Life Domain, aka, “So I’ll cast cure wounds at 1st level aaaaand that’s 900 hp restored”

I have two Clerics but my favorite is a Grave Domain Kenku Cleric named Trick or Treat. He wears a little plague doctor costume and will often accept payment in candy.

Ashley Johnson, Mother of VM, MONSTAH, and the best MUTHER FUKIN GNOME CLERIC you’ll ever meet. Sarenrae help us all.

Ashley: "May the blessing of the everlight be with you" Me: *starts tearing up* It's been more than a year since we said goodbye to VM but I still miss them so much ;_;

Preventing your allies from getting hurt saves you several rounds of being asked to heal them! Something to keep in mind if you don't like being boxed into *healing* , instead you can control the enemies and blast things.

A friend of mine didnt believe that clerics could be all about smashing face so I put together one. Not a single healing spell, but enough offense to make people feel the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the name of my warhammer.

I'll always remember my first cleric. His name was Gary. R.I.P. Gary :.(

AAAAND that epic screech of fangirlish glee you just heard at 12:14 pm PST (10/17) was my niece who not only is a Vox Machina nerd but a Captain America/Avengers nerd....she hadn't realized "Pike" was the waitress that Cap saved in Avengers... I'm so proud. she now wants to be a cleric. Thanks guys

I really miss her on the show. Yasha hasn't even really had the chance to become one of the team yet.

"The best part about playing a Cleric is that you have the responsibility of keeping the other members of your party alive." *Side-eyes early C2 Jester. Especially after her "I'm the Cleric?" Moment.*

Sorry, I prefer casting fireballs. *[laughs in Light Cleric]*

*Ding! Cracks me up everytime. I've been wanting to play a Cleric for some time. Might develop him/her already.. ready to pound on some divine healing when needed.

If you want a more spell-focused cleric, CON is way more important than STR since a lot of spells require Concentration. Spirit Guardians can be the buzzsaw of a minion horde, but means nothing if a stray rock hitting your chest causes you to lose focus on the first round. For similar reasons, seriously consider picking up the War Caster feat, as you get advantage on concentration and can cast single target spells as opportunity attacks. Once an enemy tried to run away, figuring the cleric's mace couldn't do any serious damage. She instead used Hold Person. XD

I love how she can go from all fired up to embarrassed and innocent in like 5 seconds

Need more Ashley on the stream.

My first character was *clears throat and sings to TMNT tune* TEENAGE HIGH ELF KNOWLEDGE CLERIC! TEENAGE HIGH ELF KNOWLEDGE CLERIC! TEENAGE HIGH ELF KNOWLEDGE CLERIC! TEENAGE HIGH ELF KNOWLEDGE CLERIC! Teen in a chain mail - KNOWLEDGE POWER!

How about that sweet sweet cantrip Guidance? It is great especially at lower levels and let's you RP those "holier-than-thou" cleric types.

I'm in a group of all new players and none of them have figured out that Clerics are more than just heal bots yet. In our next campaign I'm rolling in with a Cleric to show them what's up.

May the blessing of the ever light be with you.

Aww I like the blessing part at the end. That was a nice touch.

Ive gone through 12 characters and memorized the manuals cover to cover but the little bits of humor and creativity put into these videos make them so worth watching

This a great quick-guide, and I'd like to add a few other tips to it: 1)You do not need to worship a god to be a cleric. You can also be devoted to an ideal - yes this is not RAW. I liked the fact that Paladins no longer are tied to the gods, but ideals, and I see no reason why it couldn't also apply to clerics. If you like the mechanics of a cleric, but really don't want to be religious, you can work with your GM on it. 2)As several other peeps have pointed out, you do not need to prepare healing spells or be boxed in to it. There are some really interesting builds where you can do battlefield control, or area damage mitigation. I've played a Light Domain cleric, and I certainly wasn't healing people (at least, not during combat). Also, Jester and Clay :) Also, clerics get a lot of the juicy radiant and sunlight related spells.

Ashley is the reason I’m rolling a cleric in my first ever Campaign!

Cleric: “I kick arse for the LORD!”

MONSTAH!!

Can I stop getting emotionnal at these, please? "May the blessing of the Everlight be with you"

That "May the blessing of the Everlight be with you" at the end.

Fighter: Dying Life Domain Cleric: Heals Also Life Domain Cleric: "You can't die yet, you still owe me 20 gold."

