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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ECMO3" data-source="post: 9781677" data-attributes="member: 7030563">You can't get Fiendish Vigor at 1st level.In any case, even if you could, I think getting a familiar with 23hps that does significantly more at will damage on an attack than a 1st level Fighter, gives you +2 on your saves and which you can also replenish with a magic action is going to be more effective.Armor of Agathys is also going to be better than Healing Word and much better than Cure Wounds.  Cure Wounds is an action.  To make Healing Word to be better just in terms of math you need to put points into a casting stat which will take points away from other abilities (Constitution and Dexterity).  Even then the problem with Healing Word is the ceiling on the hit points.  I can cast AOA and get 5 temp hit points and I can do it first thing in the morning and have those hps until I lose them.  With Healing Word your Warlock is going into combat with 11 hps (16 Constitution) and he has to get below 6 before he can get 5 hps out of Healing Word.  With Armor of Agathys you go into combat with 16 total hps, so you get the whole 5 regardless.Also after playing 2024 for a while I think Orc beats either Dwarf or Goliath for the most durable PC at 1st level.</blockquote>