The World of Avlis

Did you multiclass your cleric? If so, what did you choose as the primary, secondary (oxymoron) class?

My priest of Forian went cleric/rogue

Same here a cleric/rogue of Forian. Used to work as a burglar in Mikona before he got too lazy to do that.

Paladin/Cleric here... I started as paladin but had an ally shift, then just decided to go forth as a cleric.

cleric/bard of Forian.

Cleric/Necro.

Cleric/Wizard. Duel classed due to an interest in the Arcane and hanging out with mages constantly.

As soon as I can track down a certain Representative of the Dagath order of Death , I'll hopefully be adding cleric to fighter very soon.

shoshin42 wrote:As soon as I can track down a certain Representative of the Dagath order of Death , I'll hopefully be adding cleric to fighter very soon.

Whoops. Got 4 days to find me before I go on Holiday. *grins*

You know, this is some interesting feedback. I was expecting the more cut-and-dry answers. But these are somewhat unexpected. Now that you can go to level 40, it really opens stuff up a lot for experimentation. I've been thinking about that with my main. Since I'm not a NWN guru, what do you lose by not staying pure to the class?

For those of you you fooled around with the psionics hak, what do you think about a cleric/psionic multiclass?

You lose epic feats that you can only get if you continue getting levels in a particular class, DC on certain things too.

Due to my timezone and certain IC events, my cleric has had to become a jack of all trades. He can take on and handle most roles in a party, although in most cases not as well as someone dedicated to the role. He is now a cleric/rogue/fighter.

Manuel the White wrote:For those of you you fooled around with the psionics hak, what do you think about a cleric/psionic multiclass?

IMO, if built a certain way, it is hands down the most powerful iteration of a Psion you can have. Way more dangerous than a Monk/Psion.
There are several Cleric spells that buffer the Psion levels really damn well, and 1 on 1 a Cleric/Psion is just plain scary to any class out there.

I won't go into the details of what sort of spread and methodology/techniques you would have to use, in terms of Psion power selection, simply because I don't want people to get crazy ideas to go off and powergame... IMO a Cleric/Psion should be a rare combo, and really dependent on which God you follow, since Psion is definately not for everyone.

For Manny, as a follower of Dru'el, Psion is straight out, since you can't be Chaotic if you're a Psion, it has an alignment restriction. Plus, it just wouldn't make too much sense, really.

But that's just my opinion, of course.

Cleric/Wizard.. She took the first level because I as a player cannot the cuteness of faerie dragons.. *cough* and because she needed a familiar to do the talking for her back then. Right now, she has become more interested in arcane magic in general and is expanding her knowledge base a bit. It will be a very minor second class compared to her cleric levels though.

Monk/Cleric of a particular goddess..

22 levels of pure cleric, soon to be 23. I considered taking a few levels of fighter since Tanmar's time with the OoG has encouraged him to think along more military lines, but I honestly didn't feel comfortable taking any focus off his devotion to the religion.

Gained:
Great spell selection. This only applies to my thought of multi-classing to fighter. A cleric/[insert arcane class here] would have so many spells available my head would explode.

Strong definition of strengths and weaknesses. To me, knowing exactly what my character is capable of is a big bonus, and with a single class, it's a bit easier for me to track.

Spell duration, spell duration, spell duration. 'nuff said?


Lost:
Pure combat ability. Lower AB and HP makes it a tad difficult when the shite hits the fan, though spells like Divine Power make up for that.

Increased dependence on other characters to handle situations a pure cleric can't, but that's purely looking at it from a power-perspective. It comes in handy in a place like Avlis.


The above points are only in relation to Tanmar. They are not intended as a blanket comment on any other clerical character in Avlis.

CLeric/Fighter

Just becuase thats Begnar - He should have become a dwrafen fighter as his father was but he chose the way of a cleric - so he began with 1 fighter lvl. Now he is an epic cleric and still only has 1 fighter lvl.

Cleric/Rogue may add a few levels of fighter when she reaches 20 cleric.

Thought about Cleric /Wizard but decided with UMD she should be able to cast all but the higest level wizard spells.

What happened too all the straight Clerics out there? Shoudln't most high level clerics be going around doing preistly things, preaching, building temples, gaining new followers etc. Yet instead they are all learning to become rogues and what not. This is especially the case with epic levels when ooc there really is little reason to take more than 30 levels in any single class. I can't help but think there should be more straight clerics (and for that matter mages) out there who have dedicated their lives to the worship of their god and nothing else.

I can't help but think there should be more straight clerics (and for that matter mages) out there who have dedicated their lives to the worship of their god and nothing else.

Worshiping their god is not the same as taking cleric levels. Classes should be viewed as a set of building blocks you use to create the character you want to roleplay.

As an example, if you want a holy priest, who rallies his friends to the fight with epic words of encouragement, levels in bard may be very appropriate. A cleric / bard should not be viewed as any less holy, or devout then a straight cleric on the basis of their class levels alone. Now if IC they act less devout, then by all means, call them as such. But dont do so on the basis of class levels. After all, the NPC high priest of a temple may be very often a lower level cleric then the adventurering PC cleric.

Actually, in my case it was very IC. Hortis started as a bard in order to 'experience the world' - his way of looking at the world was that he wanted to try to do EVERYTHING and bard fit that best. Then over time he realized that this 'hedonist' attitude, for lack of another name, was a religious calling almost, and in consultation with the team he became a priest of Forian.

Though I'm still trying to bash my alignment down to CN from CG so I can experience Limbo.

-Hortis

Setanos wrote:

I can't help but think there should be more straight clerics (and for that matter mages) out there who have dedicated their lives to the worship of their god and nothing else.

Worshiping their god is not the same as taking cleric levels. Classes should be viewed as a set of building blocks you use to create the character you want to roleplay.

As an example, if you want a holy priest, who rallies his friends to the fight with epic words of encouragement, levels in bard may be very appropriate. A cleric / bard should not be viewed as any less holy, or devout then a straight cleric on the basis of their class levels alone. Now if IC they act less devout, then by all means, call them as such. But dont do so on the basis of class levels. After all, the NPC high priest of a temple may be very often a lower level cleric then the adventurering PC cleric.

Ok fair point. I ain't pointing any finger here but what is represented by the number of clerics with levels of rogue, are they all devoutly religious sneaky bastards? Of course this is fine depending on which god you worship and how you play your character. Just curious is all.

True enough, Multiclassing may be 'Bad Roleplaying(tm)' depending on why its done. Taking Rogue levels just to get some SA and evasion is bad form.

Once i get some RL time to get back to playing i am thinking of creating a Cleric/Sorceror combo, i see him as being a very devout Andrinor cleric who will at some point RP his natural talents emerging into Sorc levels, hell if Psions come good i dont see any probs adding some of that too!

As long as you play good you can level how you like (well almost however you like)

started out as just another fighter, found Gorethar and became a holy warrior. Became a Defender of the Faith as soon as it was possible. Will continue in that direction until the end of days.