Clear seaker, I play a mountain dwarf life cleric with 16 str. I've got a +2 battleaxe and most of the time I'm swinging the axe after I cast one or two buff/battlefield control type spells. And I'm in a elf party with 2 wizards, a ranger, and 2 rogue/assassin types...
I'd say that the only score that really matters for a cleric is Wis, followed by Con, then Str...pretty sure I went Wis, Str, Con and then dumped Cha (9) and Int (13) and kept a 12 Dex...with the intention of playing a gruff dwarf with no charisma.
Your ability scores can be a way to flesh out your character as opposed to just a hard and fast build rule...my dwarf was a scout (fighter background) who was captured and now is a cleric, so my scores reflect that. Using the scores to make a "best case scenario" character can be boring , but using the scores to make a realistic character with shortcomings can make the game (and role play) way more fun/interesting.
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In relation to the small annotations like R for ritual etc, what about the small asterisk after the damage or healing die on the spells?
Like this example:
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Clear seaker, I play a mountain dwarf life cleric with 16 str. I've got a +2 battleaxe and most of the time I'm swinging the axe after I cast one or two buff/battlefield control type spells. And I'm in a elf party with 2 wizards, a ranger, and 2 rogue/assassin types...
I'd say that the only score that really matters for a cleric is Wis, followed by Con, then Str...pretty sure I went Wis, Str, Con and then dumped Cha (9) and Int (13) and kept a 12 Dex...with the intention of playing a gruff dwarf with no charisma.
Your ability scores can be a way to flesh out your character as opposed to just a hard and fast build rule...my dwarf was a scout (fighter background) who was captured and now is a cleric, so my scores reflect that. Using the scores to make a "best case scenario" character can be boring , but using the scores to make a realistic character with shortcomings can make the game (and role play) way more fun/interesting.
Just my couple of pennies...