Order Cleric - D&D 5e Subclass Series

[@URGE]

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[@shadowyoshirider]

I love how at level 1 you are already a commander of battle. " Hey you I healed you so fight for me!"

[@tyleremery7088]

I like the idea of using the channel divinity to charm the enemies and making them drop their weapons, then barking out an order along the lines of, "Flee and we will spare your lives!" - probably leading to an intimidation or persuasion check, now with advantage. If you succeed on the check, excellent. If not, follow up with a bonus action command spell: "I said, *_flee_* ."

[@macenanoro826]

"Why are you not all fleeing in terror? I specifically requested it!"

[@Rodshark75]

You can also tell the charmed opponents to gather in a line or a cluster... setting them up perfectly for an AOE spell if you have a magic user. That is a MASSIVE bonus. Instead of hitting just a couple creatures, you can literally set the enemy up for a TPK.

[@trex9938]

I tried a Order Cleric 1 Divine Soul Sorcerer 6 (*he unfortunately died to a balor giving the rest of the party time to escape*) and he was one of my favourite characters.

[@isaachutchison3532]

You can also do bonus action command and choose “grovel” which causes the target to fall prone and then end their turn so same effect as giving advantage with hold person with a lower level spell slot

[@Exisist5151]

I’ve never actually seen this class description before I’ve heard about it in passing, and have pretty much only heard bad things about it (because it’s the Internet.) it’s neat how you guys elaborated on the party synergies the subclass will be good for, that’s not something you see often in these types of class overviews.

[@malmasterson]

Weird, I've had nothing but positive experiences. As someone whose played extensively with most of the domains (I'm regulated to healer often) it's honestly one of the best in combat cleric domains imo. The only one that beats it is forge cleric.

[@patrickwaters7813]

I vastly appreciate you guys doing this subclass especially, I was thinking of playing this and wanted to know other, smarter people’s opinions.

[@prophetisaiah08]

I DMed an Order cleric, and they play *stupidly* well with paladins too. They are situationally powerful, depending on the rest of the party, but when they're in the right party (rogue *and* paladin for options), the combat power goes from 3.5 flumphs to 6. Plus, the ability to use your channel divinity to shout, *"FREEZE! DROP 'EM!"* is pure gold.

[@URGE]

Definitely more party dependent than others, but still pretty solid nonetheless! Thanks for watching!

[@BrenttFease]

I want to see this paired with an Oath of the Crown Paladin. "We are the law!"

[@TheloniousJord]

Cleric was the first class I ever played, and I will always love them!

[@MATABEI]

I never understood why some subclasses would get innate spells that are repeats of what is available to them through their class spell list, but it makes sense if you consider that casters have limited preparation for their spells per day and the subclass spells are generally always prepared. Learning new things!

[@dmeyer0804]

I really like this subclass. It feels really balanced and well made

[@summermermaidstar756]

Suddenly this subclass got even stronger with Strixhaven coming out, specifically Silverquill students could really benefit (or feytouched feat, because Silvery barbs is an enchantment spell). It even fits with the Silverquill majors including law/legal studies, so you could play an upcoming lawyer ready to shout OBJECTION serving a legal god shaped like a phoenix.

[@Hesauce]

I never really knew much about Order domain, but watching this video kinda makes me want to play one

[@projectasteroid6771]

Most old school lawful good class i have seen in the game .

[@HumanKatamari]

I'm definitely playing this class, I have so many rp ideas. I love love LOVE how you, Mr. Sexy Hat Bear, are flicking through a physical copy of the rules. Keep doing what you're doing boys.

[@macenanoro826]

Honestly, these videos have helped me get inspiration for making characters based around the subclasses you've given breakdowns of

[@cameronk.2777]

Order cleric Is the commander I was looking for

[@liamfitzgerald1400]

I feel like there’s a great potential for villainy with this one, if you want an authoritarian-type

[@lordmeruem6759]

Your guys work is amazing, and I can't wait for more videos from you awesome dudes!

