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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WarpedAcorn" data-source="post: 7244209" data-attributes="member: 6819400">My current character if a Battlemaster Fighter / Light Cleric, so pretty close to what you have. If I could, I would switch the Domain to War, but the last time I checked my DM veto'd the notion.Personally I serve as the group's tank and combat medic, so for Fighting Style I definitely went with Defensive. I also use Sword and Shield over the 2-Hander like you are planning. I started out using a Greatsword, but I was also dropping every encounter. Plus finding a magical shield makes it hard to turn down +3 AC for turning a d8 into 2d6.As far as leveling goes, whichever route you pick after 1 Fighter and 1 Cleric, you are probably going to want to ride it until you get 5 Levels in it. If its Fighter, you're going to want the 4th Level ASI and the 5th Level Extra Attack...and if you are already level 5 then you are just 1 more level away from the Fighter's 6th level ASI. That locks you into Fighter for a LONG time, and your Cleric levels will not scale great. You'll get some utility from using the War Domain's Bonus Attack, and Healing Word to pick up a downed ally, but nothing else is going to scale great (although I use Sacred Flame A LOT instead of having to carry around a ranged weapon).If you go Cleric to 4th to get your ASI, then you may as well take it to 5th for access to 3rd Level Spells. At this point, however, you are definitely more of a caster than anything else. In fact at best you are a "Battlemage", and it will be 2 more levels (CL8) before you can even get Battlemaster for the fun maneuvers. Your Extra Attack won't come in until CL10 at the earliest as well. So it really depends on how you end up playing your character. In my group, I couldn't see myself going Cleric over Fighter and having as much success defending my group. Your circumstances might be different though. But personally, I've LOVED the Fighter-centric Cleric. F6/C1 will next be F6/C2, and I am thinking of riding Cleric out from here.</blockquote>

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