![]() Take the optional Tasha’s feature to apply this to your cantrips instead, unless you wanted to do an unconventional weapon cleric build (which could work if you rolled amazingly on multiple ability scores) Using weapons as a cleric is almost always a bad idea, even if you somehow have Booming Blade or Green-Flame Blade. You’re a powerful spellcaster with upscaled cantrips. When you reach 14th level, the extra damage increases to 2d8. Once on each of your turns when you hit a creature with a weapon attack, you can cause the attack to deal an additional 1d8 necrotic damage to the target. You’ll probably get some use out of this, but not much.Īt 8th level, you gain the ability to infuse your weapon strikes with necrotic energy. Radiant damage is also a common staple of the Cleric spell list, and almost nothing is resistant or immune to that. Some of your features will work against more enemies, but you don’t fight necrotic resistant enemies in all campaigns, and this does nothing against immunity. Necrotic damage dealt by your cleric spells and Channel Divinity options ignores resistance to necrotic damage. Starting at 6th level, your ability to channel negative energy becomes more potent. Remember that this also only applies to a single target of the spell: this is relevant for your level 17 feature. Still, it’s not a ton of damage unless you’re at an extremely low level, your Channel Divinity has limited uses, and Inflict Wounds may not be the best use of your action or spell slots. 3d10 isn’t bad low level damage and adding +9 or more to that gives you some better burst damage potential. You’ll probably want to use this with Inflict Wounds instead, which has a higher chance to hit and does much more damage. The damage equals 5 + twice your cleric level.Īdding 9 damage to a 1d8+2 melee weapon attack doesn’t make that attack a good idea. When you hit a creature with a melee attack, you can use Channel Divinity to deal extra necrotic damage to the target. Starting at 2nd level, you can use Channel Divinity to destroy another creature’s life force by touch. There won’t be enemies next to each other in every round of every fight, but your cantrip power will be doubled when the enemies are arranged perfectly. Toll the Dead and Chill Touch are solid cantrips, but now you can double their impact if there are two enemies next to each other. It may be useful for smoking enemies out of a tactical position. Cloudkill is an underwhelming spell since lots of enemies are starting to be immune to poison and lots of other enemies have high constitution saves, and enemies can just walk out of the area, but it is a wide area of effect option that can be deployed wherever you want. Vampiric Touch sucks since it’s hard to use effectively, and if you want out of combat healing, just use Aura of Vitality instead of tying someone up and using this spell on them.ħth: Blight doesn’t do enough damage to justify the spell slot, and Death Ward is a solid spell, especially at high levels, but it’s a Cleric spell already.ĩth: Antilife Shell is an underrated druid spell that allows you to keep enemies out of a big area around you: it’s more effective if you can increase your size since that lets you cover more squares. Ray of Enfeeblement is a single target debuff that can halve the damage dealt by some enemies on a successful attack roll: there’s a constitution save to end it at the end of each of the target’s turns though, so it may not last long, and it also costs concentration.ĥth: Animate Dead is a solid summon option and thematic, but it’s already on the Cleric list. Guiding Bolt and Inflict Wounds are usually superior options.ģrd: Blindness/Deafness is a solid spell, but it’s already a cleric spell so it’s more of a free spell preparation than a new spell. ![]() 1st: False Life can be useful despite its underwhelming temporary hit point total, and Ray of Sickness requires both a successful attack and a constitution saving throw to inflict the poisoned condition.
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