[@alexfalcone8963]

With all these charm/control/dominate abilities this is sounding more like a Control subclass then Order. Very unique but very niche. Totally agree that the 17th level ability is very lack luster

[@alexfalcone8963]

@Alaberti you have a fair point there

[@MrSemtexHD]

What i love is that you also rate the rp part and not just min maxing stat stuff. For me its more important cause i play an rp tabletop not a Videogame :) Greetings from Germany

[@frankyquilavafireblast895]

I am a huge sucker for cleric I think I know a few things here or there about it… I did not know that order Domain can trigger sneak attack multiple times, that’s insane

[@bladetytan9025]

Any Class that can give a Rogue an attack that is nor on their turn (e.g. Opportunity Attack, or any attack as a reaction) can let them use sneak attack again, as Sneak Attack is once per turn and a reaction attack is not on their turn.

[@willtho7253]

Good subclass review

[@desmondfalakei7108]

This strikes me as a good class for someone playing (or an NPC) with a city watch background. Getting ready for WDDH...

[@leem4386]

i do really enjoy how in-depth these videos go. thank you :)

[@punnycook8411]

Thanks you for all that you do. New to DnD and love your subclass videos. Lots of information!!

[@jhannah1970]

Love these reviews. Helpful to me as DM and my players.

[@paulgarrison]

You guys keep killing these videos! Love it all

[@TheDolphinLegend]

Super excited to see all the Tasha's subclasses from you guys!

[@5-Volt]

I wasn't aware of this subclass because I don't have the Ravnica book but it's super interesting to me. Kind of a enchanter cleric.

[@thenatetful]

Keep it up! I look forward to your videos. Great stuff!

[@Beardaniels]

I've played a lot of MTG and I don't know why but this feels like it's flavored to match Azorius decks. Look up Azorius Justiciar and that's exactly what I'm imagining this PC is.

[@D4rkW4ri0]

Make the BBEG drop his Vorple sword down a sewer drain

[@URGE]

One can dream haha thanks for watching!

[@mikeleonard5713]

Such a good cleric class to take a 1 level dip :-)

[@MrIslander3]

About 5 episodes in a row (super out of order) deep, love the full playlist!

[@hopefulmayhem5744]

This makes a goos BBEG because they can heal their minions and then get extra attacks in.

[@male272]

I think Charming someone to make them drop a devastating magic item isn't something to 'meh'...especially if you coordinate that with a Rune Warrior Giant form stepping over the front line to attack butter fingers before they have a chance to recover the item.

[@macenanoro826]

Or better, *yoink*ing the item for themselves lol

[@male272]

@@macenanoro826 Smash 1st, Loot 2nd...but I'm biased, last character I levelled was a Barbarian...heh

[@TheDolphinLegend]

I like the idea of hitting a creature with an attack and cursing them. Then as bonus action you can cast bless or something on an ally, then they can attack the creature you cursed. If it was a rogue that's a ton of stacking damage! Seems like a fun class to play if you want a war commander

[@0215YK]

Order cleric is amazing!

[@LordTonzilla]

I hadn't actually heard of this one. It's definitely interesting but I don't see myself going out of my way to play it. I actually just started a cleric yesterday and it's Nature Domain (took Shallelagh) and I plan to multiclass into Celestial Warlock for additional shenanigans.

[@jwuphoff]

I love your videos! It really helps me envision fun builds and interesting charachters

[@PaulJohnson-lp3cg]

Love this show! Always have such creative insights in New stuff. Use them for my games and characters!

[@e749]

All I hear is Dolores Umbridge saying “I will have order”....

[@davidcarroll2968]

When you think about it, besides the order flavour text, this is basically the claric's bard subclass

[@jordanpena7772]

I love how controlling this subclass seems. You can totally be the leader of the party and decide who lives and dies. lol

[@isaachutchison3532]

I recently made an order cleric for a campaign that’s about to start because I wanted a character who kinda embodies the “speak softly and carry a big stick” energy. And I chose Firbolg bc A. I love them and B. +2 wisdom in point buy means I could put more into charisma

[@TheTacticalBat]

Being able to cast Calm Emotions as a bonus action is pretty fun. You can really lean into being the party's voice of reason.

[@Sodapop-nj7ee]

Love the reviews you guys do and they very useful

[@sbentley9664]

comboing the channel divinity with the swarmkeeper 15ft push while spike growth is up is fun. also bc bugbear with glaive i can keep out of melee on my swarm and order the paladin or rogues to smash while i give them bless or heal. sounds fun for a couple level dip

[@muse0ica]

This is a very interesting subclass. It seems very weak on it's own, but can easily pair well with the party very well with the synergy that you mentioned. It's very support heavy, which we need more of. Now we just need to make the Unity Cleric a thing officially.

