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"bunny who is a sleepy touchstarved sapphic transcgirl on the internet who refuses to spell "bunny" correctly"
28 || Poly/Pan || ABDL 18+ || Pro GM
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in reply to @snazzy's post:

She's even the weakest subclass (Trickery) and she's STILL good!

Clerics have so many powerful offensive, defensive, and utility spells at every level! You get FREE SPELLS when you level up! Clerics have access to more spells than WIZARDS!

And Wisdom is an insanely good stat to have high because perception determines what you are able to experience in exploration!

The answer is twofold

  1. Paladin is simply overpowered as fyuck
  2. The people who are interested in playing a religious character for roleplay reasons prefer playing a violent crusader to a healer and supporter for /some reason/

Except Clerics in D&D aren't healers! They're combat MACHINES! Even at level 1 you get access to Guiding Bolt and Inflict Wounds, two of the most powerful single-target level 1 spells! And Spirit Guardians auto-wins some encounters!

Unsure where this "clerics are healers" notion came from, but it's probably the biggest trap in the entire game now.

Every time I run a game with someone new, I have to warn them about how objectively terrible "being a healer" is in D&D (not a complaint) and explain that clerics are just magical fighters...