The Ultimate Healer: D&D Build

[@DnDDeepDive]

Errata: I reccomend starting with 15 Wis (+2), 15 Con (+1), 14 Cha, and 12 Dex - we don't have that many points to spend :). Would need to either go 3 +1's or probably drop Dex to 10 - rough, but not so bad if you're wearing heavy armor.

[@The_Real_Pseudonym]

Though it hurts initiative, sometimes for a healer, going last after your party members is ok, you need to see who makes the really bad choice and gets in the worst trouble. So the low Dex is a feature, not a bug :)

[@ADirtyLeviathan]

I loved this Colby! At level 1 I knew you were going warlock, but I gotta say I’m surprised you didn’t go 1 additional level to eventually pick up pact of the chain and grab the Gift of the Ever-Living Ones or Chain Master invocation to get 40 flying speed, although they may seem redundant. Probably not the most optimized option but it was what I was expecting lol. Great vid ❤️ I’m gonna play this now and watch the dm hate me. 😂

[@DnDDeepDive]

@@ADirtyLeviathan problem with ever living ones is it only works in yourself 😩

[@ADirtyLeviathan]

@@DnDDeepDive ugh that is right…point made good sir. Keep up the good work! I’m here in Indy I need to make sure I see you and Dungeon dudes this years at Gencon. I think it’s gonna be a big year with their new Drakkenheim material with ghost fire. 🔥

[@JustOneGuyGaming]

I’m currently playing a life cleric. Unless there is some errata that I’m unaware of Aura of Vitality is not available to Life clerics.

[@McTacoDelight]

As someone who has played a level 15 life cleric, there is one aspect to having all the heals that has been overlooked...you're amazing when NPCs need healing. We had an army raid the town we'd become guardians of and I waded through the wounded soldiers returning from battle with beacon of hope up, as well as using my Preserve Life feature to bring swaths of soldiers back from unconsciousness. I was a one man triage machine!

[@Heavenly_Heal]

Absolutely marvelous

[@Christian021R]

Sounds like your DM did a great job at giving you a scenario to shine in.

[@McTacoDelight]

@@Christian021R 100% agree

[@Daijaxx]

On divine intervention, I played a grave cleric and played up to level 11, trying divine intervention at literally every chance I could take. It got to the point that it was statistically impressive that it hadn’t worked. It finally worked on the penultimate session before we fought the BBEG, saving the ally we’d been sent to save and meant we could charge in guns blazing. I died next session, but at least I finally got my prayers answered!

[@deanstavru7138]

You only succeeded because your God could sense your death! 😅

[@DnDDeepDive]

Awesome!

[@yodaleiaheehoo9960]

@@deanstavru7138 yeah the Deity was like they are dying tomorrow let's just give it to em 😄

[@Arnsteel634]

I played a paladin to level 15. Did not roll a crit once for the entire campaign

[@oielvert]

@@yodaleiaheehoo9960 That's the most epic poem reasoning I ever heard. There's a scene in the Iliad where the gods basically say the same thing about Patroclus.

[@syranas]

Im so proud of you for picking Aasimar and not Custom Lineage! XD

[@NexusNoxCS]

One of my favorite characters I have ever played was a dedicated Healer Cleric. Very typical from the onset of the campaign. The catch was that he was a Cleric of Asmodeus and incredibly Lawful Evil. And the reason he was healing and saving people was because they were not allowed to escape their suffering and the mortal world before they gave their souls to the Nine Hells. It was a whole philosophy of how the purpose of the mortal realm is to perpetuate suffering and the purpose of the Nine Hells is to perfect suffering. And the fate and destiny of all the mortal beings is to accept that truth and give their souls to the Pit. So he was this caring, supportive, protector -- always ready to pull people back from the brink of death and heal their wounds. Only to then expect and hope for them to be crushed emotionally and devastated by the cruel and uncaring world. It was such a blast to play. The party just could not justify turning on me since I always helped and saved them in combat and out. But the tempting, the little hints and leading questions and eventual corruption of several party members -- that was great. Of course, knew what kind of campaign this was going to be beforehand and once my alignment and deity was revealed there was a discussion "above the table" so it ended up being super fun for me to play an evil characters for everyone.

[@brendancarter5431]

Dude, I love this! Sounds so fun!

[@PrimusxPilus]

Nice

[@CrazyCaleo]

My deepest condolences Colby that there won't be any attack roll spreadsheet this week :)

[@mohamaddelkhah]

Congratulations, you just unlocked Summon Mass Villagers, since the entire village feels safe enough to accompany you in the dungeon, and you've probably healed them enough times that they'd all feel indebted to you.

[@bryanrichardson8912]

This is a character I would love to DM. Yeah sure your party doesn't go down, but im gonna have dozens of villagers get hurt. Calamities and big ferocious beasts. Plagues and undead swarms. Legends are built on deeds and this characters epilogue is that of a traveling Saint.

