1 Str, and I think that's worthwhile. Fighter 7 feature isn't that appealing, but it will give you two more maneuvers and another superiority die. If you do go for 7th, 8th for another ASI is a big benefit.</p><p></p><p>Feat thoughts: Heavy Armor Master will give you +1 STr and increase your tankiness, but it's not a huge deal. It would require you to swap from half-plate +1 to normal full plate, but that's an absolutely even wash - same AC, disadvantage on stealth, same movement speed. Not sure it brings enough over just taking the ASI.</p><p></p><p>After you get your character's Str mod to +4, Inspiring Leader will let you hand out temp HPs to the others, which will reduce the healing you need to do.</p><p></p><p>Paladin multiclassing seems like it will bring you little. You want your spell slots for healing, you don't have a great Chr for aura, it just isn't bringing you much. And that's assuming your next ASI is +1 Str/+1 Chr.</p><p></p><p>Barbarian is quite tanky but conflicts hard with your classic noble paladin, no good. If you wanted to play going into some Holy Fury it might work. Raging gives some resistances, you can get more at 3rd. But that's you take some reskinning even if a holy fury was in-character for you. As a mechanical option it's decent for what role you fit int he party, but continuing fighter is also good for it.</p><p></p><p>The other classes that you qualify for with multiclassing (all but wizard) don't seem to advance your party niche or fit your theme particularly well.</p><p></p><p>Hope this was helpful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue, post: 6922919, member: 20564"] Light clerics get some nifty blasting - but with being behind a bunch of caster levels, lower saves becasue of lower wisdom, that it conflicts with your action to attack and use your battlemaster stuff and because it looks like you already have a lot of castery damage in the party and need tankiness, its not super enticing to advance. The lack of other healing making getting some mroe cleic slots and spell levels might be a bit interesting, but I don't think it's worth it. Fighter 5 will give you extra attack, which is right up your ally. I'm just as interested in fighter 6 for an ASI - your 17 Str can turn in a +4 modifier either with the ASI or a feat that also grants +1 Str, and I think that's worthwhile. Fighter 7 feature isn't that appealing, but it will give you two more maneuvers and another superiority die. If you do go for 7th, 8th for another ASI is a big benefit. Feat thoughts: Heavy Armor Master will give you +1 STr and increase your tankiness, but it's not a huge deal. It would require you to swap from half-plate +1 to normal full plate, but that's an absolutely even wash - same AC, disadvantage on stealth, same movement speed. Not sure it brings enough over just taking the ASI. After you get your character's Str mod to +4, Inspiring Leader will let you hand out temp HPs to the others, which will reduce the healing you need to do. Paladin multiclassing seems like it will bring you little. You want your spell slots for healing, you don't have a great Chr for aura, it just isn't bringing you much. And that's assuming your next ASI is +1 Str/+1 Chr. Barbarian is quite tanky but conflicts hard with your classic noble paladin, no good. If you wanted to play going into some Holy Fury it might work. Raging gives some resistances, you can get more at 3rd. But that's you take some reskinning even if a holy fury was in-character for you. As a mechanical option it's decent for what role you fit int he party, but continuing fighter is also good for it. The other classes that you qualify for with multiclassing (all but wizard) don't seem to advance your party niche or fit your theme particularly well. Hope this was helpful. [/QUOTE]
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