hello all. for an upcoming campaign I am going to be playing a channeler of the unknown (the characters have amnesia and it's cool thematically)
I've never played this archetype and i've only played one other cleric so i'm not sure what I'm doing here, any help would be appreciated
thanks all
Edit: I would like the race to be some variant of Dhampir, but any race works if needed
Channel Entropy requires Selective Channel not to kill your party. Other offensive Channeling feats are good. This also means you should have good CHA.
For Dhampirs, Nosferatu-Born is probably your best bet. The bonus on STR invites you to pick up Heavy Armor at some point.
Darkness domain is the easiest one to build around - as it allows you to quickly become a very good control caster.
Channel Entropy requires Selective Channel not to kill your party. Other offensive Channeling feats are good. This also means you should have good CHA.
For Dhampirs, Nosferatu-Born is probably your best bet. The bonus on STR invites you to pick up Heavy Armor at some point.
Darkness domain is the easiest one to build around - as it allows you to quickly become a very good control caster.
Interesting stuff. thank you for the advice
Depends on what you're going for in the build. Focusing channel, casting, melee tanking, general support?
For casting stuff just keep in mind you get less versatile spells per day and more domain spells per day, so you should choose a domain fit to what domain spells you would be more likely to cast.
Channeling follows roughly the same as a normal cleric focused on channeling. High Cha, Selective, Quick, etc.
Melee is fairly strait forward; pick up heavy armor and a shield with 1H or light weapon of choice, or heavy armor and 2H weapon of choice.
General support should be a mix of keeping yourself safe, while having options on what you're supporting.
Domains are very limited to that archtype, but madness is a good all around one.
Also if you're not focusing channel for damage, try looking at the Harm options for Variant Channeling (still pick up selective channel at some point though), since the debuffs can help out with some short range CC effects (except for Void, that doesn't have one.)