[@emulationemperor8924]

I honestly really like some of these builds that are hard to quantify. Like a full time healer, or full time support, or full time control mage. While I am also a slave to the spreadsheets, it's really fun to cast them aside for a bit and just go all in on an idea or concept you want to make a reality. A concept I have been toying with, but haven't had the chance to play myself, is the most "Dragon-y Dragon to have Dragoned". A Dragon Born that goes Sorcerer and takes the Draconic bloodline subclass. At level 4 take the Dragon Fear feat and bump charisma. Level 5 make sure to take the Fear spell. But the whole point of this build is to make it to level 13, get those 7th level spells, and take Draconic Transformation from Fizban's Treasury of Dragons. The character concept is that you were at one point an actual adult dragon. But one day a tricky wizard showed up and caught you off guard somehow. They used some kind of polymorph or true polymorph spell on you, and you only resisted it right at the very end from being turned all the way into a tiny salamander. The wizard stole your hoard and you are on a quest to get it back and take revenge on the wizard. So getting that Draconic Transformation spell would be the culmination of their story. They found a way to achieve their former glory, if only for a minute. And if the build is lucky enough to get to level 17, using the Wish spell to become a dragon sounds like such a D&D fantasy, haha. One of the powers that this character laments having lost is their intimidating presence. They miss being feared by those around them. So this is a very control centric build that would focus on fearing and paralyzing enemies. I know you have sort of quantified other control builds by how many enemies they could effectively shut down, even if they didn't do any damage themselves. I feel like this could be a fun avenue to explore for a control character. (Sorry for this long diatribe about something that is only barely connected by the thinnest thread to this video.)

[@flamefyr]

I feel there was a missed opportunity to call it the "Support Report". Also, did not expect to hear Stars from Les Mis but I am here for it!

[@Apeiron242]

It's a good thing you were here then.

[@PrimusxPilus]

Medical billing invoice Lol

[@TTRPG_Witch_Leon]

When D&Daddy gives you a helicopter parent to play as. ❣️

[@gavinlangston603]

This is great because you can take an option as an aasimar that gives you a flying speed for a minute

[@isaackarr6576]

Good berry would be a good grab too.

[@TTRPG_Witch_Leon]

@@isaackarr6576 Or so our proud dad states in the build. 🙂 I like the combo with the "Chef" feat though. Some creative "Goodberry Treats" (Simply take away the 'filled for a whole day' bit of "Goodberry" though. Bit broken if you ask me. 😉)

[@isaackarr6576]

@@TTRPG_Witch_Leon true it's seldom that as a player that I would ask to have a spell nerfed but this one gives you more than three times a long rest worth of HP.

[@TTRPG_Witch_Leon]

@@isaackarr6576 The more busted the spell selection of the players at the table, the more often I'll teach them proper management of resources. 😉 (Gotta keep all of 'm on their toes, no?)

[@Dustyray214]

My favorite part of these videos is the singing outtakes. You have a wonderful singing voice! :D and excellent taste in music

[@gnawedwick]

3 lvl dip Into divine sorc gets some nice bonuses, twin spell for double heals in a pinch, Extra spell slots conversions and reroll bad heal rolls!

[@DnDDeepDive]

Not to mention Extended spell to lengthen the duration of Aura of Vitality!

[@simonburling3762]

Or Distant Spell to double the range.

[@patrickcardamone1249]

Yeah, Extended Aura of Vitality is the nuts... at least in terms of hypothetical healing per day... pretty sure you can hypothetically heal up to 1200/day on avg at only level 6 with Sorcerer (Divine Soul) 5 / Cleric (Life Domain) 1.

[@BLynn]

The Ultimate Healer: D&D Build #156 Level 01:(see above) [cleric 01, sub-class & race] Level 02:(see above) [cleric 02] Level 03:(@17:22) [cleric 03] Level 04:(@20:02) [cleric 04 & ASI] Level 05:(@21:43) [cleric 05] Level 06:(@25:44) [cleric 06] Level 07:(see above) [druid 01] Level 08:(@31:29) [druid 02 & sub-class] Level 09:(@34:47) [cleric 07] Level 10:(see above) [cleric 08 & ASI] Level 11:(@38:38) [cleric 09] Level 12:(@39:46) [cleric 10] Level 13:(@40:19) [cleric 11] Level 14:(see above) [cleric 12 & ASI] Level 15:(@42:44) [cleric 13] Level 16:(@43:47) [warlock 01 & patron] Level 17:(@45:08) [warlock 02]

[@charlie53echo]

When the story puts you in a war zone or village that has been attacked, now you put everyone back in fighting shape.

[@MrJronson]

Love it. Currently playing a lvl 8 Life Cleric forest gnome (I wanted advantage on my mental saves so that I can always use restorations or heals as needed) and was pondering whether I should have more strongly considered Healer or Chef over my selections of Resilient Con and War Caster ... then 45:30 😂 Great video, spread the healing love!

[@chrisdwadsworth3931]

The Dallin clip is hilarious! I also liked your rendition of "Stars"

[@mikegeyer4138]

Colby you are my favorite DnD channel by far.

[@gnawedwick]

One more level dip into druid gets you a bonus action "healing spirit" for another concentration multi target heal spell.

[@LoreFoundry]

Probably worth more than that Warlock dip. 😂

[@TheKingRiku]

Was kind of shocked that Metamagic Adept wasn't taken here. For one sorcery point you can DOUBLE the duration of Aura of Vitality.

[@oielvert]

For issues with AC I recommend the Hill Dwarf. I made a Nature Domain cleric named Pikel. He has 15+2 in CON, 15+1 in WIS and a STR of 11. Low STR is not going to slow him down and I eventually give him Squat Nimbleness to round up that STR and increase his speed. There's probably better ways to round up STR but the AC issue is gone for certain.

