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<blockquote data-quote="MostlyHarmless42" data-source="post: 7548251" data-attributes="member: 6845520">An alternative you could consider, if you are genuinely worried about lack of healing, is a Celestial patron warlock with pact of the blade. It may not be as optimal as a hexblade warlock, or eldritch blast spammer, but combined with green flame blade, it has got loads of flavor, the ability to heal as a warlock, gains a magic weapon faster than other builds with which they are proficient, and can function as a high strength or dexterity build (albeit the dex build is better). You could pitch yourself as a warrior of light. A friend of mine is playing this build as an alternative to a dex based paladin (his character is based on the Belmont family) and having a blast. Realistically between yourself, the monk, and the cleric youd have enough people to trade blows that a tank is not strictly needed, and with the extra healing youd pick up from warlock there is less pressure for the cleric to spend all his spell slots on healing spells. Honestly? Between medium armor, spiritual guardians, and sacred flame being a dexterity saving throw (so he wont have disadvantage using it in melee) a laser light cleric is still a decent tank, especially with a warlock dropping some spell slots into healing, or at 5th taking eldritch smite invocation and basically having a sort of smite mechanic.Also, not to spoil the the module, but two prominent magic items in the game are a sort of holy symbol (which a cleric or paladin would love) and a sword that is finessable (so a dex based warlock or even paladin gets a lot from it).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MostlyHarmless42, post: 7548251, member: 6845520"] An alternative you could consider, if you are genuinely worried about lack of healing, is a Celestial patron warlock with pact of the blade. It may not be as optimal as a hexblade warlock, or eldritch blast spammer, but combined with green flame blade, it has got loads of flavor, the ability to heal as a warlock, gains a magic weapon faster than other builds with which they are proficient, and can function as a high strength or dexterity build (albeit the dex build is better). You could pitch yourself as a warrior of light. A friend of mine is playing this build as an alternative to a dex based paladin (his character is based on the Belmont family) and having a blast. Realistically between yourself, the monk, and the cleric youd have enough people to trade blows that a tank is not strictly needed, and with the extra healing youd pick up from warlock there is less pressure for the cleric to spend all his spell slots on healing spells. Honestly? Between medium armor, spiritual guardians, and sacred flame being a dexterity saving throw (so he wont have disadvantage using it in melee) a laser light cleric is still a decent tank, especially with a warlock dropping some spell slots into healing, or at 5th taking eldritch smite invocation and basically having a sort of smite mechanic. Also, not to spoil the the module, but two prominent magic items in the game are a sort of holy symbol (which a cleric or paladin would love) and a sword that is finessable (so a dex based warlock or even paladin gets a lot from it). [/QUOTE]

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