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<blockquote data-quote="Bacon Bits" data-source="post: 7566550" data-attributes="member: 6777737"><p>Personally, I would probably go with Barbarian given this party makeup, especially if you roll your stats well.</p><p></p><p>However, given the choices in the OP I'd go Life. Not because Life is so great, but because Tempest isn't that good.</p><p></p><p>Frankly, I think Tempest is pretty lackluster. The domain spells are pretty narrow (<em>call lightning</em> is an iconic spell, but it's not as good in 5e since it doesn't work very well indoors and the damage is much lower), and Wrath of the Storm is similarly weak compared to what other domains get. Channel Divinity: Destructive Wrath is decent, but there aren't many cleric spells that work with it, even including your domain spells. Thunderbolt Strike could be great with a cantrip like <em>shocking grasp</em>, but you haven't got any lighting cantrips and feats would give them to you with the wrong ability score. The domain has amazing flavor, but the abilities don't have enough to work with on the class's spell list because clerics don't ever deal lighting or thunder damage! Truly the only spell I see on the entire base cleric list that is capable of thunder or lighting damage is <em>glyph of warding</em>. That means all your domain abilities work with <strong>five</strong> spells: <em>thunderwave</em> (domain), <em>shatter</em> (domain), <em>call lightning</em> (domain), <em>glyph of warding</em>, and <em>destructive wave</em> (domain). <em>That's everything.</em> Everything else is based on your class abilities, which are pretty limited. Frankly, I almost feel like the domain's Divine Strike ability needs to allow the tempest cleric to select between thunder and lighting damage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bacon Bits, post: 7566550, member: 6777737"] Personally, I would probably go with Barbarian given this party makeup, especially if you roll your stats well. However, given the choices in the OP I'd go Life. Not because Life is so great, but because Tempest isn't that good. Frankly, I think Tempest is pretty lackluster. The domain spells are pretty narrow ([I]call lightning[/I] is an iconic spell, but it's not as good in 5e since it doesn't work very well indoors and the damage is much lower), and Wrath of the Storm is similarly weak compared to what other domains get. Channel Divinity: Destructive Wrath is decent, but there aren't many cleric spells that work with it, even including your domain spells. Thunderbolt Strike could be great with a cantrip like [I]shocking grasp[/I], but you haven't got any lighting cantrips and feats would give them to you with the wrong ability score. The domain has amazing flavor, but the abilities don't have enough to work with on the class's spell list because clerics don't ever deal lighting or thunder damage! Truly the only spell I see on the entire base cleric list that is capable of thunder or lighting damage is [I]glyph of warding[/I]. That means all your domain abilities work with [B]five[/B] spells: [I]thunderwave[/I] (domain), [I]shatter[/I] (domain), [I]call lightning[/I] (domain), [I]glyph of warding[/I], and [I]destructive wave[/I] (domain). [I]That's everything.[/I] Everything else is based on your class abilities, which are pretty limited. Frankly, I almost feel like the domain's Divine Strike ability needs to allow the tempest cleric to select between thunder and lighting damage. [/QUOTE]
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