This makes them an excellent force of both damage and support on the battlefield.

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Atop this laundry list of useful advantages, they gain an additional cantrip.

Whilethis cantrip won’t benefit from your class’s damage boost, it’s always nice to have another.

This will give you more health and boost saving throws.

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Your strength is not as important because this build is not weapon-focused.

Your background will grant you two additional skill proficiencies.

Background

Proficiencies

Acolyte

Sage

Acolyte aligns well with the religious focus of the class.

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you might’t change your race or background after you leave character creation, so choose something you like.

For this build, any source of radiant damage is useful.

Channel Divinity Charge

You unlock your Channel Divinity abilities, Turn Undead and Radiance of the Dawn.

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Radiance of the Dawn allows you to dispel magical darkness and deal radiant damage.

Level 2 Spells

Your new domain spells areFlaming SphereandScorching Ray.

This is an offensive build that will rely on concentration for some central spells, such asSpirit Guardians.

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Level 3 Spells

Destroy Undead

Your new domain spells areFireballandDaylight.

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Level 4 Spells

Your new domain spells areWall of FireandGuardian of Faith.

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Potent Spellcasting

Your cleric cantripsProduce FlameandSacred Flamenow have your wisdom modifier added to their damage roll.

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Take an Ability Improvement for this feat andincrease your wisdom to 19.

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Level 5 Spells

Your new domain spells areDestructive WaveandFlame Strike.

Constitution will increase your health, and dexterity will increase your armor class and initiative rolls.

Baldur’s Gate 3 Shadowheart with Blood of Lathander and Thunderskin cloak

Boosting your wisdom is especially important as an offensive spell caster.

The more effective and accurate your spells are, the more often enemies take damage.

Beware of his summons.

Baldur’s Gate 3 Shadowheart casting Fireball

Best Equipment For A Light Domain Cleric

This build focuses on equipment that inflicts the conditionsRadiating OrbandReverberation.

Your armor does a lot of the heavy lifting for inflicting those debuffs passively.

Once you get your hands onFireball, you have quite the set of damage-dealing spells.

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Perhaps your most powerful offensive spell is your domain spellDestructive Wave.

This is another great spell for fights with a lot of small enemies at once.

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