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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Riastlin" data-source="post: 5351436" data-attributes="member: 94022">Keep in mind though that you are 10% more likely to hit with Astral Seal at the outset because its Wis +2 as opposed to just Wis.  So with an average hit rate of (I believe) 60% or so, Astral Seal becomes about 70%, then about 80% to hit in the following round since you still get the Wis +2 and the -2 to defenses. That being said, I think you are right to an extent.  If you are trying to go with Righteous Brand, then you are also obviously pumping Str up along with Wis (in all likelihood) which now makes Cha your third stat, meaning you won't get much of an extra boost out of it for the heal effect.  If you are going laser/healic route though your Cha bonus should be at least +3 at level 1 meaning 5 HP per round at level 1, which is actually pretty good.  Certainly this tapers off at higher levels to an extent but you also get the chance then to boost with items too (just not as much as before). I still think that the damage is likely to even out between the two since I would rather have the ranger/rogue/sorceror/etc hit more often than add the little bit of damage from Righteous Brand.  At the very least I think that the extra damage that the rest of your party deals out will make up for most of the damage you personally pass on since clerics are not high damage classes anyway, but I'll concede that I have not crunched the numbers myself.  In the end of course, I would always counsel the player to pick the power that they think they would enjoy the most.  I don't think either Seal or Brand would gimp your character or your party.</blockquote>

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