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<blockquote data-quote="faria" data-source="post: 6769420" data-attributes="member: 6780042">If Tempest Cleric had access to any &quot;spell attack&quot; Thunder/Lightning spells (as opposed to just &quot;DEX save&quot; spells), then you could go Tempest Cleric X/Assassin Rogue 3 for some nice Assassinate+Channel Divinity combos. Unfortunately, Tempest Cleric kinda gets shafted when it comes to that. =/If you go Lightning Dragon Sorcerer X/Assassin Rogue 3/Tempest Cleric 2 though, not only can you now Assassinate+Channel Divinity Chromatic Orb for some insane surprise round damage, but you also get access to some nice Metamagic too. It's a little bit Munchkin, but it's a solid and powerful character build.You could justify the Rogue and Tempest cleric levels by taking a Pirate background. Pirates are thieves and scoundrels, and they pray to the gods for clear skies while on their ship. A Lightning sorcerer pirate (with 2 appropriate class dips) sounds like a hella fun character to play!EDIT: Or you could drop the 2 Cleric levels and go straight Sorcerer/Rogue. You'd lose out on Channel Divinity, but it's less munchkin and you wouldn't fall so far behind the group on your Sorcerer. I'd go Sorc to 3, Rogue to 3, then straight Sorc after that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="faria, post: 6769420, member: 6780042"] If Tempest Cleric had access to any "spell attack" Thunder/Lightning spells (as opposed to just "DEX save" spells), then you could go Tempest Cleric X/Assassin Rogue 3 for some nice Assassinate+Channel Divinity combos. Unfortunately, Tempest Cleric kinda gets shafted when it comes to that. =/ If you go Lightning Dragon Sorcerer X/Assassin Rogue 3/Tempest Cleric 2 though, not only can you now Assassinate+Channel Divinity Chromatic Orb for some insane surprise round damage, but you also get access to some nice Metamagic too. It's a little bit Munchkin, but it's a solid and powerful character build. You could justify the Rogue and Tempest cleric levels by taking a Pirate background. Pirates are thieves and scoundrels, and they pray to the gods for clear skies while on their ship. A Lightning sorcerer pirate (with 2 appropriate class dips) sounds like a hella fun character to play! EDIT: Or you could drop the 2 Cleric levels and go straight Sorcerer/Rogue. You'd lose out on Channel Divinity, but it's less munchkin and you wouldn't fall so far behind the group on your Sorcerer. I'd go Sorc to 3, Rogue to 3, then straight Sorc after that. [/QUOTE]

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