First question, is this point buy or are these rolled?
Second are you going straight cleric? if yes drop that INT, no reason to have it in my opinion. Boost up your CHA. Also just cuz you can cast a decent amount doesn't mean you can't smash face. STR and Dex are fun to have. I love casting bunch of fire spells as a cleric next to the wizard, then pulling out the ol' mace and shield.
If you are going mystic theurge, I don't have a lot of advice for you.
Also don't forget that you can spontaneously cast cure spells instead of your 1st level spells you prepare. Thus you can prepare Summon monster 1 for example but instead of casting it, if you need a heal cast cure light wounds using up the SM1. (noticed you have cure light wounds 3 times as your 1st level spell.
Good Luck! I love playing clerics and doing non-sterotypical cleric things.
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IF straight healer switch out int for CHA, extra 4 channels a day baby!
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First of all, don't be sorry. We were all new once.
Mystic Theurge is what is known as a prestige class. You gain access to it at later levels and qualify by fulfilling certain requirements. The Mystic Theurge combines arcane and divine spellcasting under one roof. You could qualify by having 3 levels in Cleric and 3 in Wizard for example, and it would allow you to simultaneously advance your Cleric and Wizard spellcasting.
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/prestige-classes/core-rulebook/mystic-theur ge
If you want to multiclass into Wizard (or Witch) and go down the Mystic Theurge route, your high Int will come in handy. Otherwise, you are probably better off putting the points into your other stats so that you can either fight better or channel more often.
As far as being a pure healer, I know from experience that pure healing is generally weak. The healing spells (except for Heal) do not keep up with the damage you can prevent to the party by either attacking or casting other spells. Typically a Cleric is at least partly combat-focused with its 3/4 BAB and armor proficiencies allowing it to stand its ground in melee. That said, you are welcome to ignore that and focus on pure support (buffing allies and debuffing enemies) and it would not be terrible. Since you are a good-aligned cleric, you should never prepare cure spells. Why? Because you can turn any other spell you prepare into a cure spell on the fly. Instead consider preparing Comprehend Languages in case you need to decipher a mysterious note, Murderous Command for a really strong lv1 debuff, Protection From Evil for a strong buff for a friend, or Obscuring Mist for battlefield control. When you get a few caster levels, you may even want to summon monsters to soak damage and fight alongside you. And when you need a cure spell, you can sacrifice any one of these spells to cast Cure Light Wounds.
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The way point buy works is you get 20 'points' to spend on increasing your ability scores. It starts out cheap, but the higher you increase an ability score, the more it costs to increase it further. Here is a handy page on ability scores with a point buy calculator that I use:
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/basics-ability-scores/ability-scores
First off. sometimes people create characters based off point buy system where you can allocate points into your stats. Another way, how I and my typical group play, is by getting our stats from rolling dice. It seems you are doing point buy however so you can ignore that question.
Second, I have never used Hero lab, but using a point buy system your points don't add up to 20, see the link for details on how the point system works(http://www.d20pfsrd.com/basics-ability-scores/ability-scores) 20 points does not mean you can spend them equally everywhere. The higher the stat the more it costs to increase it.
(I would recommend this for stats based off what you have said:
Str:10
Dex:11
Con:11
Wis:16
Int:10
Cha:16
These stats add up to 20 points and then include racial ability modifiers)
Third, you don't have to prepare cure light spells to use them as a good cleric. You could prepare Bless, Sum. Mon. 1, and Remove Fear if you wanted. But then as the day goes on, you can use spontaneous casting to cast Cure Light Wounds instead of casting 1 of your prepared spells.
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Chronicle Sheets are used to track a character's progress in Pathfinder Society. They list experience, gold, and prestige gained in the course of an adventure. If you are going to be playing a lot more PFS, you'll collect them and be able to use them to level up and buy equipment for a character.
You don't have to look at the Paladin if you don't want to. Clerics can make solid off-tanks and their spells can bring a lot more utility to the party than the Paladin's spell list. The Paladin can dish out a lot more damage than the Cleric and can take hits better too, but I think it is a very different play style than what you are going for. Correct me if I am wrong, but it seems to me like you want to help your allies be more effective in combat and want the ability to heal as well.
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is this a method i could use to establish my base stats?
Dice Pool: Each character has a pool of 24d6 to assign to his statistics. Before the dice are rolled, the player selects the number of dice to roll for each score, with a minimum of 3d6 for each ability. Once the dice have been assigned, the player rolls each group and totals the result of the three highest dice. For more high-powered games, the GM should increase the total number of dice to 28. This method generates characters of a similar power to the Standard method.
It depends on where you are playing. If you are playing Pathfinder Society, you have to use 20 point buy. Otherwise you should ask your GM.
Your DM typically tells you how you're going to create your character. If you are building for PFS then you use a 20 point buy.
Base scores for a 20 point buy are 10 in each stat. Add and subtract per the table in the link above. Then add (or subtract) your racial modifiers.
EDIT; Ninja'd by L33Fish!
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yes thats right L33Fish, a support character, keeping the team alive and giving them buffs
hmm. I have generally found the cleric to be a bit more of a self buffer and enemy debuffer than an ally buffer type class, but maybe I don't really know how to play it that way. Although some Cleric domains will give you strong ally buff spells such as Enlarge Person, most good ally buff spells on the cleric list are level 2 and up. I have, however played a Bard as a pure support and had a blast with it. You would still get your healing spells, you would get a lot more skill points, and you would have an awesome party buff in the form of performance.
Cleric was and is a good choice in my opinion for this group. The Bard(if just a vanilla bard) should do party buffing already once in a while. Even the witch can buff the party if they choose to(depending on the witch). Make sure to get some armor with that scimitar, and help fight when needed, provide flanking and such.
If you are carrying too much weight, get a donkey to carry your non-combat equipment around.
Clerics are my class of choice. There isn't a lot more than making sure get your wisdom up enough to cast the higher level spells. I like making my clerics more support based because dead enemies do no damage while an enemy with 1 he left can still crit.
Any way, biggest thing I missed as a new player was the utility of scrolls and wands of the cure spells. It allows you to heal more than just your spells per day.
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The "Merciful Healer" archetype seems like a good fit for you because at 3rd level you get: Combat Medic (Ex) A merciful healer does not provoke attacks of opportunity when using the Heal skill to stabilize another creature or casting healing spells. With only the Barbarian in your party as a front line fighter, you'll end up using the scimitar a lot. And you may want pick up the feat: Dervish Dance (Ex) if you don't want a shield so you can dump stat points into Dex over Str.
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not provoking attacks sounds very useful!!
Nah, none of my clerics have ever taken an Attack of Opportunity while healing. If in doubt, you can cast a Cure spell first, then move to your wounded friend and touch them (automatically) to deliver the healing spell. If you somehow get pinned where you can't cast safely, and healing is needed, then your channelling does the job without provoking.
@OP I hope you enjoy learning to play the cleric. They can be a lot of fun.