Plain vanilla Human Cleric build.

[edventure]

I may take another shot at cleric. Please evaluate this build and tell me what needs tweaking. The tomes included are there because that's what I have on hand.

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Bub 
Level 16 Lawful Good Human Male
(16 Cleric) 
Hit Points: 234
Spell Points: 1310 
BAB: 12\12\17\22
Fortitude: 13
Reflex: 6
Will: 19

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
Abilities        Base Stats          Modified Stats
(32 Point)       (Level 1)             (Level 16)
Strength             12                    12
Dexterity            11                    12
Constitution         15                    16
Intelligence          8                    10
Wisdom               18                    28
Charisma              9                    12

Tomes Used
+1 Tome of Dexterity used at level 1
+1 Tome of Constitution used at level 1
+2 Tome of Intelligence used at level 1
+2 Tome of Wisdom used at level 1
+1 Tome of Charisma used at level 1

                  Starting          Feat/Enhancement
                 Base Skills         Modified Skills
Skills           (Level 1)            (Level 16)
Balance               2                     9.5
Bluff                 0                     1
Concentration         7                    22
Diplomacy             0                     1
Disable Device        n/a                   n/a
Haggle                0                     1
Heal                  5                     9
Hide                  1                     1
Intimidate            0                     1
Jump                  2                     9.5
Listen                5                     9
Move Silently         1                     1
Open Lock             n/a                   n/a
Perform               n/a                   n/a
Repair                0                     0
Search                0                     0
Spot                  5                     9
Swim                  1                     1
Tumble                n/a                   n/a
Use Magic Device      n/a                   n/a

Level 1 (Cleric)
Feat: (Selected) Mental Toughness
Feat: (Human Bonus) Toughness


Level 2 (Cleric)


Level 3 (Cleric)
Feat: (Selected) Empower Healing Spell


Level 4 (Cleric)


Level 5 (Cleric)


Level 6 (Cleric)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Mental Toughness


Level 7 (Cleric)


Level 8 (Cleric)


Level 9 (Cleric)
Feat: (Selected) Extend Spell


Level 10 (Cleric)


Level 11 (Cleric)


Level 12 (Cleric)
Feat: (Selected) Maximize Spell


Level 13 (Cleric)


Level 14 (Cleric)


Level 15 (Cleric)
Feat: (Selected) Quicken Spell


Level 16 (Cleric)
Enhancement: Human Adaptability Charisma II
Enhancement: Human Adaptability Wisdom I
Enhancement: Cleric Improved Empower Healing I
Enhancement: Cleric Improved Empower Healing II
Enhancement: Racial Toughness I
Enhancement: Racial Toughness II
Enhancement: Cleric Prayer of Life I
Enhancement: Cleric Prayer of Life II
Enhancement: Cleric Prayer of Life III
Enhancement: Cleric Prayer of Incredible Life I
Enhancement: Cleric Prayer of Incredible Life II
Enhancement: Cleric Prayer of Incredible Life III
Enhancement: Cleric Life Magic I
Enhancement: Cleric Life Magic II
Enhancement: Cleric Life Magic III
Enhancement: Cleric Life Magic IV
Enhancement: Cleric Energy of the Zealot I
Enhancement: Cleric Energy of the Zealot II
Enhancement: Cleric Energy of the Zealot III
Enhancement: Cleric Charisma I
Enhancement: Cleric Wisdom I
Enhancement: Cleric Wisdom II
Enhancement: Cleric Wisdom III
Enhancement: Cleric Divine Vitality I
Enhancement: Cleric Wand Mastery I
Enhancement: Cleric Wand Mastery II
Enhancement: Cleric Wand Mastery III

[EKKM]

Looks fine to me

Personally I would take extend earlier at level 1 or 6 and move the mental toughnesses back accordingly. I would also drop one mental toughness and take a spell penetration so your CC type spells land more often at endgame.

On enhancements, I'm not a a fan of the crit healing enhancements, you tend top need to heal what is needed anyway so they usually result in over healing in my limited experience with them.

[Noctus]

overall build is fine.

On enhancements, I'm not a a fan of the crit healing enhancements, you tend top need to heal what is needed anyway so they usually result in over healing in my limited experience with them.

