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Were clerics without a god limited in how many levels they could gain?
It's been almost two decades since I last played D&D, so my memories of it are slightly fuzzy. I know that third edition allowed clerics to follow an ideal rather than a god, and still get spells ...
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Is there a permanent way to gain access to the Healing Domain as a Cleric whose deity doesn't include it in their portfolio?
I'm familiar with Domain Draughts but is there a permanent way to gain access to the Healing Domain when your deity does not grant it?
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Is there any in-game reason for Inflict xx Wound to be necromancy school?
I reviewed the spells and found this interesting fact:
Cure xxx wounds are channelling positive energy (likely via positive energy plane), so is conjuration; inflict xxx wounds are channelling ...
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Building a Cleric (Persist and Turn Undead Optimization)
I'm looking to develop the progression for my cleric character. The concept involves a cleric with multiple domains (Sovereign Speaker and an additional 1-level dip into Divine Disciple, Contenplative ...
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Can I take/stack different Cleric Variants at different levels?
I'm in the process of creating a cleric character and I've been exploring the various variants available, including Ancestral Speaker, Arcane Disciple, Aspirant, Benevolent, Champion, Cloistered ...
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Dnd 3.5 - Cleric / Chameleon Build
I need help interpreting some things. I want to create a character for an upcoming game as follows:
Cloistered 4 levels,
Church Inquisitor 1 level,
Sovereign Speaker 9 levels,
Chameleon at least 2 ...
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Rules limiting Spiritual Weapons?
Spiritual Weapon is a level 2 Evocation [force] spell that conjures a floating weapon for one round per level. It does not appear to be a buff, as the weapon seems to be a self-sufficient object, ...
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Turning checks and desecrate spell
My 3rd-level cleric attempted to turn skeletons in a room with an evil altar and a desecrate spell. I rolled a 12 + 2 for Charisma, for a total of 14. On the Turning Undead table, this gives you up to ...
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Would a Ring of Wizardry combined with the Alternative Spell Source Feat allow a Diving Caster to increase prepared spells?
A Ring of Wizardry allows the wearer to double the number of Arcane spell slots per day for the appropriate level.
Alternative Spell Source (Dragon #325) allows characters with this Feat to prepare ...
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Do spells cast using the Cleric's ACF Spontaneous Domain Casting qualify as casting a domain spell?
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This is a viability check for a cleric I am making with plans to move into the Radiant Servant of Pelor PrC. I'm trying to maximize the utility of a class feature and believe I found a non ...
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How does Protection Devotion (good cleric) affect Protection Devotion (evil cleric)?
I am running a campaign with clerics, wizards and shadowcasters.
One of the heroes, Cleric (good) has the Protection Devotion feat .
I intend to field a Cleric (Evil)aganist BG who will use Protection ...
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How many official WOTC cleric spells exist in 3e / 3.5e d&d? [closed]
I am wondering just how many different spells a cleric has access to.
Since they do not need to learn spells and can cast them all, I want to know how many different 3e and 3.5e cleric spells were ...
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Does a cleric's alignment restriction extend to spells learned via multiclassing into an arcane spellcasting class?
A Cleric can only cast spells of the same alignment to his own or his deity’s.
However, what happens when a character multiclasses into another spellcasting class? Does the Cleric's alignment ...
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In terms of optimisation, what's the point of Ruathar?
I've often seen three levels of Ruathar come up in level 20 Cleric builds. Obviously, there's no real disadvantages to taking the class (e.g. it advances spellcasting), but why would an optimiser ...
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What happens to Cleric builds when Divine Metamagic is banned?
For optimized Clerics, Extend Spell, Persist Spell, and Divine Metamagic: Persist are often as good as class features. However, a not too rare house rule is to ban Divine Metamagic (due to its extreme ...
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