[@allisonrodriguez8129]

Oh, hell yeah. Even if it's not everyone's cup of tea, I'm gonna try this one out to see how it goes. Love clerics. Another version of them bad boys sounds good to me.

[@wizzz1967cm]

Love your guys content keep up the good work

[@bonobonita]

i just see a small problem in combining hold person and VOA: if the rogue gets VOA it can just attack, not move. so it need to be either next to the enemy already or in ranged mode. the latter being more handy in general. hold person only works if within 5ft, so only in melee mode and only if the rogue is already next to the opponent. this probably happens if there is only one enemy who is paralized and the initiative allows to do so. kind of makes the synergy, at least for me, quite situational, but in my campaign we rarely fight against single humanoid enemies. anyways, i dipped 1 levl order cleric with my lore bard and it works out pretty nice, especially after my groups rogue switched from melee to range.

[@DogboyMarc]

Order Cleric aka "the Hall Monitor" of the Cleric Schools.

[@richardn6749]

The Order subclass is completely different from what I would have imagined

[@kocopuffs8541]

jeez watching your videos made me realize that there are so many cleric domains.

[@URGE]

Clerics and Wizards have a lot (12 subclasses each currently) and I suspect them each getting another 1 or 2 in tashas :) thanks for watching!

[@MrSemtexHD]

I have a Order Cleric. Rolled super bad on two stats (7) so i made an old dwarfen commander type. He gets weak from his age and is not super agile animore ( put the sevens in str and dex) i play him more as a backline healing/buffing type. Not missing much damage cause either my melee buddies get a free attack if i spend my action healing or buffing them or i spellcast. High wis, con and char and it works like a charm also hell of fun to rp. I really like to play with strong weaknesses. So commanding from the backline, dominating the social parts and making everyone better is alwys nice. Nobody complains that he rolled tongood or had too much advantage, i love to help my party be the heroes and have fun :)

[@shinybugg9156]

If your enemies are holding weapons or spellcasting foci, you can make them drop those and your allies can pick them up.

[@trevorworkman6211]

I’m imagining the BBEG as an order domain cleric that’s a king with an army of oath of the crown paladins.

[@creativeusername7960]

I love the channel divinity because I have been know in my games to just steal weapons mid combat. 1 free object interaction can be fun as hell. Just take tavern brawler as well top smack with your shield when there are no weapons to take.

[@leohale6449]

Keep on Keeping on boys.

[@PedroHISilva]

Great content as always, guys!

[@ethearian487]

Hey guys, its me again. I know other people have mentioned this build but here you go. 18 lvl's cleric, two lvl's paladin. Half orc, and at lvl 4 take the aberrant dragonmark feat to learn booming blade because it also ups your constitution. at lvl 11 with a great axe the average damage with the hold person combo is 106 dmg on the nose. yes you could do other shenanigans with multiclassing but this way you get your 9th lvl spell slot. I call him God's executioner

[@ceocortes]

Playing a campaing on this setting magic fan as well love it so far.

[@thehobbyist7275]

Battlemaster Fighters are also scary with these clerics. Especially if the cleric has War Caster. Commander's Strike, in theory, could give the Cleric a reactionary spellcasting, which chains to another character due to Voice of Authority and 3 people are jumping a monster. Edit: Yes, as written, it's only weapon attacks on the manuver, but I'd allow it for some cool combos

[@d_konja]

Yeah this feels like perf for a bbeg. Even better, a recurring npc that slowly turns to the bbeg over a long slow building campaign.

[@billthebard805]

I just got invited to play Ravnica with an established group and I think I’m gonna play cleric for the first time.

[@HeyZeus-il1br]

Ayyy lets gooooo a cleric subclass review

[@franciscolepique8046]

If your party have a Barbarian this would work too, with 3 dice brutal critical those 2d8 became 6

[@Necrowven]

Love the channel guys. Hoping to get that book.

[@mr7shesha001]

The order cleric abilities/features are really bad when compared to other cleric subclasses. I feel like any other cleric can bring more to the party. As always, thank you the video. Keep them coming.

[@cbilici]

I think this cleric would be great for a Barbarian as well.

