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<blockquote data-quote="Nifft" data-source="post: 5038326" data-attributes="member: 6562"><p>Archivists are great!</p><p></p><p>1/ <strong>Never lower your caster level</strong>. This is the golden rule of making an effective spellcaster. You'll thank me later. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>2/ You can learn any Domain spells you want, you just don't get any automatically by leveling up. Invest in divine scrolls; copy the desired Domain spells into your spell book; get full access to the spells you want to represent your Domains. (You'll be a bit better than a regular Cleric if you want to cast one of your Domain spells multiple times -- or if you want to prepare both Domain spells -- but you'll also be a bit worse, since you don't have +1 extra spell-slot per day.)</p><p></p><p>- - -</p><p></p><p>However, also: Cloistered Clerics are great! Your armor and HP reduction prevent you from direct competition with a traditional battle-Cleric, and so long as your Domains don't totally overlap, I don't think you'd feel like a repeat of his character. Also, Clerics are pretty much the only people interested in discussing religions, so you'll have someone to argue with in-character.</p><p></p><p>- - -</p><p></p><p>IMHO you could pick either of these -- Archivist or Cloistered Cleric -- and have a great character. But dabbling in both won't help, and will reduce your effectiveness as a spellcaster.</p><p></p><p>Cheers, -- N</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nifft, post: 5038326, member: 6562"] Archivists are great! 1/ [b]Never lower your caster level[/b]. This is the golden rule of making an effective spellcaster. You'll thank me later. ;) 2/ You can learn any Domain spells you want, you just don't get any automatically by leveling up. Invest in divine scrolls; copy the desired Domain spells into your spell book; get full access to the spells you want to represent your Domains. (You'll be a bit better than a regular Cleric if you want to cast one of your Domain spells multiple times -- or if you want to prepare both Domain spells -- but you'll also be a bit worse, since you don't have +1 extra spell-slot per day.) - - - However, also: Cloistered Clerics are great! Your armor and HP reduction prevent you from direct competition with a traditional battle-Cleric, and so long as your Domains don't totally overlap, I don't think you'd feel like a repeat of his character. Also, Clerics are pretty much the only people interested in discussing religions, so you'll have someone to argue with in-character. - - - IMHO you could pick either of these -- Archivist or Cloistered Cleric -- and have a great character. But dabbling in both won't help, and will reduce your effectiveness as a spellcaster. Cheers, -- N [/QUOTE]
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