[@saeravi]

Omg the outtakes at the end are the best!! Theyre my favorite part and thats coming from someone who loved the whole video. Nice job! I love healing so this is awesome.

[@jwhaynes]

Thanks!

[@DnDDeepDive]

Hey thanks!

[@Ice_Trey87]

My current DM has a house rule where if you go down and get back up you gain a level of exhaustion. Encourages us to not just healing word our way to victory 😂 Edit: I should have clarified that my DM made the switch to One D&D exhaustion rules almost as soon as he read them. Each level of exhaustion adds a minus 1 penalty to all d20 rolls.

[@carldanescd]

I do too.

[@muditjohar5323]

Same, but I use the one dnd exhaustion rules so they don’t die too quickly and have a bigger buffer

[@gethriel]

No. This is VERY BAD. You play the way you like, but I will NOT be playing on your ridiculous table.

[@iammattis1479]

I’m considering implementing a rule where you have to succeed on a death saving throw or be stable in order to benefit from magical healing after you fall to 0 hit points in my next one-shot or campaign; would be far less punishing than exhaustion in the long run but in combat it would encourage using actions for things like spare the dying or medicine checks to stabilize creatures

[@KnicKnac]

@@muditjohar5323 Those were the best rule changes they added. Makes more sense and easier math

[@debuyarou7463]

This is nice build. Thank you. My favorite support build is Cleric Life Domain Level 1 and rest in Sorcerer Divine Soul because you can pick spells from Cleric and from Sorcerer spell list. He is more like buff specialist with nice heals. Twin haste and other nice buffs and also have stronger heals because of Life Domain.

[@Drumatopia]

I brought your Lore Bard healer to a campaign one time and had a lot of fun! Unfortunately the campaign didn't last too long after that, but it was a lot of fun while I had him!

[@Baes_Theorem]

What level were you? I'm preparing to join a campaign that may or may not go beyond lv 1 or 2.

[@Drumatopia]

@@Baes_Theorem I believe it ended at level 9 or 10.

[@Baes_Theorem]

@@Drumatopia Do you recall how the play was at the earliest levels?

[@Drumatopia]

@@Baes_Theorem I came into the campaign late, so I don't. Sorry.

[@dannyakins7677]

I loved this build from the opening "Care Bear" sentence.. I'm joining a new group literally tomorrow & have been requested to play a healer.. So thank you so very much Colby!! 😊❤😂🎉

[@elderking2549]

not gonna lie, did not see the warlock levels coming. one thing I have noticed is how strong the interaction between disciple of life and aura of vitality is. and there is a simple way to make it even stronger. I think, on the pure numbers part, a divine soul sorcerer with extended spell metamagic and a life cleric dip, making each AoV heal for 240 points on average, can output more healing than this build. picking up twinned spell to make emergency Heal way more effective or alleviating any worry for two companions with a twinned regenerate are also interesting options. And the flavor of a divine soul being interested in preserving life comes very easily I also want to take this time to tell you that I really enjoy both your content and the way you present it, keep em coming :D

[@christianlemont111]

Dude! Dude! That is the best character in Les Mes and the best song! Good to see like minded nerds. Love the build. Paying D&D for the first time in my life right. I had always wanted to play growing up but just could never find anyone to play with. I’m 46 now and thanks to my daughter’s best friend having a father that DM’s I am finally playing. And so because I love playing a Cleric in the Neverwinter MMORPG I picked a Life Cleric. And so far I am not disappointed. Although not a hard core heals only Cleric. I am the main healer that can also get into the fight and smack around a bad guy or two. Unless the bad guy is a Cleric of sorts as well. Then I tell my team to stand down and just go solo raging on the (in my character’s eye) false Cleric heretic that they are. Ty for the videos. I am learning a lot.

[@Apeiron242]

If only healing mattered in 5e. In 4E I played a Cleric of Pelor. His priorities were: healing, buffing and last, damage dealing. It was a blast to play. I particularly enjoyed making enemies vulnerable to radiant, then giving our barbarian's weapon a radiant damage bonus. His healing was frustratingly effective. The DM had trouble doing substantial damage.

[@PrimusxPilus]

My main was cleric in 4E! "Why aren't you doing damage?" "I'm keeping the ones who do more damage alive. Half of their damage counts as mine!"

[@sierrawhite5552]

My own healer setup I run is Circle of the Sheperd Druid + Life Domain Cleric, with the cleric just being a 2 level dip and then rest focused on the Druid. Its a soild build with a ton of healing, and support spells/abilities, along with a bunch of summoning spells for extra fun.

[@agilemind6241]

Yeah, I think the balance between Shepherd vs Life Cleric main as the "ultimate healer" depends on how many characters are in your party. If you're a party of 6, then 1-Life Cleric, 5-Shepherd does (1d4+4+5 +3 )* 6 = 87 points of healing as a Bonus Action with Mass Healing Word, or 39 with a single Healing Word. However, a party of 3 with a dedicated tank would probably be better off with the targeted healing of a Life Cleric main.

[@sierrawhite5552]

@@agilemind6241 My setup is not meant to be "ultimate healer" just a allround good support, and healing is just part of the build. Also a good healer is after all the healer who makes sure he does not need to heal at all.

