Originally I was wanting to take a two-level dip in fighter (for feats and Greatsword proficiency, of course), but with so many people in the group I'm worried that losing even one level of spell-casting progression would be a bad idea. Granted, there are two druids and a bard who can do some back-up healing, but both of the druid players are first-time players and the bard is a NPC character. In other words, I'm pretty much the "Walking Band-Aid Box" of the group.
I'll be playing a human cleric of Kord. Wielding a greatsword is important to me (for roleplaying reasons moreso than game mechanics), and I have had my eye on the following feats:
Power Attack
Cleave
Great Cleave
Quickened Spell
Reach Spell
Sacred Boost
If I do Cleric 20, then I'll have to wait until level 15 before I have all of those feats (Martial Weapon Proficiency: Greatsword included). If I take Cleric 19 Fighter 1 I only have to wait until 9th level, and if I take Cleric 18 Fighter 2 I only have to wait until 6th level to have all of them. But once again, I'm worried about my spell progression. So, what's my best course of action?
Alright so here's my issue: I'm going to be in a 3.5 game soon with a total of 8 player characters (and apparently my DM is going to have 4 NPC characters in this party as well, so a total of 12 characters). I am the only cleric, as well as the closest thing to a melee combatant (there might be one other fighter). Anyway, my question is would multiclassing be a bad idea in this scenario?
Originally I was wanting to take a two-level dip in fighter (for feats and Greatsword proficiency, of course), but with so many people in the group I'm worried that losing even one level of spell-casting progression would be a bad idea. Granted, there are two druids and a bard who can do some back-up healing, but both of the druid players are first-time players and the bard is a NPC character. In other words, I'm pretty much the "Walking Band-Aid Box" of the group.
I'll be playing a human cleric of Kord. Wielding a greatsword is important to me (for roleplaying reasons moreso than game mechanics), and I have had my eye on the following feats:
Power Attack
Cleave
Great Cleave
Quickened Spell
Reach Spell
Sacred Boost
If I do Cleric 20, then I'll have to wait until level 15 before I have all of those feats (Martial Weapon Proficiency: Greatsword included). If I take Cleric 19 Fighter 1 I only have to wait until 9th level, and if I take Cleric 18 Fighter 2 I only have to wait until 6th level to have all of them. But once again, I'm worried about my spell progression. So, what's my best course of action?
try this:
Human Paragon 3/ Cloistered Cleric 7/ Knight of the Raven 10
:D
try this:
Human Paragon 3/ Cloistered Cleric 7/ Knight of the Raven 10
:D
There is also a Dragon mag variant that still gets all the usual goodies, plus several combat feats called the Avenger I believe...might free up some of those slots for more metamagic (like DMM).
EDIT : It's called the Crusader, from issue 311. It gets Turning against it's deity's foes' followers, smite, bonus feats, and one Martial Weapon Proficiency. Spiffy