I concure.
Crit healing is not as good as it loks on paper, much of its bang is lost into the overhealing void.

[Lymnus]

I'd drop Strength to 10, and Dexterity to 10, and put the rest Charisma. But, that's just a personal preference.

[Aranticus]

why even boost cha at all. spending 6 APs just to get 1 more DV is a huge waste of APs. if your DVs are tier 2-3, it might be worth it but for tier 1, not a good trade off

[Samadhi]

I like crit healing for raid healing. In those instances, I tend to spam CMM whenever several people hit below 50%. That isn't enough - on a non-crit - to bring high HP toons to 100%; but the crits will. However, by the same token, I only invest in % increase to crits - not the multiplier - for reasons described above.

[edventure]

Thanks for all the feedback! I'll have to go back to the planner and make some changes.

[Sirea]

Make sure you're putting all your level-up ability points into Wisdom. Unless you're speccing for turning, there's no need to waste them on CHA.

18 Base + 4 Lvl + 3 Enh + 1 Human + 6 item + 2 tome = That's a 34 WIS without even trying.

Then if you add in a +3 for shroud craft, a +3 tome, and a +1 for the Litany, that's a 39. +4 tomes coming next mod'll bump that up to a 40.

I also agree that Empower Healing should be taken later on. Your healing should be sufficient enough and you won't have the SP at lower levels to support a metamagic that you'll probably have on all the time. Extend is better for buffing.

I'd probably switch Quicken and Maximize around too, if you plan on casting Blade Barriers you're gonna want Quicken around the same level.

[Enochroot]

I'd drop Strength to 10, and Dexterity to 10, and put the rest Charisma. But, that's just a personal preference.

Why have strength OR dex at 10?

You won't be hitting anything anyway, as far as I can tell.

You wont' be evading anything.

Save those 7 stat points and max con or pump up cha to a reasonable level for dv's.

con - 16
wis - 18
cha - 14

or con - 14
wis 18
cha - 14

and 4 points elsewhere, I guess if you really want str for some reason ...

drop empower healing for empower, toughness and mental toughness for SF: necro and you're starting to look like a real cleric.

[Sirea]

Why have strength OR dex at 10?

You won't be hitting anything anyway, as far as I can tell.

You wont' be evading anything.

Save those 7 stat points and max con or pump up cha to a reasonable level for dv's.

con - 16
wis - 18
cha - 14

or con - 14
wis 18
cha - 14

and 4 points elsewhere, I guess if you really want str for some reason ...

drop empower healing for empower, toughness and mental toughness for SF: necro and you're starting to look like a real cleric.

Is it really worth the trade off to invest so much in Divine Vitality? My cleric has enough DVs to throw at the caster for a GT out of a dungeon. With things like Shroudcrafted SP items, Concordant Opposition, and the Archmagi bracers from VoD becoming more prevalent (heck, even Major Mnemonics aren't that hard to come by these days), casters and other clerics should have more than enough SP to get the job done; if they don't, they need a lesson in mana conservation and making sure they aren't overhealing.

Points invested in DVs could be spent in other places. Max out CON and WIS and use STR or INT for a dump stat.

[Enochroot]

Is it really worth the trade off to invest so much in Divine Vitality? My cleric has enough DVs to throw at the caster for a GT out of a dungeon. With things like Shroudcrafted SP items, Concordant Opposition, and the Archmagi bracers from VoD becoming more prevalent (heck, even Major Mnemonics aren't that hard to come by these days), casters and other clerics should have more than enough SP to get the job done; if they don't, they need a lesson in mana conservation and making sure they aren't overhealing.

Points invested in DVs could be spent in other places. Max out CON and WIS and use STR or INT for a dump stat.

Fair enough, my last three cleric's have had no dv's. I only assumed OP wanted them.

Definitely agree, wis/con then on a caster build like this (if no dv's), screw everything else.

*** edit *** my builds with cha normally have intimidate or UMD as well for an extra cha reason ...

[Lymnus]

Why have strength OR dex at 10?

Figured he wanted a generalist cleric. I tend to suggest 18 Wisdom, 16 Con, 14 Charisma. 18 Wisdom and a Con higher than 14 is all that's needed. Everything else is gravy from that point.