[@tiffanylamb1187]

Thank you so much for this build! I love playing group support and a healer is one of my favorites. I'm saving this to rewatch for the next game I join.

[@yodaleiaheehoo9960]

Definitely my favorite outtake song you have done. I love both the book and the play a ridiculous amount. I re-read the book each year and have seen the play in NYC it was superb! I will say though Dashboard Confessional(though I am not sold on their more recent stuff) and Further Seems Forever are also pretty great. So I would say you and Dallin are both right and also both wrong I guess😆

[@SM-rn4qe]

I’ve never seen of anyone else who listens to further seems forever.

[@yodaleiaheehoo9960]

@@SM-rn4qe I am a big fan of The Moon is Down and Penny Black great albums

[@cornycornsnake]

Idea: I saw Mr. Ripper clip recently that pointed out that, rules as written, if you use the tavern brawler feat to wield a longbow as a melee weapon then you can simultaneously benefit from both sharpshooter and great weapon master. I’m curious if you could do a weapon based 5E build to test the limits of what’s possible with this concept.

[@JaredHight-g4e]

It works with heavy crossbows too, and I don’t think you need tavern brawler but that’s at the dms desecration because ranged weapons as melee (and vice versa) are mentioned in the improvised weapons section but aren’t also? I think RAW you have proficiency with the longbow so you have proficiency to wack with it for 1d4+25, but RAI ranged melee or melee ranged attacks are improvised. However tavern brawler is still unnecessary since all it does is gives you proficiency, and to clarify you don’t need it to hit but with -10 vs str (5) and archery (2) you still have a -3 so having proficiency with the bow or the improvised weapon would go along way to making the build hit hard. I’d also want war cleric/conquest paladin for that +10 Chanel divinity.

[@christophersaczynski4790]

Even if healing isn't optimal, there is so much impactful healing potential here that you will have a large amount of time to dedicate to actually doing other meaningful actions without stressing if anyone in the party will drop. Solid build this week.

[@finnmiller-new6383]

Gotta love Tuesday afternoons (I love in the UK)

[@euchiron]

Min/maxing IRL is basically just practice and capitalizing on strengths, and it's this creativity that keeps me here

[@jacobmonroe3899]

So for time stamp, 17:15I don’t think there are many level 2 options that provide some form of mass healing, but one other I know off the top of my head is Shepherd Druid. It isn’t a ton, and it still requires you to place a totem and use spell slots to get the bonus healing, but it adds up, and when I played one a while back I had a lot of fun.

[@trevorodell5564]

Listening to Coby's pure-chill voice extol the virtues of the ASMR (Aasimar) just somehow feels so perfect. Even the autocaptions agree.

[@kelvinmilian4534]

On making staying on your feet more important: Make it so death saving throws dont reset, and either make people have 4 or 5 instead of 3, depending on the class, or make people have "hit dice" amount of death saving throws, that way you can add the hit dice to the death saving throw, meaning the beefier classes are more likely to make it. It also means that you will have more time to raise your fallen comrades, and that you'll always be one step closer to death every time you go down until you take a long rest.

[@johnathonelliott530]

I like that you mixed in a lot of good non-spell heals. You never know what dm's out there are evil enough to counterspell healing spells 😝

[@jasoncasey4904]

Love the singing at the end today!

[@Zoddlander]

thank you Colby for making a build that speaks to my favorit playstyle! I love supporting my party! I love playing a GrassLands druid, because it has the spells that speak to my sneaky play(and adding telepathic and telekenetic feats to its makes it rock as a infiltrator), but I prefer to help my allies!

[@adamscholfield3371]

Okay this build and that performance at the end definitely earned a subscribe

[@umpatte0]

My divine intervention story: going through mad mage up to level 20. I played a cleric 1-20. I prayed every single day for a 9th level casting of continual flame on my shield. It never happened once. In playing weekly for a few years, not once did i roll well enough to get the result. I just had to cast it myself at level 17. Sigh

[@DnDDeepDive]

😩

[@EmeraldUsakaze]

It only went to eighth level, but in my group's game, I did play a pure healer Life Cleric, and being the support main "bass player" is my ideal. The guy that doesn't get any glory or recognition themselves, but is always in the back, making everyone else better at their jobs, and making everyone else the main stars. I enjoyed that most of what I did in those eight levels showed up here, and plans for future levels. Big props for shouting out Warding Bond; I love that spell. This game was before Tasha's, so no Vitality for me, but always having Bless up was still always very appreciated. I hadn't considered multi-classing, but the Goodberry Life Domain cheese would have been awesome, and also fitting for my character story, even moreso the Stars subclass. My Cleric was linked to the Moon way before Twilight Cleric existed, so the whole Stars theme would have been perfect. One major thing I did for my second feat level would be Magic Initiate for the actual Find Familiar spell. The ability to get a free one hour familiar for a use of Wild Shape wasn't a thing back then, but even nowadays, I'd probably still do that over Chef, just because I'd want to have the familiar around to give my touch spells out at all times, and that way I could keep all my Wild Shapes for Starry Form. Really liked this video though. Not enough love out there for pure support players.

