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Message: <blockquote data-quote="omniknight" data-source="post: 6357889" data-attributes="member: 6778120">Ayep, that's the plan.  Fortunately Cantrips are an acceptable alternative to standard weapon attacks.  Not as much standard attack damage as other classes do, sure, but I am not looking to excel everywhere.Actually, my current plan for level one stat allocation with a Hill Dwarf is:8 STR / 12 DEX / 17 CON / 15 INT / 14 WIS / 8 CHA  (maybe 10 STR / 10 DEX instead)I don't see how it would be any easier to make it to level 18 as a straight Wizard who has lower AC, lower HP, no healing spells, and has to spend spell slots on AC boosters.  Straight Wizards also dump STR and CHA too, nothing special there.  Resilient is a Feat tax for pretty much everyone to shore up one of the "main" STs (DEX/CON/WIS), so nothing different there either.  Tough might end up being overkill so it could be delayed or even tossed in favor of a faster 20 INT.The one thing straight Wizards will have over my concept is a higher DEX, but they still won't be proficient with it and IMO higher HP mitigates that weak spot somewhat.Yep...so?  Again, I am not looking to be untouchable!  Cleric 1 is just a very effective and benefit-rich way to address a normal Wizard weakness (low AC) while still getting full spell slot progression and other goodies, while not losing very much compared to a straight Wizard.I'm taking Cleric at level 1, not multiclassing to it.  I would be multiclassing to Wizard at character level 2, but since their normal proficiencies are bad anyway nothing worthwhile is lost.</blockquote>

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