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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MechaPilot" data-source="post: 6788977" data-attributes="member: 82779">You assumed incorrectly.  The unarmed attack does not scale: it simply replaces proficiency with all weapons.  It is not intended to be superior to what it replaces, unless you are talking about being superior in the sense that it is more enabling of the concept of a cleric who is more like a divinely gifted prophet than an armored religious warrior.Regarding using the Cha mod instead of another stat mod for the attack, you are not getting the whole picture because you have not been fully informed.  In groups that I have played with or DM'd for, we commonly allow players to pick what we call a "fighting style" (we used the term before you did 5e).  Your fighting style determines what stat you use for attacking and damaging foes.  For example: we all know Str and Dex for the brutal and agile styles.  However, Wis can be used for a Zen-like meditative combat focus, or Int for the analysis and recognition of patterns in the movements of an enemy, etc.Regarding AC from the divine grace when unarmored, this is rather situational.  I'm not going to pretend that my experience is the standard that everyone experiences, but I must give deference to the experiences that I have had because they have proven to be the standard for me and those I've played with.  In my experience, being unarmored and it mattering is a corner case.  Does the character have an AC benefit that others don't when she attends a function at a nobleman's estate?  Sure.  Does that benefit actually mean anything if combat is never threatened or entered into during that function?  No, not in the slightest.</blockquote>

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