[@pololoco89]

As a card game player and general rpg enthusiast getting into dnd this channel feels like it was made for me

[@MaxMidnight]

Wow so crazy story but ive been playing a healer in a magic school campaign and we just did our timeskip recently so our characters graduated from magic school and have to pick a coven to join. Theyre basically a specialization like illusion, elemental, oracle. I ended up choosing healing which has basically every healing spell in the game and then some protection spells. I came here looking for some advice for my build and your videos are always so helpful! :) I lastly wanna add, about the concentration part, we have a bunch of homebrew spells for this campaign and one of my favourites is absorbing ward which when i take damage i can use and creatres a ward that takes damage for me until it has 0hp left and right away realized thats HUGE to protect mt concentration since im not taking damage and its not temp hp. Im really enjoying this character as well as fhe campaign :)

[@cornycornsnake]

Awesome as always. Also, I like the music you chose for the healing reports also.

[@Sarzah]

Whooo!! Love healer builds.

[@berkdikmen95]

I have been meaning to watch this video since the day it came out and I'm glad I finally did. It was such a blast!

[@rosskasal4166]

Best part of the day has arrived!

[@aceofdiamonds2002]

I had a forge cleric that I played to level 18 who managed to get 2 successfule Divine Interventions. The first one was when we were fighting a really tough homebrewed construct that had stunned my cleric through most of the fight so I wasn't able to help support our frontliners and one of them ended up getting Disintegrated. After the fight the factory we were in started to explode and my cleric begged his god to rebuild the dusted Ranger and I rolled a 1 on the percentile. Everyone at the table cheered as we all were making our escape. The second one was in the last fight as we were facing off against a lich and his dragon ally. We had been having trouble with the lich before when we fought him because he kept using the spell Invulnerability on himself. So as we were getting ready to go into the fight I used the Divine Intervention one last time and had the lich blocked from being able to use that spell.

[@zamba136]

So Regenerte heals 1 HP per round. And is buffed by Life Cleric's 2 + Spell Level. So that is 10 HP per round (100 per minute or 6000 per hour). In addition to the 4d8+24.

[@ifidio2]

Having used that combo (on a bear totem barbarian no less, for effectively 20 health per round automatically) I can confirm it's incredibly powerful. I'm surprised he missed that interaction honestly, he was good about remembering to apply it to everything else

[@zamba136]

@@ifidio2 i've used it with a Hill Dwarf Battlerager Barbarian. Being able to heal 10 HP per turn, in addition to gaining 5 Temp.HP per turn, is very strong. Only issue is that it can only be taken advantage of in level 19-20 1-shots.

[@gavi9463]

We found dissection room with a dead githyanki and a few dead mind flayers (we came to the conclusion that they were once gith as well) while in a box that had the time massively slowed. At this point in our campaign both species were though to be extinct for 1000s of years and we had only figured out what they were called from texts around the room. So I used my divine intervention to try to bring life back to the gith. It worked and I single handedly brought the githuanki back into existence in my brother campaign setting.

[@gavi9463]

Also I think you might get more out of your 6th level spell slots by casting planar ally (if you can afford it of course) and summoning a deva that then shapeshifts into something like a drow high priestess of lolth (not sure if there's others with more healing but that one fits my drow grave cleric the best so it's the one I know) and using it's spell slots just for healing and also you would get the healing touch innate to the deva as well

[@TDoubleDub]

Fun random house rules: falling damage does damage as normal, but also does one level of exhaustion every 30ft. Also we ruled that going down to zero causes on level of exhaustion after the first time each day.

[@PrimusxPilus]

I let the table pick from levels of difficulty in combat. They elected for: If you take half or more of your current HP in one attack, Constitution saving throw of 10 or half the damage, whichever is higher. On a fail, you fall prone. Every time you hit 0hp, you gain a level of exhaustion. They do called shots, so do monsters. Some wounds will require more magical healing than others (bruise from club vs puncture wound from spear) Healers are way more valuable in this way.

[@ErikkuBlade]

I think instead of a warlock dip, it may be better to go with Divine Soul Sorcerer for the remaining levels so you can still get those really high level slots, but also get stuff like Quickened Spell for a bonus action cure wounds, distant spell cure wounds, twinned spell healing word, probably pick up metamagic adept feat to capitialize, access to the shield spell so that you can have a touch more survivability But I also love celestial warlock so I'll let it pass lol

[@ErikkuBlade]

Favored by the gods is also very helpful for concentration, though only works once per short rest... Can always take Eldritch Adept for Eldritch Mind

[@Abalabexabandraba]

Ok, I’ve been kinda meh on the damage report audio sting added to more recent videos, but the healing report audio sting in this one made me giggle and I’m glad it’s been added. Also, just in general, I’ve been watching through this series - half out of true interest and half for the dnd asmr background noise, as it were - and I wanted to say I’ve been really enjoying it! I might even catch up on this series and look at the rest of the channel one of these days, lol! Thanks for sharing and I hope your day is going well!

[@thomaskalland9276]

I’ve had the thought to make the best healer as well. I just went with 17 life cleric 3 celestial warlock for the short rest healing buff, meaning the pact magic slots, in the early game when you will probably need it more. Additionally as a dm I rule that good Berry life cleric doesn’t work rules as written as the same interpretation would mean that whenever a necromancy wizard’s zombie or skeleton kills a creature the wizard would regain 9 hp, and if they used animate objects it would be worth 10hp, also possibly magic weapon given to a fighter. Cool in concept, genuinely the aesthetic of an evil wizard enchanting the fighters sword to steal life essence is super cool and I love it, but definitely not rules as written.