This reminds me of a Cleric story I have. It was a one on on session with my brother and it was a big 'ol Blue Dragon fight. There was an npc in the fight with a revival amulet that was real tough to break and they had no idea what would happen if it did. Essentially, the death was kinda anticlimactic so I exposed the secret of the broken amulet. The dragon falls... onto that npc. I rolled a percentile and before the dragon even caused any damage to the npc, she was on her feet again. She decided "Screw it, if I die, they're coming with me." She flew high up and the only other flying character, the player flew up with it. Eventually the dragon stopped, she needed a power boost for her (homebrew) attack. My brother forgot blue dragons are lighting based and casts call thunder. Me: She willingly fails her dex save. Player: Yea- Wait what? The lighting crawled around the dragon, she curled up and dove to the earth, like a meteor. The player had one more spell he could cast. He cast guardian of faith and kills the dragon. It caught the dragon, ripped off it's wings and chokeslammed it into a nearby field. Safe to say, that was one of the smoothest Cleric recoveries I have ever seen.

I've literally been working on my first Cleric since yesterday, this is such perfect timing.

My first cleric was named Wilhelm, he was my first character and had a knack for losing his warhammer then punching his enemies to death. He punched a hobgoblin, ogre, mind flayer, and adult dragon to death all BEFORE he eventually multiclassed into monk

1:48 Since I've heard her blessing, I had all of my clerics bless whoever they part ways with that way.

It's a delight to see Ashley.

I can't hear Ashley without hearing Ellie.

Thank you so much CR for all the amazing content as always! Bidet from Lebanon

Am I the only person who immediately thought Ashley has a gretchen grundler look with those round glasses?

And don’t forget guidance is a cantrip! A CANTRIP

I've been thinking about making a Temptest Cleric for a while now. I like lightning based powers, and that's right up my alley.

First step, choose tempest cleric... thats it

She’s throwing shade at both Jester and my Death Cleric this enter time

Ashley is a national treasure.

much love Ashley.

I can't look at Ashley in her overalls without thinking of Michael Jackson's closet now. Thanks Sam.

I swear I can picture Ellie from TLOU narrating this

Ashley Johnson, the blessing of the Everlight in the flesh! also, Clerics rock!

Currently playing a goblin rouge/ GRAVE cleric Okay; This May be long but I really love this class. I play a Goblin rouge named Gum-Gum who has died and been resurrected twice; and fell (jumped) into the swamp of lost things but escaped through some really good dice rolls after a few months in-game (about 3 sessions) so when there were new players wanting to join our gaming group and a few of the others were leaving ;my DM and I decided that because my character had died; she’d KNOW there was an afterlife. So she’d go on this sort of journey to become a grave cleric and sort of decompress from her time in the swamp of lost things (and run into the new characters and that’s be how the group would form) Also she’s a goblin but because she met the king of the storm giants (when she was just a rogue.) I thought it’d be great to have her be a cleric of the All-Father. So now I have a 4 foot tall Goblin arcane trickster rouge/ Grave cleric of the All father; whose “spiritual weapon” is a Giant Thor-Hammer. It’s really chaotic having this very small creature character worshiping a God usually worshiped by Giants; but it’s so, so much fun to play. Thanks for creating this video as I don’t own the book where this domain is explained. It makes me really excited for stuff coming up with that character in the next few levels. Although I will probably not be allowed to go past level 11 as a cleric. So Thanks for this video. The cantrips/spells from her arcane trickerster background balance out some of the “losses” that this cleric class doesn’t offer. Also, “Toll the dead” is my favorite cantrip from this class so far. Thanks for the video. Just discovered your channel tonight and just felt you’d appreciate the strangeness hearing of a Goblin Arcane Trickster Rouge/ Grave Cleric of the All-Father named Gum-Gum.

Best one so far guys!

I've had an idea for a Grave Cleric who is a inquisitor. Goes to house to house asking about undead.

These are such high quality, good job guys

1:30 "you control life, and therefore indirectly control death"

I would never imagined that Ellie would convicing me to play cleric

I'm a fan of the Light Domain myself, purify everything by righteous fire lol

all of these Handbooker Helper videos are delicious to watch

not surprised this one got the most views the fastest. Love ya ashley!!

“The best part about playing a cleric is that you have the responsibility to keep your fellow players’ characters alive.” Laura’s just off camera blinking and looking away awkwardly.

Hold person and Bane are also really good CC moves, while Bless is really good to help your allies actually hit stuff. All are Concentrations though, so choose wisely.

I had a human Life Cleric for a season of AL called Kashfrey. She drank a half orc and two dwarves under a table and her spiritual weapon was party MVP. I would love to get back to her someday. Especially since I'd be roleplaying a pretty big personality shift after she failed to discern that one of the dwarves was dying (from poison, lol) while exploring a cave. And then death curse shenanigans. Kas was a ton of fun.

