how it feels to play a cleric

sorry guys I took a little break but I'm back now

[Nazo-kage]

Jocat: “My job as a Cleric is not to heal the party, it’s to keep The party alive, and yes there’s a difference.”

[byronray]

Let’s take a moment to appreciate the 1st level spell guiding bolt. 4d6 radiant damage at first level is an amazing ability.

[sriramramesh]

"The best form of team support is dead enemies"
- My war cleric

[formoney]

That moment when the GM goes "uh....just...how much damage?" is fantastic. My mans over here just trying to keep the game going

[NStripleseven]

You could make a full party with all of the roles filled, using only clerics. They’re so versatile.

[timothyrohlman]

"I love you Jimmy and your healing magic" got me rolling

[willmena]

I was waiting for the "my Guiding Bolt is a crit and I deal 300 damage, next attack is made with advantage"

[kanishkdevarakonda]

I love how Thor’s here for absolutely no reason

[segevstormlord]

Thok the orc cleric, in a 3.5 game, practically had this as his battle cry: "HEALING IS FOR AFTER COMBAT!"

[Tichondrius-]

Player: I'm on half, and he's on 6 HP
Cleric: I missed the part where it's my problem

[Missiletainn]

"I'm on half, and he's on 6 HP" I don't see the issue, we all know the only HP that matters is 1

[shanemacmillan]

"I'll heal you when you're you being alive is more effective than me being alive."
-War clerics

[mitchellenderson]

I love how most clerics are like “I can heal my allies so they don’t die”, and then there’s forge and war domain coming to take the Holy Land.

[lyebatenkaitosofgluttony]

Our session today:
Me, the light cleric: "Alright how do we play this?"
The Paladin: "Cast fireball."
The Ranger: "Yeah, cast fireball."
The Fighter: "Fireball. Definitely fireball."
Me: "are we sure about this? I may need the spell slot later..."
The DM: "This room is a 20 foot radius circle and there are 12 enemies in it. Cast fireball."
Me: "Fireball it is..."

[feyefall]

Had a paladin of Ilmater in one of my groups that only ever did the minimum to keep party members alive, because he believed the suffering would eventually teach them wisdom.
He was greatly overestimating their capacity to learn, but it was neat philosophy.

[TheGaboom]

I just want to appreciate Jimmy
Dude knew the other players wanted a healer, but the current cleric didn't want to be a healer; so when he got a chance at a new character he took on the role, and was excited to help
That's a good table to be at.

[weirdwizard]

In combat healing is rarely good anyway, other than spells like "Heal." Look at the dice on a healing spell compared to monster damage output. With a few exceptions, best time to heal is when a party member gets knocked down. Prevention is better than cure, killing monsters or using control spells to prevent them from attacking will prevent more damage than you can usually heal with the same spell slots.

[koboldprime]

I refuse to be a heal bot
LightDomain: "In Pelor's name! _FIREBALL!! FIREBALL!! JUST FIREBALL!! ONLY FIREBALL!!_ "

[jokhard]

Honestly, Jimmy did the right thing. Him playing a Life Cleric allows Gallandan to keep doing his own thing

[MurasakiTsukimaru]

"Clerics are healers!"
My Death Cleric: (hits a dude for 12 bludgeoning damage plus 20 necrotic damage, rotting his body to soup with a single attack) "We what? Since when?"