[@joshuaclendenon]

Came for the build, stayed for the Les Mis and Emporer's New Groove. Great stuff, Colby.

[@zerix8073]

I've been waiting for this build for YEARS! YEARS!! Aasimar Healer, yes please.

[@JamesTaylor-oh1sd]

I usually don't play healer characters (mainly because healing in 5e is pretty bad), but this and the martyr are on my to-play list! Interesting and strong healing is what I've been wanting here. Awesome build as always! Edit: You did an Aasimar in the Light Cleric build.

[@Shadowsword12]

The last time you used Aasimar was for the light cleric build. Hmm, both mostly pure clerics with Aasimar as the race, happy coincidence for my fave race!

[@ArturoSanabriaVasquez]

Hey Colby. I was thinking about a heavily armored Ranger, and figured that a Horizon Walker that either starts with a level of fighter or takes the heavily armored feat would be a pretty interesting Greatsword wielder. Can't figure out how to have good initiative with this build tho, and that'd be specially good to have if we made a bugbear or something. Dropping this off here in case you find the concept interesting and wanna take it out for a spin.

[@DnDDeepDive]

On my to do list!

[@zamba136]

Because i do a lot "cosplay" builds, i've done a lot of these Unohana Yachiru (Conquest Paladin 7 / Life Cleric 13) Senju Tsunade (Devotion Paladin 6 / Mercy Monk 14) Sesshomaru (Trickster Cleric 8 / Spore Druid 12) White Mage (Mercy monk 3, Life Cleric 17) Wolverine (Battlerager Barbarian 6 / Life Cleric 14) Surgeon medical doctor (insightful rogue 3 / mercy monk 17) But my guess for this video is that you go Life Cleric 16 and Druid 4. Maybe get the Healer Feat. The Chef feat also does good work but most people forget it. Healers are always some of my favorite builds. Keeping the party in working shape has always been a very fulfilling thing for me. But i like how much you can twist what you are doing outside of healing to cater to another playstyle. Like the Sesshomaru build being more focused on poison/necrotic damage, but most of his spells are healing/revival magic.

[@enriquepx1698]

I've been playing a divine soul sorcerer Aasimar for two and a half years in a curse of strahd campaign (with the old Aasimar stats because the campaign started before MoM) and I've been the main healer for a party of 7. We're now at level 9 and both mechanics and narrative-wise they have been very satisfying. It might not be the best build without a dip into life cleric, sure, but it's still pretty good, specially for a campaign that as far as I know usually ends at 10th level or 11th at most

[@nathancoltura482]

first video of yours I've seen loved it and i also broke out in stars with you at the end absolutely awesome!!! love me some les miserables

[@DnDDeepDive]

Thanks! And welcome!

[@rylielane2308]

@DnDDeepDive I saw a video on DnD shorts that used a combined a crearion bard with lasers, and i immediately thought of Foreigner and almost immediately after that thought of you! Can you make a Foreigner bard to the sword coast that who begins Cold as Ice in personality, whose situation becomes Urgent when the sacred Night Life is threatened by the magic of Head Games. Will the Hotblooded Starrider take the Long Long Way in order to become the Juke-Box Hero and defeat the Dirty Wight Boy(Lich). Say You Will please!! Make the Juke-Box Hero!!!

[@KennethLines]

I know Colby loves the Gish (weapon+Magic). We have the ultimate healer here with the healing reports, but missed the damage reports. I want a perfectly balanced healer. Healing maxed/Damage report maxed. Something like "We want to make sure we're able to heal 300 HP and still do 80 dmg by level 4 and 600 HP healed and 120 dmg by level 8" Also, I want to make this one as an NPC for my table in a big "Battle of Helm's Deep" style conflict where the Cleric is bringing back troops left and right and the players face over whelming odds (This happens a lot at my table. Cinematic battles are pretty common) and then the BBEG takes out the Ultimate Healer just as the players start to rely on him and the tide of the battle begins to shift. I think that could be very emotionally stirring for the players

[@ekenks8650]

Honestly, I found a very fun healer: combine remarkable recovery with an access to good berry and life transference - bonus points for sanctuary. Then just make sure you have a good spell stat & a high con. Constant, big heals, lots of regen, and a great defense. I’m currently playing with Treantmonk’s necromancer, and it’s a blast

[@Sentinel851]

a few counterpoints the Divine Soul Sorcerer 3 is actually a lot better for us than warlock, because we can have some metamagic options, like Extend Spell, and Distant Spell, which, if we use smartly, really enhance our healing. at the very least, getting metamagic adept as a feat at level 4 over Healer, or 8 over Chef, and the FbtG can clutch those concentration checks that we get close to failing. I'd say that, as nice as Aasimar is (and it's probably one of the most potent lineages in the game, wow it's loaded), taking either CusLin or Vuman for the Metamagic Adept feat will get us notably more in the long run (for healing at least). if we get Distant and twinned, we can distant Cure Wounds, which can save an ally straight from level 1, and double the effectiveness of a 1st level spell, and when we hit level 4, swap Twinned for Extend, to double the duration of Aid if we need it, or Aura of Vitality when we get it, and double the healing we dish out. it's also worth mentioning, though of course, not every table plays with them, the Rune Shaper background, which gives (among others) the Goodberry spell, I believe the wording excludes it from disciple of life (no spell slot expended), but having 10 more healing from level 1 is still worth it.

