My latest character just isn't meshing with the party so I've opted to write him out of the story and start fresh. This is what I have so far but I could use some input.
What Im trying to accomplish is a character that is useful in just about every situation. The order of my priorities is Healing/Spells/Fighting. Originally I was planning on selecting the Healing and Travel domains but have swapped out Healing for the Ash Subdomain. We dont have a dedicated arcane caster and there have been many times where a fireball could have solved a lot of problems. The current party is a TWF ranger, Druid, Monk, Bard and myself. Both the Ranger and the Druid have animal companions so there is absolutely no room on the front line. I was planning on healing and casting spells then firing arrows to save on resources. I was also thinking about keeping a stockpile of scrolls and other useful items for those just in case times of need.
I'm no specialist when it comes to optimization so any advice you have will prove valuable. Thanks.
Cleric
Male Elf Cleric (Separatist) 9
CN Medium Humanoid (elf)
Init +3; Senses low-light vision; Perception +10
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Defense
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AC 23, touch 14, flat-footed 20 (+8 armor, +3 Dex, +1 natural, +1 deflection)
hp 48 (9d8)
Fort +8, Ref +8, Will +12; +2 vs. enchantments, +2 trait bonus vs. charm and compulson
Immune magic sleep; Resist elven immunities
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Offense
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Speed 50 ft., dimensional hop (90/day)
Melee +1 Longsword +9/+4 (1d8+3/19-20/x2) and
. . Unarmed strike +8/+3 (1d3+2/x2)
Ranged +2 Darkwood Composite longbow (Str +2) +11/+6 (1d8+4/x3)
Special Attacks agile feet (7/day)
Spell-Like Abilities Comprehend Languages (1/day), Detect Magic (1/day), Detect Poison (1/day), Dimensional Hop (90/day), Read Magic (1/day)
Cleric (Separatist) Spells Prepared (CL 9):
5 (1/day) Breath of Life (DC 19), Teleport
4 (3/day) Dimension Door, Freedom of Movement, Restoration, Magic Weapon, Greater
3 (4/day) Magic Vestment, Prayer, Fireball (DC 17), Invisibility Purge, Dispel Magic
2 (5/day) Restoration, Lesser, Restoration, Lesser, Bull's Strength, Bull's Strength, Locate Object, Protection from Evil, Communal
1 (5/day) Divine Favor, Longstrider, Doom (DC 15), Bless, Liberating Command, Liberating Command
0 (at will) Guidance, Stabilize, Light, Create Water
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Statistics
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Str 14, Dex 17, Con 10, Int 12, Wis 18, Cha 16
Base Atk +6; CMB +8; CMD 22
Feats Deadly Aim -2/+4, Extra Channel, Point Blank Shot, Rapid Shot, Selective Channeling
Traits Armor Expert, Birthmark
Skills Acrobatics +3 (+8 to jump, +11 jump), Appraise +5, Diplomacy +8, Heal +10, Knowledge (arcana) +10, Knowledge (history) +5, Knowledge (nobility) +5, Knowledge (planes) +6, Knowledge (religion) +8, Linguistics +5, Perception +10, Ride +4, Sense Motive +8, Spellcraft +13; Racial Modifiers +2 Perception
Languages Celestial, Common, Elven, Ral
SQ aura, cleric channel positive energy 5d6 (8/day) (dc 17), domains (travel), fire bolt (7/day), forbidden rites (ash), spontaneous casting
Combat Gear Oil of invisibility, Potion of reduce person, Potion of spider climb, Scroll of Dimensional Anchor, Dismissal, Scroll of Endure Elements, Communal, Scroll of Meld into Stone, Scroll of Plane Shift, Scroll of Remove Paralysis, Remove Blindness/Deafn, Scroll of Share Language, Communal, Scroll of Water Breathing, Healer's kit; Other Gear +2 Mithral Agile breastplate, +1 Longsword, +2 Darkwood Composite longbow (Str +2), Amulet of natural armor +1, Boots of striding and springing, Cloak of resistance +2, Efficient quiver (empty), Ring of feather falling, Ring of protection +1, Diamond Dust, Sinaskati, Scroll case (7 @ 0 lbs), You have no money!
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TRACKED RESOURCES
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Agile Feet (7/day) (Su) - 0/7
Cleric Channel Positive Energy 5d6 (8/day) (DC 17) (Su) - 0/8
Comprehend Languages (Envoy) (1/day) (Sp) - 0/1
Detect Magic (Envoy) (1/day) (Sp) - 0/1
Detect Poison (Envoy) (1/day) (Sp) - 0/1
Dimensional Hop (90/day) (Sp) - 0/18
Feather Fall (Constant) - 0/0
Fire Bolt (1d6+3) (7/day) (Sp) - 0/7
Healer's kit (10/10 uses remaining) - 0/10
Oil of invisibility - 0/1
Potion of reduce person - 0/1
Potion of spider climb - 0/1
Read Magic (Envoy) (1/day) (Sp) - 0/1
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Special Abilities
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Agile Feet (7/day) (Su) For 1r, you ignore difficult terrain.
Armor Expert -1 Armor check penalty.
Aura (Ex) The Cleric has an aura corresponding to his deity's alignment.
Birthmark +2 save vs. charm & compulsion
Cleric (Separatist) Domain (Ash) Associated Domain: Fire
Cleric (Separatist) Domain (Travel) Granted Powers: You are an explorer and find enlightenment in the simple joy of travel, be it by foot or conveyance or magic. Increase your base speed by 10 feet.
Cleric Channel Positive Energy 5d6 (8/day) (DC 17) (Su) Positive energy heals the living and harms the undead; negative has the reverse effect.
