Cleric-Fighter Multiclass

[Paradox]

I'm joining a 3.5 edition D&D campaign in which my character will start at 9th level. In almost every 3.5 game I've ever played, I've been a cleric. I figure it's time to mix things up a bit, so I wanted any D&D players' input on a decent way to build a Fighter-Cleric Multiclass. He'll be either human or half-elf, and his focus will still be on the divine side of things, so Cleric will most likely be the dominant focus of his classes.

Any suggestions?

[Corinthi]

Honestly?

9 Levels of Cleric. War Domain. Take spells that allow you to smite your enemies. Spell levels are just too valuable to trade off. 1 level of Fighter costs you Raise Dead. 3 levels costs you Restoration.

Now, if you want to try something fun, do a Cleric Archer build. Elf, War Domain and another good archery domain, Greater Magic Weapon on your bow, maybe 50 spell storing arrows. Could be a lot of fun and a really different Cleric flavor.

[Paradox]

Hmm..you may have a point there, except that this is a homebrow setting in which Elves are exceedingly rare due to the result of some cliche great war. A half-elf is as close as I could go.

[Corinthi]

All you really need is a Diety with Bow as a favored weapon, so you get Proficiency and Weapon Focus for free via the War Domain.

There's just a few elven deities who can qualify.

[Jeramiahh]

One good option I've always liked for a battle cleric is the Favored Soul, from Complete Divine, I believe. They're to a cleric what a sorcerer is to a wizard, as well as getting a few fighter-like perks; weapon focus and spec, if I recall, as well as some energy resistance. They lose heavy armor and turning, though, and are multi-ability dependent (They use both Wis and Cha for spellcasting), though you can dump one if you just go with buffs and heals.

[Lavaske]

Cleric-Fighter is a cool combo, but I actually find that Druid-Fighter can be surprisingly good.  Fighters get tons of feats, and Druids have awesome abilities, especially whilst in wild-shape.

[Xillen]

If you want to go cleric heavy, go full cleric.

If you want to combine Clerics with Archers, take Zen Archery:

Zen Archery [General] (CWar p106)
Requires Wisdom 13, Base Attack Bonus +1
You may use your Wisdom modifier instead of your Dexterity modifier when making ranged attacks.

[Paradox]

You'd also need them to offer the war domain to be able to take said domain.  :P

Divine metamagic will be your friend.  It will let you cast higher level spells as affected by metamagic, but without the spell slot adjustment.  One of the favored for Cleric-Zillas is Divine Metamagic Persist.  This allows you to take your highest level buff spells and have them last 24 hours.

I'd recommend you persist at least a few group-buff spells though.

Heh..that combination is so damned broken, dude. The Errata for Complete Divine did away with a lot of the advantages that Divine Metamagic bestowed; still...if my GM doesn't realize that, it was already a possibility in my mind. Thanks though.


Druid-Fighter would be interesting, but I have a special place in my heart for Clerics.


Xillen-- Which supplement is CWar?

[Xillen]

Complete Warrior

It's also in one of the 3.0 splat books.

[Paradox]

Err..duh, sorry. I had not consumed any coffee when I asked that.

Unfortunately, I don't have access to Complete Warrior. I only have Complete Divine, Complete Psionic, Adventurer, and Arcane.

[Xillen]

Err..duh, sorry. I had not consumed any coffee when I asked that.

Unfortunately, I don't have access to Complete Warrior. I only have Complete Divine, Complete Psionic, Adventurer, and Arcane.

Ah, well, there's not more to the feat than what I just wrote, so you could always try :P

I played a divine archer with my IRL group once. FR setting, War and Elf domain (Gave me Point Blank Shot and Time Stop/Cat's Grace as domain spells). Did my fair share of damage during the day, and in the evening I still had most of my spells to patch the players back up.