[@simonburling3762]

Agreed, also an alternate build would be Divine Sorcerer with a 1 level dip into Life Cleric for the healing boost.

[@Sentinel851]

@simonburling3762 yeah, that's probably the best way to do it. It also happens to mean that when we get 1 level in warlock, we can go for hex, then do a quickened scorching ray and eldritch blast, for probably about 5 attacks in a turn, each applying hex, which is a nice combo.

[@The_Crimson_Witch]

51:04 Holy honkers, such a nice singing voice!

[@G-Blockster]

I appreciate this one. This was the build we needed.

[@AmariYou]

Omg the best singing at the end from all your videos I’ve watched!

[@greypilgrim9967]

Ah back to 5E builds! 😊 and a healer!! 👏👏

[@GryphonDes]

Fun build! And I snagged OM's solo module immediately! Thanks for that promo codd :D

[@Mariolinkirby]

Stars Druid with one level of order cleric is surprisingly potent. Turn your healing into damage. Turn your buffs into damage. And it lets you use often overlooked spells like longstrider and jump while still keeping the pressure on your enemies. And wither and bloom as a bread and butter spell. It’s a very fun character

[@B.J.Camire]

As a Life Cleric, Regenerate actually heals 10 HP a round when cast with a 7th level spell slot, for a total in one hour (if you were... I dunno, swimming through lava) of 6,000 health, not counting that initial heal. The one time I've used it so far about 5,860 of that went to waste 😆 Though even before I ever used that spell, I found that Preserve Life is stupidly broken (it's the reason our DM feels she can even throw 3 dragons at us at once, causing me to finally cast Regenerate after getting knocked down to my Death Ward and blinded by 3 hits of their super bright electricity breath). When I can pop the Barbarian up to half health from 30 feet away, without line of sight, multiple turns in a row, every combat encounter, any enemies are gonna have a bad time :) Also, you mentioned in passing that Prayer of Healing did 2d8 when it actually does 3d8 [+SAM]. Okay, Divine Intervention story time. When my Cleric hit 10th level, I immediately used Divine Intervention (rolled a 9) to "beat" an entire story arc. There was an ancient warrior bound to a ship made of bones by a powerful enchantment, and he was supposed to ferry us to his long-forgotten homeland so we could look into the circumstances of his death and use the knowledge we found there to break the spell. Luckily for us, Lathander was feeling extra generous that day and freed his soul for me. I hope our DM didn't put too much prep work into that one ^_^ (Or that she can repurpose his homeland for something else, or maybe just run the same questline in a campaign with no Clerics.)

[@sammair2717]

Was playing dungeon of the mad mage with my Tuesday party we got to about lvl 12/14 ish before we changed onto other ttrpg systems and when we started there was a life cleric, when he decided to stay behind I started using my unicorn totem and managed to carry us through some tough fights with my summons and healing, found it to be such a versatile subclass and so useful for control healing and using the summons for damage and tanking, rest of the team ended up just taking as much dps as they could! 😅

[@wverms]

I've always enjoyed a homebrew rule I use in some campaigns where healing a downed ally does give them hit points, but doesn't get them up (you have to spend an action to wake them up) or just stabilizes them. Only complaint I've ever had with it is I think it'd work better if I added more spells/mechanics that interact with it.

[@bryanduncan6954]

I played the incompetent healer once… Grung tempest cleric (so he would get martial weapons and could do the poison dart idea you made)… I touch you and cast cure wounds… now you have to make a constitution save against poison 😁

[@linkatronic]

Finally, a viable healer build! Love cleric builds and hopefully this gets the buff coming in 2024!

[@kevinacecox]

Love the Chef Treats... RP goodness. Mama has a spatula and fry pan for her sword and board. Her armor is made of spoon mail.

[@randomize.4]

Hooray new video! Been a while, lost touch with a bunch of things. Getting back into ttrpgs again. This is more motivation :)

[@nwpmen2]

Alternative: Level 1, go Varient Human, Get Magic Initiative Feat, Take Druid's Goodberry spell. As Deciple of Life Cleric Goodberry will heal 40 HP. One lvl 1 spell to heal the entire party to max :3

[@DMG551]

So I’ve only tested it at low levels, but 1 level in cleric of life and 2 levels in Druid (circle of stars) yields very potent healing with the chalice form. As a tortle, I was rocking an ac of 17, and each round found myself able to heal up to 2 targets within 30 feet. Just casting healing word gave me 1d4+4 + 1d8+4 at level 3

[@paladinv2907]

I actually played this multiclass combo and it was loads of fun, I made use of wither and bloom at lower levels as it works with both subclasses, and I played a kobold that worshiped a cosmic dragon made out of stars.

[@makoshark2001]

I did a Human celestial sorcerer and took the healer feat for action healing with a healers kit and twin bonus action healing word. Haven't decided if I want to throw life cleric in there or not yet. Also used sanctuary to avoid being attacked and walk around the battle field just healing people.

[@eduardoeugenio6004]

Wizard Healer Halfling Mark of Healing BG: Witherbloom Student Goodberry; Druidcraft, Spare the Dying Wizard Scribes Feats: Cartomacer Magic Initiate:Bless; Guidance; Sacred Flame Rune Shaper:Sanctuary Skill Expert:Arcana You make Healing Scrolls and Potions on your down time. When you reach level 17 pick up Wish to cast any 8 level or lower Healing spell you don't have. Level 18 Spell Mastery pick Healing Word and out heal most Clerics.

