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Even though I love my zen archer, we are a 6 man group without a cleric going through the Age of Worms campaign. We just hit 4th level and are starting to feel the pain of having no healer. So far we have run with healing potions and the fact that our GM let CLW be a 2nd lvl arcane spell. In any case, I plan to swap out my archer for a buff/ cure/channel vs undead based cleric, eventually going into Holy Vindicator. He is an aasimar, with the fluff that he is descended from a Ghaelle azata (light) and a worshipper of Pelor (we are in Greyhawk).
Half-orc barbarian (Inv rager)
Human wizard (enchantment spec)
Slyph sorcerer (Air elemental bloodline)
halfling rogue (trap focus)
half-orc paladin (tank)
dwarf zen archer (me-soon to be cleric)
FURYIAN CR 3
Male Aasimar Cleric 4
NG Medium Outsider (Native)
Hero Points 1
Init +0; Senses Darkvision (60 feet); Perception +7
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DEFENSE
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AC 17, touch 10, flat-footed 17 (+5 armor, +2 shield)
hp 35 (4d8+8)
Fort +5, Ref +1, Will +8
Resist acid 5, cold 5, electricity 5
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OFFENSE
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Spd 20 ft.
Melee Scimitar +5 (1d6+2/18-20/x2) and
Special Attacks Sun's Blessing
Spell-Like Abilities Daylight (1/day)
Domains: Sun, Azata(good)
Cleric Spells Known (CL 4, 5 melee touch, 3 ranged touch):
2 (3/day) Heat Metal (DC 16), Shield Other (DC 16), Silence (DC 16), Bull's Strength (DC 16)
1 (4/day) Divine Favor (DC 15), Protection from Evil (DC 15), Expeditious Retreat (DC 15), Bless (x2)
0 (at will) Guidance, Light, Detect Magic, Spark (DC 14)
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Str 14, Dex 10, Con 12, Int 8, Wis 18, Cha 15
Base Atk +3; CMB +5; CMD 15
Feats Selective Channeling, Toughness +4
Traits Cleansing Light, Sacred Conduit
Skills Acrobatics -4, Climb -2, Diplomacy +8, Escape Artist -4, Fly -4, Heal +8, Knowledge (Religion) +5, Perception +7, Ride -4, Sense Motive +8, Stealth -4, Swim -2
Languages Celestial, Common
SQ Aura (Ex), Azata, Cleric Channel Positive Energy 2d6 (5/day) (DC 15) (Su), Cleric Domain: Sun, Elysium's Call (2 rounds) (7/day) (Su), Hero Points (1), Spontaneous Casting
Combat Gear Kilted Chain Shirt, Scimitar, Shield, Heavy Steel;
Feats I am considering in no particular order: Improved channel, extra channel, alignment channel (by 7th lvl if I am going HV), lightning reflexes, extend spell, spell penetration, disruptive spell, friendly switch.
Campaign limitations: We used the heroic array with an additional point awarded, so stats are fixed, and I am dead set on the race that I picked. No Ult Combat or Ult Magic allowed, and the campaign seems sort of low magic as far as being able to purchase magic items (you make it or you find it basically). All else is open for suggestions!
I have not played a cleric to high levels before and I would really like some help with feats and other suggestions going forward. I plan to go Cleric 7 or 8 and take Holy Vindicator, though I may not advance past 4th if losing casting levels appear it will hurt us too much at that point.
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He is using Greyhawk Pantheon, but is fairly flexible if there are parallels between gods. For instance, he is allowing me the Sarenrae trait since I worship Pelor.
Most of what I need help with is feats with higher level advancement in mind and advice on splitting HV and cleric levels. AoW is a 20 level game as I understand it, and I have not really had a chance to play a cleric past around 9-10th before.
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Have you considered multiclassing your Zen archer to add cleric levels?
It's not perfectly ideal but you must have a decent Wisdom already, the cleric BAB adds to flurry of arrows, plain old archer clerics are decent enough and you'd have the benefit of Zen archery and whatever bonus feats you got so far.
At 10th level (Monk3/Cleric7), you'd have BAB+7, Flurry of arrows +6/+6/+1 (+1 better than an archer cleric) and cast 4th level cleric spells. Decent saves, evasion, fast movement, high touch AC plus shield of faith.
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@Greycloak - I thought about that very idea except for one thing...my dwarf has a 6 cha. We are using an elite array and that was my dump stat(8-2=6). I could do it, since his wis is very good, but the channeling would be a complete loss, unless I took extra channel 2-3 times.
Male Dwarf Monk (Zen Archer) 4
LN Medium Humanoid (Dwarf)
Hero Points 1
Init +4; Senses Darkvision (120 feet); Perception +11
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DEFENSE
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AC 18, touch 18, flat-footed 16 (+2 Dex)
hp 38 (4d8+8)
Fort +6, Ref +7, Will +8
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Spd 30 ft.
Melee Unarmed Strike +5 (1d8+2/20/x2)
Ranged Longbow, Comp. (Str +2) +8 (1d8+5/20/x3)
Special Attacks Flurry of Blows +2/+2/+2, Ki Strike, Magic, Zen Archery
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Str 14, Dex 14, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 18, Cha 6
Base Atk +3; CMB +5; CMD 23
Feats Deadly Aim -1/+2, Deep Sight, Improved Unarmed Strike, Monk Weapon Proficiencies, Perfect Strike (2d20) (4/day), Point Blank Master: Longbow, Composite, Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Weapon Focus: Longbow
Traits Glory of Old, Outlander - Exile
Skills Acrobatics +9, Climb +8, Heal +5, Perception +11, Sense Motive +8, Stealth +9
Languages Common, Dwarven
SQ AC Bonus +5, Fast Movement (+10'), Greed, Hardy +2, Hatred, Hero Points (1), Ki Archery (Su), Ki Defense (Su), Ki Pool (Su), Slow and Steady, Slow Fall 20' (Ex), Stability, Stonecunning +2, Unarmed Strike (1d8)
Combat Gear Longbow, Comp. (Str +2); Other Gear Robe, Monk's
@BBT - Pelor=scimitar... what are channel foci?
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Channel Foci.
If you move the 14 to Dex, then you could take advantage of the Dervish Dance feat. This would also up AC, Reflex saves, Initiative, and the need for the Lightning Reflexes feat.
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Better to take cleric 1 than that 4th monk level if it just happened so you could have 9th level spells at 20th level.
Still, you'd get 1 channel per day to start, more as you boost your charisma with items, 2 1st level spells which could be CLW, a domain spell, orisons, wand use, and a couple of domain abilities. And you would have lots of rangey effectiveness to the point where he'd be a better archer than a cleric archer build and you'd come into your own spell-wise over time.
If it were me, I'd probably sacrifice a bit of effectiveness of character continuity and the challenge of it all. There are lots of boring clerics out there, there aren't many that we're monks who had a crisis of faith and found a new calling while on a quest.