I'm playing a cleric in my first campaign soon and I still haven't finished my character but I'm HYPED I'm gonna be a monstah

I just started my first ever Campaign, I love always playing a more supportive character so I went with a Cleric. Definitely having insane amounts of fun with this game!

I love the addition of spell recommendations.

You just have to love her! No other way! You have to!

I love ashley so much and clerics are usually my go to for d&d anyway

Grave domain clerics from Xanathar's Guide to Everything let you cast spare the dying as a reaction and at a range of 30 ft instead of touch.

Every tutorial I go to forgets the Tempest Domain and IDK why

Wooo that was a good quick build for Cleric, which I always find one of the most daunting classes for new players :) Thanks Ash

Sacred flame sucks compared to Toll The Dead. Its a Dex save which monsters are more likely to save versus Wis for Toll The Dead. Flame only does D8, but Toll does D8 when full HP and a massive D12 when hurt... So at level 5, your cantrip is doing 2D12 damage necro damage which few mobs are resistant too.

Having been experimenting with war clerics... holy crap baskets. They are amazing.

That jingle brings me joy every week.

Ashleeeeyyy

Done too soon!!! I want more Cleric helper tips and more Ashley!!!

Are they gonna get Joe to do the Paladin Quick Build???? :O

I’ve been thinking i want to play a cleric in my next campaign, so this is a very helpful video. Thanks!

I need more!

This was epic!

Oh my gosh Ashley TT_TT

I love her dorky glasses. I love her.

Clerics can be sick nasty combatants

Ashley The Johnson 😍😍😍

I miss seeing Ashley, I always forget how much I like her when she is out of the spot light for a while. She seems like a down to earth goodhearted person that is loving enough to take care of her friends but wise enough to know not take take shit and kick some ass.

Thst lil tune was great

I'm doing my first ever proper campaign and am doing a Minotaur Tempest Cleric! Damn pumped

Another way you can get some extra "boom" on your cleric is to take the Arcana domain, which lets you pick two cantrips from the Wizard/Sorcerer spell list and cast them with Wisdom. If you really want to keep the "Mighty-Smitey" feel, Greenflame Blade and Booming Blade are excellent choices from the Swords Coast Adventurer Guide. If you want more healing, a really powerful combo is to combine the Life Domain with a few levels of Druid or Ranger to add Goodberry to your spell list, normally 10 berries for 1HP each, and becomes 3 HP/berry thanks to Disciple of Life. 30 HP that can be distributed in multiples of 3 for a single 1st level slot will make you the most popular member of your party during a short rest.

Grave Cleric: Yes, I can save him...but how do you know he WANTS to be saved?

Thank you Ashley Johnson.

OMG PATTERSON!!!! I struggle SSOOOO much with understanding a Cleric and the fact that PATTERSON GETS TO TEACH ME! OMFG I AM GUSHING AND BLUSHING!!!!

People seriously need to understand that clerics being tank and healer is just a stereotypes because in reality Clerics, thanks to their insane amount domains and their spell prepping style gets to customize themselves to whatever their party need them to be.

My friends and me just started d&d and I- who of course wanted to be everything I like at once- made a tiefling life domain cleric and I'm not exactly sure how but my charisma was just busted from the start and now I'm called a bard-cleric mix. (also I so do NOT have a plan as to what I'm doing so.... im practically a better bard then a damn cleric) long story short everything: thank you, every damn tip I am finnaly able to understand helps a LOT

My favorite episode of Handbooker! ^^

This was adorable.

Gag me with a spoon, Mrs Henderson!

Ashley Johnson!! Definitely need to see her more on critical role. Pike was my FAV from the first campaign.

how did the world get so blessed with this amazing being

"You may not always be the hero who gets to deal the final blow" ... "Lucien doesn't deserve you!"

This is a a great handbooker helper. So good and concise. Just asking for some help here, what is best race for cleric?

Helpful tip... Spirit Guardians (pg.278 PHB) is one of the MOST USEFUL spells you can get. It's a 3rd level concentration spell that lasts for up to 10min. It will allow you to dish out that damage while still using your turn to heal and take care of your group. My players have affectionately nicknamed it the Holy Blender!

I don't think any of my Clerics have ever been a healer. Only had the capacity to heal.

These cannot come out fast enough

Favorite CR character hands down.

you can't keep Sam Riegel's Bard guide away from us forever

I'm loving playing a tempest cleric actually! My party is pretty low level so I can still keep up with the dps. I realize I will be falling behind soon but for now I love that sweet sweet channel divinity + reaction = max 2d8 damage.