[@HorrorMetalDnD]

Twilight Clerics are awesome! I just finished CoS with a Twilight Cleric that, with a feats (Telekinetic, Fey Touched) and racial abilities (Githzerai), was able to get Mage Hand, Shield, and Silvery Barbs. I made sure to save my 1st level spell slots for the latter two as needed. Oh, and I ended up with a 22 AC from +2 Plate Armor and a shield, so needless to say, I got hit with a lot of Dex save spells instead of Attacks.

[@brianfox340]

My opinion on fixing yoyo healing (if you think it needs to be fixed) is you need 2 things: 1. Healing MUST be stronger (like they're doing). Without this you just get in a heal loop, where your action heals and the enemy does more damage. 2. Make yoyo healing worse. Without this, you STILL would benefit MORE from yoyo healing with bigger numbers. BG3 takes action economy if you're healed out of being downed. Alternatively, keep track of "negative" HP and force healing back up to a positive number first to bring them up. Worst idea is to cut healing in half when downed just to make it less efficient.

[@baobhan9094]

See, I LOVE everything about this build, My only issue is a lot of it is small healing over time until later, i dont think this build is really going to keep people up in the heats of really nasty combats like the Shephard Druid. But my big question is, why did you go so far in cleric for the spell choices and not a divine soul sorcerer? It has almost all of the benefits, and twinning spells has to be better for the spell report than the druid dip for 2d6 healing as a bonus action every now and then (i assume). Not to mention having access to 2x infinite healing with twin cast power word heal, for the highest burst heal in the game (depending on builds, 2 max HP barbarians can have over 500hp, beating mass heal.) I think if i were going to make the ultimate COMBAT healer, It would be something like, life cleric 1, Star druid 2, Divine soul sorcerer 17 for 9th level spells at 20. (not necessarily in this order) Feats polearm master, warcaster take metamagic adept for 2 more sorc points (I wish i could take this multiple times), resilient con, Now you have this amazing core of like, beacon of hope for twin casting healing spells on allies, or using distant spell for the extra healing of life cleric, AND, with PAM and Warcaster, when an ally runs to you for help, they provoke an attack of opportunity, which can be a spell, WHICH YOU CAN USE A HEALING SPELL THAT TARGETS ONLY THEM FOR, and heal them as a reaction too. as well as getting your 2d6 healing per round~ all maximized. Booyah Something like Maximized 8th level Mass cure wounds for 48+5+16+additional target+10 to one, then as an ally runs to you, you can cast 7th level heal on them then twin it for 80+14+additional target+10 to one, or something fun. So your healing ends up looking like 79+104=183 healing to 2 targets and 79 to another 5 for 395 and 366 for a total of 761 healing in a single round. Beating out Mass Heal, which you can also do if you wanna. The crazy thing is, you can do this for more than one round, albiet a little weaker each time. Then use flexible casting to get it back a third-4th time, then you have your 9th level spell slot. So, while its burst healing.... it can actually last you to that long rest checkpoint!

[@steel5315]

Yeh I agree I would have also started Divine Soul Sorcerer

[@andrewadams530]

Man I feel like this would be SO much fun to bring to a table of newer players with an experienced DM. I can just see the look on the DMs face when everything he throws at the newer players just gets absolutely smashed since they literally cannot die. Just keeping up all your different players who are most likely playing suboptimal builds allowing them to whale on the enemies to their hearts content with no fear while you stand in the background and smirk.

[@williamtaylor6886]

Wouldn’t do this build myself, but this was a great demonstration of the various healing options (plus mentions of ones you didn’t use).

[@pdonettes]

I just finished a 1-20 campaign as a trickery domain cleric. Using my duplicates to cast heals was nice. I would use aura of vitality, and cast sanctuary in myself. I didn’t do damage, but I kept our fighter up in the bad guys face, which made most encounters pretty trivial.

[@SirMethos]

As a veteran player, playing with a group of much newer players(aside from my brother who is our GM), I like these kind of support and healing builds. I've done the flashy builds, and the big damage builds, and it was fun(still is). Now I get to try builds that lets my much less experienced teammates, shine and experience the fun of the spotlight. Be it support, healing, or just wacky, non-optimized builds that I put together for the flavor and the fun of playing a specific kind of character.

[@TheDustyPeaches]

If I had a player in my games with this healing build I would 100% have at least a few opportunities to use all of their healing by putting them in a battlefield hospital during some kind of war offer them some gold and future favors from the military for saving so many of their wounded and getting so many soldiers back on the front lines. Having this build is 100% overkill on healing but if that healer has a few situations where they actually exhaust all of their slots on healing and get a good reward for it it would be a very rewarding moment for the character.

[@Xphonic6]

Now that we have the ultimate healer, I would love to see how you would build a "drain tank" in dnd. (a character that heals by doing damage) Vampiric touch is one of my favorite spells because of that aspect and Ive found it really fun trying to build around that spell specifically but Im sure you could really find a completely different cool build. Love the videos

[@ad9aggie]

I'm surprised you didn't find a way to get some Paladin levels for that 5hp/level lay on hands. I like this build as a way to annoy the DM. 🤣 Keep on keepin' on, man!