excluding the bit when you try to "sing" the vid was fucking lit, one of my favorite so far (again, excluding the song, that was terrible as always, I want to cry blood)
Bard Bias. Paladins should fuck more. Rogues keep stealing my strings. I need to help clerics fuck more. Why are people mad I fucked the dragon? It's not killing us anymore.
Lvl 10 cleric: Yo, god. Can I have my grandma back? God: No. Lvl 20 cleric: Yo, god. Can Lvl 10 cleric have their grandma back? God: Sure, lvl 20 cleric! Whatever you want!
“Why are clerics so EVIL?!” Because evil gods have evil clerics too, and because older editions had rebuke undead for evil clerics instead of turning them.
@@SwordFighterDoggo It made them basically freeze in terror of you. And if your cleric level was at least twice their hit dice (which at best was very rare) instead you permanently gained control of them. There was a cap on how many could be controlled.
Zealot Barbarian: I'm gonna solo the dungeon. Cleric: You're gonna get yourself killed, idiot. Zealot Barbarian: So what? You can bring me back to life for free.
But you get the nature of said trap(s) as well? That's actually surprisingly useful for deducing where they are, I mean if they just all started to glow that'd be a LITTLE much for a 2nd level spell
I once had my party do a filler quest where they met the "spectre chasers," a group of clerics in brown leather armor who's names are embroidered on their chests and their channel divinity is flavored like a lazer, and helped them go around banishing various undead spirits and stuff Who you gonna call?
That also means he has improved a lot, since he immediately became an oathbreaker the moment he swore his "good content and quality videos" oath as a Paladin.
"OOOOOOOOOOH GRANDMA'S BACK!!!" "Nyuck nyuck nyuck... After countless years, I am free from the shackles of death! Damnation and eternal torment bind me no longer... TIME TO CONQUER... EOARTHF!" "Riiiiiiight... Grandma was the campaign villain..."
It amuses me whenever I join a campaign with a neutral or good aligned cleric, since I always pick Inflict Wounds and Animate Dead. The reaction to my excuse, "If my God didn't want me to use it, I wouldn't have access it.", is usually hilarious.
@@lorekeeper685 That's one such reaction. I have, at times, been downgraded from good to neutral or neutral to evil. Just by having those two spells prepped.
@@theblackcoatedman6794 saying inflict wounds is evil is like saying any damaging spells are evil. Also, the bit about animate dead isn't that good won't use it, but that evil will commonly use it.
@@TheCinderfang I don't consider it evil. Sometimes my character is just pragmatic. But some DMs will consider it Evil. I don't argue with them. It's their world. I shrug and move on.
That's the secret behind most game design. If you don't give players some compelling incentive to play the designated healer you can't complain when 95% of the player base abandons the class 5 seconds after the first boss monster shouts "Focus fire the healer!" to all his minions. They're OP so that even novice players can survive a few big hits long enough to keep the party alive, and they have more options so that cleric players don't get the "Oh, are you just gonna keep casting that one spell over and over?" complaints that warlocks get.
its so true the only thing i didn't like about the cleric was they never had the option to like ya know at late game TURN INTO A DRAGON ....arcane domain fixed that shit right up XD
@gaura cappelletti Yeah his stats were wonky and not that great since its charisma and intellect casting. But it was FUN to use warlock slots for arcane trickster spells. My Tiefling really just wanted to help people and heal. But being a cleric was too serious for him. So I thought Celestial Warlock was a nice compromise.
@@flarenite1004 Nowadays most of them sound like regular pop songs and the slow ones use things like pianos, violins and such. If you're interested i recomend "Em Teus Braços - Laura Souguellis" and "A Casa é Sua - Casa Worship"
When you play a forge cleric, constantly miss on attack roll spells and you're about to bin the whole thing. Then, you crit on a 3rd level inflict wounds and roll roughly 40 some odd damage. Now, I always imagine my inflict wounds as red electricity sparking around my cleric's hand. So what happened next was the moment I dealt almost a hundred damage and FRIED this warlord we were fighting. Barbarian had been in a slugfest with the guy for several rounds and I just taze the guy to death. Favorite moment for my holy boi. owo
In my first campaign, my forge cleric dodges a giant frost worm that tried to surprise swallow me(i have Alert), we roll initiative, worm goes first and proceeds to eat me whole, after some of my party goes , i ask my DM how long is the worm, he says around 100 ft, my cleric goes "Fuck this shit" and i cast wall of fire inside of it, right on top of me. It wreaths around in pain and spits me out, i rolled near max for the damage and with all of the damage my party was doing we killed it in two rounds.
Fun fact: the Tempest Cleric only has one lightning ability, and that's call lightning. Everything else is Thunder damage and i feel cheated! Edit: over time i've come to terms with the spell list. Call Lighting is a cool ass spell, and you have some lighting damage via your domain abilities (even if it's not a lot.) I still feel like an errata should change Ice Storm to Storm Sphere, beucase Storme Sphere cam out later, and i feel like it fits the subclass WAY better! Lighting Bolt still be cool though.
@@MythicMachina the best way in my opinion is to kinda do a power build and after 2 lvls of cleric multiclass into storm sorcerer. kinda feels like cheating but is the only way you will feel like a real lightning slinging cleric
Every Sunday at 7am. On the Church in Sector 5. There may or may not be a flower girl there tending to said flowers. Also, look us up by the sound of OMINOUS LATIN CHANTING. #theonewingedangel #sephiroth #thepromisedland
I mean, the nice thing is that devine intervention states that the DM always decides the nature of the intervention, meaning he can bind it (within reason) to not be to overpowered. Also the fact that you can use it a maximum of every 7 days, means you still have to think about when to use it. So although it is very powerful, it might not be as overpowered as you think it to be (all depends on how game breaking the DM wants it to be)
@@PlantOutofPot I think the fact it's once a week upon success is a reasonable drawback to the nature of something so powerful, without the DM trying to twist or limit it like a casting of _Wish_ .
