D&D 5E A cleric with "Find Familiar"

[missing_marbles]

Does anyone know if there are any rules stopping me from playing a cleric, taking the magic initiate feat with Find Familiar as my 1/day spell, and using it (the familiar) to cast Cure/Inflict wounds through it's touch ability?

 

[Valetudo]

Sounds fine to me.

 

[Waterbizkit]

Perfectly legal by the rules as far as I can tell and perhaps even nicely thematic if your Clerics domain is Arcana or Knowledge, not that it's a necessity.

 

[jaelis]

Does anyone know if there are any rules stopping me from playing a cleric, taking the magic initiate feat with Find Familiar as my 1/day spell, and using it (the familiar) to cast Cure/Inflict wounds through it's touch ability?

Can you have your familiar be a St Bernard?

 

[missing_marbles]

LOL yes.
"Don't mess with me man, I can go from Beethoven to Cujo in a heartbeat."

 

[missing_marbles]

Can you have your familiar be a St Bernard?

LOL yes.
"Don't mess with me man, I can go from Beethoven to Cujo in a heartbeat."

 

[Aldarc]

Does anyone know if there are any rules stopping me from playing a cleric, taking the magic initiate feat with Find Familiar as my 1/day spell, and using it (the familiar) to cast Cure/Inflict wounds through it's touch ability?

Not that it particularly matters, but what type of cleric are you? I'm a big fan of going Arcana cleric and grabbing Ritual Casting (Wizard), which is effectively the same plus some, especially since the Arcana cleric gains two wizard cantrips via Arcane Initiate.

 

[missing_marbles]

Not that it particularly matters, but what type of cleric are you? I'm a big fan of going Arcana cleric and grabbing Ritual Casting (Wizard), which is effectively the same plus some, especially since the Arcana cleric gains two wizard cantrips via Arcane Initiate.

Ritual Casting, now THAT'S a good idea! I'm actually starting an adventure with a new group, so I haven't quite decided yet.
I threw together a life cleric in a one-off recently and had a lot of fun with that, but I still have to read through some more domains.

 

[Storyteller Hero]

FIGHTER: "The Barbarian is in trouble. Go help him."

CLERIC: "He still hasn't washed yet, has he?"

FIGHTER: "No, but that's not important. He's bleeding. Hurry up."

CLERIC: "Hey, Hctib, I've got a job for you!" (calls over familiar)

FAMILIAR: "Sometimes I miss working for that Warlock."

 

[Mouseferatu]

One of the players in my current campaign plays a cleric who does exactly this. His familiar has become known as "Zippy, Medicine Weasel."