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Originally Posted by Wintersmith81  Scottg why the favored soul over the cleric? |
Several reasons:
1. Free weapon focus and *weapon specialization*.. something that would otherwise require at least 1 level of Fighter.
2. Very good elemental damage resistance that "builds" with levels. Also nice to throw-in a race that has elemental resistances to *other* types of elemental damage (for a more complete level of resistance).
3. One of the very best damage reduction modifiers in-game at level 20. IMO this is a critical component to an epic character that intends to melee.
4. Sorcerer-like casting. You don't have to think about which spells to have memorized - they are ALL there. This provides quite a bit more variety in actual practice.
5. Charisma (instead of wisdom), enhances most of your dialog interaction skills. Its also a related to Savings Throw modifiers (from Paladins, Warlocks, and Blackguards). Furthermore it is also related to Divine Might, Divine Shield, and the "Smites" (Paladins and Blackguards).
Note that builds based on 12 levels of FS, don't make much sense to me - you aren't getting full value from your Elemental Resistance and (ESPECIALLY), you aren't getting that damage reduction.
There are of course reasons to favor a Cleric over a Favored Soul.. BUT, having played with both (and tweaked both) - the Favored Soul is quite superior in actual game-play.
