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SO since reading KBrewer's guide about a year ago I've been enamored with the concept of a reach cleric, just never really got around to playing one. I've seen it said that Evangelist is a great archetype for the inspire courage you gain and I tend to agree though only having acces to medium or heavy armor through feats is a bit of a let down. What though is the best alignment? I'm kinda stuck between LG or CG. Cayden Cailen and Desna seems like good choices for the Heroism and Luck domains respectively. Am I missing out on anything?
Unless you want to use a feat or racial trait to gain proficiency with a reach weapon other than Longspear or Boarding Pike, or want to multi-class, you could consider Shelyn: Neutral Good, Glaive, Luck Domain, Fate Sub-Domain (like Luck, but 2 level delay and you can use on others), Azata Sub-Domain (Elysium's Call is great and at higher levels you can make your weapon Holy), Redemption Sub-Domain (Balor casts Blasphemy, you reverse it - good stuff) - and who wouldn't love the Goddess of art, beauty, love and music? You can be LG, NG, or CG with Shelyn.
Addem Up has good advice and I agree with him that Evangelist is not a good choice if you want to rock in melee. If you want to be a buff-type guy who has a reach weapon, then it can work, but you won't be so good at combat.
Now that I think about it, if your GM will let you use the Advance Class Guide Playtest document, you might want to consider the revised War Priest. They get all martial weapons, so you have a fine selection of reach weapons to use.
Another alternative I like would be a Cleric of Shelyn who multi-classes into Holy Vindicator at level 9. Compared to the War Priest, you'll have better spellcasting and channeling, but the War Priest should be better in melee combat.
Good luck!
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It sounds like you have it figured out. Magda is a martial-style evangelist reach cleric of 9th level. I've also played several other reach cleric builds. Caster-style reach cleric builds, with minimal martial resource investnment, also work well. Any Cleric who picks up a longspear and uses reach tactics is a reach cleric ...
There is no 'best' alignment. The difference between LG and CG is the Sacred Summons options. LG gives you options for SMIII and SMIV. CG gives you options for SMIV and SMV.
Addem Up, I don't know why you advise against Evangelists for a martial build. It works great. Also, for Alignment he meant deity alignment, since that's what determines available Sacred Summons.
Domain is a personal choice. You've read the guide and locked on to some better ones. If you like being Large make sure you look at Growth - I like it better than Strength. Luck worked well for me.
I've GMd for two reach clerics of Erastil: one was an Evangelist with the Growth domain, and very martial; the other had Growth and Feather domains, with Boon Companion for a full animal companion, and was more summoning focussed. Neither wasted feats on archery. Both were highly effective, in slightly different ways. Both players also knew when to hold back and let their allies shine.
Whatever you do, don't fall into the multi-class trap. It may seem like a good idea now, but you will later regret it.
The best alignment is the one you think best fits your character. The best deity is the one you like best.... I'm being one of those guys aren't I?
Anyways, unless your in PFS where there is no talking things over or flexibility, I always thought it was best to work things out with your GM in a way that best suits you. Talk about what deities they are, what they man, if you can craft your own, ask if use a reach weapon because those how you envision your character. Questions like those can go a long way with achieving happiness because it can really suck to go with a deity your not into or be told that your not roleplaying right(alignment is pretty subjective and changes between person to person, as does interpreting deities). Its also really big as to who you have access to and houserules for deities. Not everyone's a big fan of Golarion, and some people aren't big into the strictness of clerics or like seeing players bring their own things to the table.
so one level of fighter in order to get heavy armor proficiency, any martial reach weapon i want and power attack at level one is a bad idea?Whatever you do, don't fall into the multi-class trap. It may seem like a good idea now, but you will later regret it.
On the other hand, full casting.
so one level of fighter in order to get heavy armor proficiency, any martial reach weapon i want and power attack at level one is a bad idea?
Whatever you do, don't fall into the multi-class trap. It may seem like a good idea now, but you will later regret it.
Yep. It's a trap.
full casting or 19 levels of casting? With a sufficient WIS mod you wouldnt miss out on many spells. And the 1 CL can be made up with Magical Knack(Cleric)
On the other hand, you usually don't start at level 20.(or at least not in games I've been in.)