Well, as of now I currently GM a party, however the plan is for me and one of my friends to swap places, so that I can get a chance to play. I decided to work on my character early, so that fitting him into the storyline would just be a matter of leveling him to the party's current APL. However, I want to get an overall idea of how well the character will work first. This is my FIRST ever character, so I can only go by what I've read in the books and advice I read online.
Without my friend, the Level 3 party would consist of a sword n' board Warrior that basically tanks, a Rogue that relies most on archery, and a melee Druid that double teams enemies with his Tiger companion, while occasionally healing when he can.
Since the majority of the party is Evil or Chaotic, I decided to make a Lawful Evil Human Cleric under the god Asmodeus. I plan to use the Magic and Evil domains, since their abilities sound kind of spiffy, and their spells sound pretty useful.
We rolled for stats, and I got:
STR 14
DEX 13
CON 15
INT 14
WIS 19 (+2 from Human modifier)
CHA 18
The idea was to capitalize on Wisdom and Charisma, which are the abilities that seem to most affect the Cleric's special powers. The rolls were pretty decent, so I just dumped them into whatever, emphasizing the Constitution for a bit more survivability.
Since Asmodeus' favored weapon is a mace, I'll probably use a heavy one, while using a buckler on my other arm. If I'm correct, bucklers let you hold objects while using them, so I can hold my Unholy symbol in that hand throughout battle without any real worries (unless they disarm it or something).
For Feats, I'm thinking about taking Selective Channeling and Heavy Armor Proficiency. The former is so that I can use my negative energy in a bind without worrying about hitting my party members - my Wisdom modifier is high enough to compensate for more than everybody, so that's good. The latter is to further improve on survivability, taking advantage of the fact that there's no chance for spell failure.
At Level 3, I think I will take Combat Casting for the obvious Concentration check reasons.
The character definitely isn't set in stone yet, so I'm definitely open to any criticism you can give.
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Welcome to the fold, Brother, I to play a cleric of Asmodeus, however my cleric is in the Pathfinder Society Organized play.
With the 20 point build, his stats are a little more modest
Str 9
Dex 12
Con 12
Int 12
Wis 14
Cha 18
I chose the fire and the trickery domain. Good spells.
Skills: Bluff, Diplomacy, Knowledge religion, Linguistics, Profession: Barrister, Sence motive. ( For healing they can go to the clerics of Sarenrae, )
For traits I took
Sacred Conduit,
Master of Pentacles
For feats I took Selective Channeling, and Command Undead.
At third level I took Improved Channel
I do believe the selective channel works off of your Charsima Modifier, not your Wisdom modifier.
I have had lots of fun with my LN cleric of Asmodeus. I realy play up the silver tongued lawyer aspect.
Good luck and I hope you have fun.
I do believe the selective channel works off of your Charsima Modifier, not your Wisdom modifier.
Oops, you are correct. My modifiers are the same for either stat, so I suppose it is the same either way.
To be completely honest, I paid less attention to the domain spells and more to their actual abilities - I'll have to take a look at the ones you pointed out.
However, my rolls seem almost TOO good... I'll probably end up redoing them later on.
For Lawful Evil Clerics, I have always been partial to Zon-Kuthon.
Death's Embrace at 8th level means every time I channel negative energy, I hurt the bad guys and heal myself. For extra fun, cast deeper darkness (which you see through thanks to eyes of darkness) and you are a walking black hole of negative energy....
...its also fun at parties :)
Not to mention you get the spiked chain...which isn't as good as it was in 3.5, but since you get auto-proficiency in it, it is not a bad choice.
Ironically enough, I considered worshipping Zon-Kuthon when I first decided to play a Cleric, but then switched to Asmodeus for reasons I can't remember.
However, Death's Embrace sounds pretty awesome, I have to admit. So does the Deeper Darkness/Eyes of Darkness combo.