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<blockquote data-quote="Kurotowa" data-source="post: 8699432" data-attributes="member: 27957">The way I look at it is that subclass features are priced on a sliding scale. If it directly synergizes with the base class features, it's expensive. If it's enabling a different playstyle starting from a lower baseline, it's cheap. So where does Extra Attack fall for Clerics?Well, I'd say it's definitely a &quot;direct synergy&quot; candidate. A lot of Cleric subclasses are already melee characters, with martial weapon and heavy armor proficiency. That's why they already get Divine Strike. And is substituting Extra Attack for Divine Strike a value neutral exchange? Absolutely not.It's the same way that Eldritch Blast beats Firebolt hands down. Multiple attacks is far superior to one single attack, especially for weapon attacks. Each extra attack is another chance to add all your additional damage riders like ability modifier and magic weapon traits. To say nothing of the multiplicative effect it will have with the buff spells that Cleric has no shortage of.I would highly recommend against giving Clerics Extra Attack. There are very good balance reasons they have Divine Strike instead.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kurotowa, post: 8699432, member: 27957"] The way I look at it is that subclass features are priced on a sliding scale. If it directly synergizes with the base class features, it's expensive. If it's enabling a different playstyle starting from a lower baseline, it's cheap. So where does Extra Attack fall for Clerics? Well, I'd say it's definitely a "direct synergy" candidate. A lot of Cleric subclasses are already melee characters, with martial weapon and heavy armor proficiency. That's why they already get Divine Strike. And is substituting Extra Attack for Divine Strike a value neutral exchange? Absolutely not. It's the same way that Eldritch Blast beats Firebolt hands down. Multiple attacks is far superior to one single attack, especially for weapon attacks. Each extra attack is another chance to add all your additional damage riders like ability modifier and magic weapon traits. To say nothing of the multiplicative effect it will have with the buff spells that Cleric has no shortage of. I would highly recommend against giving Clerics Extra Attack. There are very good balance reasons they have Divine Strike instead. [/QUOTE]

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