Originally Posted by SoulfulAzrael
Originally Posted by benbaxter
Originally Posted by SoulfulAzrael
Originally Posted by FrostyFardragon
Spores is somewhat borked in PnP, with key abilities competing for your reaction. I expect Larian will make significant changes to deal with this - probably by making the aura always on. Still, I don't think it's strong unless you multiclassed into something that would give you extra attack (hint: 6 levels swords bard).

Tempest, on the other hand, is one of the strongest subclasses for clerics who want to do gratuitous damage, and I see no reason to expect significant changes from PnP.
Between War and Tempest which one you would say is better?

Tempest by a land slide.

War gets you a nice extra attack at early levels and , but its channel isn't as good and it's Domain spells are meh.

Tempest gets you a damaging reaction (that later on can push enemies away) which is huge, it has a nice channel divinity with good compatibility with its really solid Domain spell list.
I've been thinking on making a War Cleric that was too drunk on violence and war that tries now to find redemption. Would that role play work for Tempest Cleric?

You could think of the storm powers as a manifestation of his rage bleeding/exploding out from him. He is trying to hold himself back by focusing on healing and buffing his team. But once a storm rolls in, sometimes you just have to wait it out. His arc can be learning to live with the duality of the maelstrom of his soul with the compassion he has for his loved ones (or all of humanity), eventually coming to understand that he can use his weather based powers as a protective shield and not just a whirling battle axe, metaphorically.

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