Hey guys. I have a player that is feeling underwhelmed with the cleric he is playing in my current game. Normally, when this is happening with one of my players, I sit down with them and go over the way their character is built, seeing if there is any room for improvement, or (if they are a spellcaster) see if there are some spell they don't use commonly or there is a combinations of spells they hadn't thought of, that can help improve their effectiveness.
Unfortunately, there isn't much I've been able to do to help him. Clerics are a class I don't feel I've ever "got the hang of." By that, I mean I know what their role is, but even when building and playing NPCs that are clerics, they just never seem to add as much to the combat as I'd like. Then, he asked me a question about a spell combination I just didn't have an answer for that I liked.
He wanted to know if the extra attack granted by Divine Power would allow his Spiritual Weapon an extra attack. It's something no one at one of my tables had never thought of before, so I let him do it based on that he had been struggling compared to my other players. More than likely, I'll let him continue to do this, but if there is anyone that has a clear-cut rules clarification on this, I'd like still to know.
So, if anyone can tell me how Spiritual Weapon and Divine Power interact, as well as if anyone can give me some reasonable advice for improving a cleric, I'm all ears.
Spiritual weapon does not get an extra attack because it goes off of BAB, not how many attacks the cleric itself can make.
As to him feeling lackluster with the cleric sometimes the player can choose the wrong class for what he wants to do, so my question is what does the player envision himself doing?
He can be decent in combat, but he will never compete with the fighters, and barbarian.
He is good at removing bad effects from enemies, healing, and buffing.
What stat buy does he have, and what feats does he have?
