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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Spenser" data-source="post: 237247" data-attributes="member: 5311">What Thanee said.  Persistent Spell for Divine Favor would be awesome.Don't knock the lion riding 'till you've tried it! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  Well, ok, that particular tactic isn't for everyone.  But it is fun.  Note that it's good for druids too -- they have the same combination of good combat abilities and strong summoning spells.  As for relying on buffs too much:- Dispel Magic Area Effect removes at most one buff.  Annoying, but not a big worry.- Dispel Magic targetted on you is more painful, but you should still retain over half your buffs (unless it's a Greater Dispel).  And if you're targetted, that means that everyone else has their Hastes, Shields, etc. still up.  So consider this scenario to be "taking one for the team".  - Anti-magic fields:  Whether you're a buffed melee-cleric or a stand-back-and-cast cleric... either way you're temporarily screwed.  You have to move out of that anti-magic field pronto if you want to do anything.I'd say forget about defender weapons.  In full plate and a shield, with either Shield of Faith or Protection from Evil going, your AC is going to be just fine.  Probably the best in the group.  So either:- Get a +1 Holy Frost battleaxe and enchant it up to +4 with GMW. (The melee option)- Get a masterwork battleaxe and spend the 31,700gp you'll save on magical protection items:  a better cloak of resistance, ring of minor fire resistance, brooch of shielding, etc. (The stand-back-and-cast option)Good luck!</blockquote>

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