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<blockquote data-quote="drothgery" data-source="post: 5477636" data-attributes="member: 360">Given that description, you might want to consider thinking outside the box a bit, rather than building a cleric. You can certainly build a charismatic melee cleric, but it's difficult to do it well because you'll almost certainly want to have Strength or Constitution and Wisdom as your highest stats (ranged clerics can get away with Wis primary/Cha secondary).&nbsp;If healing is a complete sideline, but being a divine character is important, consider a Paladin (particularly a charisma-based paladin).&nbsp;If you want to be a charismatic melee guy with a two-handed weapon capable of functioning as a party's primary healer, you might want to consider a Bard (spend a feat to gain proficiency in a two-handed heavy blade, then get a songblade when you need a magic weapon/implement) or an Ardent (the psionic leader from PH3 is a charisma-based melee class and proficient with two-handed military weapons out of the box).&nbsp;But I really think your description -- other than saying you want to play a cleric -- sounds like you want an inspiring or bravura warlord (strength primary, charisma secondary). They're not quite as good as clerics (or artificers) at healing, but they're certainly competent. And diving into the melee fray with a two-handed weapon is what they do.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="drothgery, post: 5477636, member: 360"] Given that description, you might want to consider thinking outside the box a bit, rather than building a cleric. You can certainly build a charismatic melee cleric, but it's difficult to do it well because you'll almost certainly want to have Strength or Constitution and Wisdom as your highest stats (ranged clerics can get away with Wis primary/Cha secondary). If healing is a complete sideline, but being a divine character is important, consider a Paladin (particularly a charisma-based paladin). If you want to be a charismatic melee guy with a two-handed weapon capable of functioning as a party's primary healer, you might want to consider a Bard (spend a feat to gain proficiency in a two-handed heavy blade, then get a songblade when you need a magic weapon/implement) or an Ardent (the psionic leader from PH3 is a charisma-based melee class and proficient with two-handed military weapons out of the box). But I really think your description -- other than saying you want to play a cleric -- sounds like you want an inspiring or bravura warlord (strength primary, charisma secondary). They're not quite as good as clerics (or artificers) at healing, but they're certainly competent. And diving into the melee fray with a two-handed weapon is what they do. [/QUOTE]

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