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<blockquote data-quote="Rossbert" data-source="post: 7419861" data-attributes="member: 6922357"><p>Thematically I like the interpretation as a given church's mix of pioneer/scout/special ops guy. Yo u send in the cleric when an area is too dangerous for normal clergy, an area needs flat-out miraculous help, or the church has a critical mission that needs more 'practical' skills over extensive ecclesiastical knowledge, but you need some you trust more than a lay person or a mercenary.</p><p></p><p>Mechanically I always think of it as the divine wizard, the baseline divine caster.</p><p>Where the sorcerer, warlock, and bard can be described as 'like a wizard but...(metamagic, short rest spell lots, mixed with cleric, etc.)" the cleric serves the role for the paladin, and to an extent the bard, druid and ranger (way more smashy, mixed with enchanter, nature themed, natured themed mixed with rogue, etc.). </p><p>But realistically you play a cleric when you either really like a domain or you just want to play a tough full caster with solid staying power and some emergency face smashing and anti-undead ability.</p><p></p><p>So yes it has less of a unique niche but serves almost as the repository of divine spells , deity granted abilities and what the height of divine caster could be with the most direct link to the divine source. </p><p></p><p>In 5e this 'base form' idea is more apparent than ever with class features being far more likely to be shared across various classes (channel divinity comes to mind immediately as does the battle master's maneuver mechanic if you have Xanathar).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rossbert, post: 7419861, member: 6922357"] Thematically I like the interpretation as a given church's mix of pioneer/scout/special ops guy. Yo u send in the cleric when an area is too dangerous for normal clergy, an area needs flat-out miraculous help, or the church has a critical mission that needs more 'practical' skills over extensive ecclesiastical knowledge, but you need some you trust more than a lay person or a mercenary. Mechanically I always think of it as the divine wizard, the baseline divine caster. Where the sorcerer, warlock, and bard can be described as 'like a wizard but...(metamagic, short rest spell lots, mixed with cleric, etc.)" the cleric serves the role for the paladin, and to an extent the bard, druid and ranger (way more smashy, mixed with enchanter, nature themed, natured themed mixed with rogue, etc.). But realistically you play a cleric when you either really like a domain or you just want to play a tough full caster with solid staying power and some emergency face smashing and anti-undead ability. So yes it has less of a unique niche but serves almost as the repository of divine spells , deity granted abilities and what the height of divine caster could be with the most direct link to the divine source. In 5e this 'base form' idea is more apparent than ever with class features being far more likely to be shared across various classes (channel divinity comes to mind immediately as does the battle master's maneuver mechanic if you have Xanathar). [/QUOTE]
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