[@LtDansLegs7]

For anyone watching this video in 2023, and you want to add grossness to this build: multiclass into Divine Soul Sorcerer. Just one level. Fits thematically, RP wise, and...Silvery Barbs. Make an enemy reroll their d20, give an ally ADVANTAGE, and they get to IMMEDIATELY attack with that advantage. Amazing combo. So, Hold Person, target succeeds save, use Silvery Barbs as a reaction to make them reroll and then, save or fail, give an ally advantage and they get to immediately attack. If the target DID fail, any attacks on them while paralyzed (as mentioned in the video) is an automatic crit. Cmon now. Also, they mentioned the rogue synergy, which is AMAZING, but it's also good with paladins. Automatic advantage (and crit if paralyzed) on a divine smite? Good damage.

[@jasonmed2119]

Keep it up dudes.... If get the books will they will be used for the DnD after school gaming for Early College High School program at Brookhaven Community College in Dallas Texas. Have two kiddos that are in the school and we play at home and school. Blessings to all and yours.

[@Distrezzed]

Why does this remind me of every guard caption NPC?!?! I order you to kick those PCs asses!!!😂😂😂

[@brynlunddave8139]

Curious if you've had the give-away yet? Love your videos!

[@staticdynamic1605]

Love your work

[@robbyhill4891]

:) love these videos!!

[@PedroHISilva]

Mechanically interesting but my PCs tend to be too chaotic or outsider for an "order" cleric. As a supporter cleric, I prefer the Grave play style though.

[@theluxman404]

Nice video here guys

[@Darkningvolt]

Now I going to make a DEX Cleric

[@ryancatlin675]

Hmm love the detail

[@TRosati26]

Don’t really love Clerics, but this one looks pretty good!

[@Floormat-ux4rw]

While not as good as rogue, I’m about to play this with a zealot barbarian and she’s ecstatic that she’s gonna get to rage even harder. When Rage Beyond Death comes in I’m just going to spam heal her while her impossibly mutilated body keeps swinging

[@Hoodie118]

I'll have to try this sub-class out

[@Reluxthelegend]

To balance things out now we need a chaos domain

[@malmasterson]

In defense of order's demand, I think you guys forget just how interacting with objects works in combat. In order to pull out/interact with/move items, weapons, potions, random objects etc. You need to use your free interaction. You can't pull out two things at a time. you can't stow two things at a time.... You can't pick up two things at a time. So let's use your shield example for reference. Let's say your facing off against some armed orcs with Scimitars & shields. You use order's demand and about half of them drop their swords and shields. Now they can only choose 1 to pick up on their next turn unless they burn their action to pick up the other. This also means that if they want to pull something out on the same turn, then they'll have to choose. Just some food for thought.

[@URGE]

True points. I’m pretty certain I said “drop your shield” not sword and shield. It would be up to DM I guess if they let you say multiple things in one order, but I specifically said just the shield to be on the safe side. I was then assuming they could use free action to pick it back up. If DM allows multiple drops, that gets even Better. Thanks for watching!

[@kylegreen7468]

Any background suggestions for a character who is in politics?

[@URGE]

The Noble background talks about power, wealth and politics and may suite your needs. Another option is something like Courtier from the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide. Thanks for watching!

[@kylegreen7468]

@@URGE Thank you!

[@Mazahas]

É um canal tão simples mas eu gosto tanto ^-^

[@jayt4863]

I think the only time I’d pick this one over the most of the other cleric subclasses is maybe in a party of nothing but clerics🤷🏻‍♂️.

[@davea6314]

Don't forget the strength requirement for heavy armor.

[@lucasrogers1842]

Yay another cleric

[@orleanswarrior1834]

Wow this subclass is pretty cool, too bad its so often forgotten

[@flyvefiskke]

hey i love your vids

[@alistairclough674]

If the best thing about a class is it can make the rogue cooler, it’s not a fun class to play.

[@Wineblood]

Is it just me or is the beginning of each video really hard to understand? I think the RP rating should be higher, just because the subclass description gives the character a strong push towards a cosmic alignment.

[@URGE]

Not sure what you mean by hard to understand. Could you elaborate? Do we just talk too fast (yes we do lol)? Also, as I mention with the “Asterisk,” we rate RP on the abilities of the subclass and how they may help in non-combat scenarios like interacting with the world. We don’t factor in things like class fantasy, but focus on the mechanics of the abilities outside of combat. Thanks for watching!

[@Wreckur4203]

Judge Dredd : I THE LAW!!!!

[@knightghaleon]

This cleric requires leather armor to cast dominate person.

[@ZombieMonkey7]

Judge Dredd's subclass

[@DrAndrewJBlack]

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