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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kalani" data-source="post: 6753864" data-attributes="member: 88085">Interesting, because while I wouldn't call it broken - here is an example of how a single spell from SCAG can be combined with existing rules to create an unintended result. War Cleric + Magic Initiate<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Choose: Green-Flame Blade, Booming Blade, and Find Familiar with your feat.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Divine Strike: 8th level War Cleric grants you Divine Strike.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Green-Flame Blade + Divine Strike: 2d8+Str damage (one handed) or 1d8+2d6+Str damage (2-handed). Both primary and secondary target take an additional 1d8 fire damage. At 17th level, this maxes out at 3d8+Str damage (or 2d8+2d6+Str), plus an additional 3d8 fire damage to each target.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Familiar (owl): By choosing an owl familiar, your Divine Strike GFB gains advantage (help action). Your owl has fly-by attack, and so avoids opportunity attacks.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Channel Divinity: On the off chance you do miss, you can add a +10 to your hit bonus and likely hit anyway.</li> </ul>This took me very little effort to figure out, as stealing find familiar with MI has been an optimization strategy since day 1. I could take this combo a step further by adding GWM, allowing me to add an extra 10 damage on top if desired. Elemental Adept is unnecessary, as you simply switch to booming blade when facing targets immune/resistant to fire. I could easily take this combo further by combining it with hex/hunter's mark, sneak attack, colossus slayer, or maneuvers (although doing so at the expense of cleric levels); and it wouldn't be very difficult for a later product to release a feature which takes this combo from powerful to broken. Alternatively, I could take 6 levels of Fire Sorcerer, and take MI (Sorcerer) instead; in which case I can also stack CHA damage on top. One spell. That is the difference that one spell can make to an existing character.</blockquote>

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