Comprehend Languages (Envoy) (1/day) (Sp) With Intelligence 11+, cast Comprehend Languages once per day.
Deadly Aim -2/+4 Trade a penalty to ranged attacks for a bonus to ranged damage.
Detect Magic (Envoy) (1/day) (Sp) With Intelligence 11+, cast Detect Magic once per day.
Detect Poison (Envoy) (1/day) (Sp) With Intelligence 11+, cast Detect Poison once per day.
Dimensional Hop (90/day) (Sp) Teleport 90'/day.
Elven Immunities +2 save bonus vs Enchantments.
Elven Immunities - Sleep You are immune to magic sleep effects.
Fire Bolt (1d6+3) (7/day) (Sp) 30' Ranged touch attack deals 1d6+3 Fire damage.
Low-Light Vision See twice as far as a human in low light, distinguishing color and detail.
Point Blank Shot +1 to attack and damage rolls with ranged weapons at up to 30 feet.
Rapid Shot You get an extra attack with ranged weapons. Each attack is at -2.
Read Magic (Envoy) (1/day) (Sp) With Intelligence 11+, cast Read Magic once per day.
Ring of feather falling Feather fall activates if you fall more than 5 ft.
Scroll of Dimensional Anchor, Dismissal Add this item to create a scroll with spells on it.
Scroll of Endure Elements, Communal Add this item to create a scroll with spells on it.
Scroll of Meld into Stone Add this item to create a scroll with spells on it.
Scroll of Plane Shift Add this item to create a scroll with spells on it.
Scroll of Remove Paralysis, Remove Blindness/Deafness, Remove Fear, Remove Curse, Remove Disease, Re Add this item to create a scroll with spells on it.
Scroll of Share Language, Communal Add this item to create a scroll with spells on it.
Scroll of Water Breathing Add this item to create a scroll with spells on it.
Selective Channeling Exclude targets from the area of your Channel Energy.
Spontaneous Casting The Cleric can convert stored spells into Cure or Inflict spells.
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I don't see Precise Shot anywhere in there, so that's a problem if you're devoting over half your feats to archery.
With a ranger, a druid and a bard, that's three characters who can heal. So, I wouldn't play a healer unless that's what you really wanted. Given you had decided on the healing domain and then switched it, that sort of implies that you're not really into it.
Why not play a wizard?
Stats are always rolled at this table. I think I did pretty well,17, 16, 14, 14, 12 10. Elf is a suitable race because it gets proficiency with bows but i'm open to others.
I cant believe I missed Precise Shot? I thought I selected I but must have overlooked it. I think I'll replace it with Deadly Aim for the time being.
Yes, there are 3 other party members that can heal, but the party still needs a cleric. Our GM is very good at his job and usually runs long dungeons. He is also not afraid to lay on the hurt. More than a few party members have already died along the course of this adventure and we're getting to a high enough level now where if somebody goes down we can get them back up.
Arcane casters don't have much appeal to me. The party would benefit from having one, yes. I just have my heart set on playing a healer for a change because its something new and I've already played a lot of Arcane Casters in the past. The Ash subdomain seemed nice because it fills some of the gaps whereas the Healing domain to me seems like somebody would just take it for the empowered healing.
Still looking for suggestions.
I have played an archer-support cleric in Pathfinder Society to Level 6 over about a year.
I like a lot of things about your build, here’s a few:
➸ Your priorities - Healing/Spells/Fighting in that order
➸ Travel Domain
➸ Keeping a stockpile of scrolls for emergencies *hi 5* and *sigh* Someone has to keep THEM out of trouble!
➸ Sinashakti as your god – nice flavor AND Domains for this Empyreal Lord
➸ Archer clerics need Dex, which helps their weakest Save – Reflex
➸ You have awesome rolled stat numbers to suit a MAD build like archer cleric
➸ Substituting Precise Shot for Deadly Aim? Good call.
Now my role in PFS is probably a bit different to yours, in that I have seldom adventured without at least two melee experts that can really dish out the hurt. The game I’m in at the moment has 4 of them(!) So doing high Damage per Round is NOT a priority for me.
Having said that here are some things I would think about with your build.
➸ I agree with the poster that said CON=10 is too low. To do your job you need to stay alive. I think that will be hard with 48 hp at level 9.
➸ Being an elf doesn’t help with this. The +2 Dex is nice, but the -2 to Con is too high a price. If you like elf flavor and want a longbow, maybe go half-elf for a +2 stat boost of your choice and take the bonus Ancestral Arms feat for longbow proficiency.
➸ You would lose the longsword in that case. But you know what? You probably won’t spend much time on the front line and a morning star is nearly as good for a cleric.
➸ I guess you’re taking Separatist archetype for the ‘fireball’ domain. I also like having an arcane caster in the party – but I think they’re more useful for battlefield control than blasting. The good aligned clerical spell Burst of Radiance could help with some of the problems you are solving with fireball. Still YMMV because control spells + raging barbs/smiting paladins/ranger archers (in my party) > fireballs IMO.
➸ If you buy this argument, vanilla cleric or Varisian Pilgrim archetype (main drawback is Light Armor) from Inner Sea Magic might be a better choice.
➸ This would also open up Sinashakti’s Luck domain instead of Ash. I love the Luck domain’s powers and spells.
➸ You’ve got lots of channels/day, Extra Channel is probably a luxury for you. I would probably substitute it with Many Shot or a Save boosting feat like Iron Will (yep, even for a cleric) or Lightning Reflexes.
Clearly you have put a lot of thought into how you can help your party succeed. That is great. Good luck with your decision and your game.
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I'm thinking gnome blaster sorcerer. Just frag everything in sight while cackling maniacally.
Archery feats are for wimps.