I'm currently playing as a Mountain Dwarf Cleric with Life Domain. Because of his race, he's proficient in Heavy Armor and with Warhammers. So because of a fluke that gave him a ton of gold after an earlier quest, he's got plate armor, a Warhammer in his right hand, and a shield in his left hand with his holy symbol emblazoned upon it, making it his Holy Focus. His Strength and Constitution are 20, and his Wisdom is 18 (I got insanely lucky on my rolls, but my Dex and Int is lower). His total AC is now 20 at level 3. In the last encounter I had, he was surrounded in a circle by 8 cultists, and he killed every single one of them, somehow only taking 1 point of damage (out of his maximum 33 HP) ULFGAR FROSTBEARD IS THE HEALING TANK OF THE PARTY.
I rewatch this video time to time literally just to listen to the song in the beginning. I love the addition of music into these videos. Others can say what they want they make me smile and laugh every time :D
Clerics, the literal backbone of any group... You need a tank? Cast Shield of Faith, use a shield, use Sanctuary. You need a damage dealer? Play anything with divine strike, a smite spell, and snatch booming blades. You need a healer? *LIFE CLERIC.* You want to do CC? Light and Tempest clerics basically, *fireball* You want to play as both a literal tank AND damage dealer? Forge... Just Forge Cleric. Clerics are the best class and nobody can change my mind.
bruh warcaster is great. Even compensates a bit for not having Con saving throws prof. Fun fact if one knows the campaign is never gonna get to level 20 one can start as Fighter 1 and eventually have both Con saving prof. and Warcaster.
Me suggesting a Tempest Cleric take Magic Initiate for Booming Blade, Lightning Lure and Find Familiar: Wait, so you're not supposed to be dealing 99d8 Thunder damage with your weapon every turn?
What a coincidence, I woke up to a notif for this the very day I’m making my first character, a cleric. This must be a gift from the gods themselves! Also, love your dance moves. Truly the best I’ve seen. Addition: You know what? Does my school dnd group *really* need this cleric?? Guess I’m gonna perish.
Beginner Players: Ew a healer that's boring The Cult of Cleric players: HAHAHAHAHAHA FOOLS PREPARE FOR THE WRATH OF GOD BABY HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Edit: Oh I didn't realize how many likes this comment got uuuuhhhh thank you my fellow Strangers and remember to pray to god so you can summon our best friend Giant Meteor.
@@sanddry738 true strike only has 1 use. A high level spell that uses a spell attack. That is the only instance it's worth being used. Not even then though is it worth being known.
@@sanddry738 there are some VERY niche scenarios where truestrike could be useful and some DMs could use encounters/rules that make advantage much harder to get. Find traps has no use that I've ever seen.
My first ever D&D character was a Light Cleric, and I started at level 3 😂 it was one of the most daunting tasks. 2 years later and I still take forever to decide my spells after every long rest haha
Cleric spells work like this: -You know all the cleric spells -Whenever you take a long rest you can pick a number of spells equal to your wisdom modifier plus your level -The spells you picked are the only spells you can cast till you take another long rest So, why is that really hard to understand you just have to pick a set number of spells every time you take a long rest, and only cast those spells till you take another long rest?
For example your an 8th level cleric you have a 20 in wisdom, so your wisdom modifier is 5. The number of spells you can cast per day then is 5+8=13 with the 5 being your wisdom modifier and the 8 being your characters level; so, choose 13 spells you want to use, and only use those spells. That isn't very hard if you ask me in fact its super easy since unlike the wizard you know all of your spells right off the bat so you just need to look and see I can use spells up to X level so I can choose any spells of X level from the whole cleric spell list so just have a list of every single cleric spell and boom
Zeter Zero Wizards have a more complicated and “newb unfriendly” design than Clerics when it comes to spells. Wizards have to pick their spells as they level to add to their spell book, then prepare their spells from their book whenever they long rest. A Cleric who makes a “bad choice” of a spell should be able to realize it fairly quickly and change it when next they long rest. If a new Wizard picks a “bad spell” then hey, guess who’ll always have Ray of Sickness in their spell book. Causing them to potentially lose out on more universal picks such as Mage Armor or Shield(or sacrifice higher level spell acquisitions to add those). In general, Clerics(and other strict “preparers”) are probably the most newb friendly because of that very feature. Every class with spell casting has to pick spells at some point. Clerics are the most forgiving about it and have some of the least spells to choose from(at least compared to other full casters).
I just imagine the random passerbys or drivers in the distance, just seeing this guy in a red and white robe dancing with a book, presumably a bible. *wtf*
"for example, have you heard of our lord and saviour, giant meteor of deaaaaath." *giant meteor comes racing at you* I don't know why this is so damn funny but I can't stop laughing at it.
How to play cleric: Keep a mental note of how many spells you can prepare per day. Whenever you need to cast a spell, just petend that you totally prepared the spell beforehand. As long as the number of different spells you cast in a single day doesn't exceed the numer of spells you can prepare, the DM will be none the wiser.
How to play cleric: Step 1: play forge domain Step 2: PLAY FORGE DOMAIN Stpe 3: *PLAY FORGE DOMAIN* Ok let's break it down. This is ONLY lvl 6 bonuses: +2 AC, auto hit 2d8 damage spell (with a duration), +1d6-3d6 damage (depending on spell slots), make literally anything in a hour (aslong as the material costs are less than 100gold), and resistance to fire damage. Combine that with a warforged you can have between 22-26 AC (depending on equipment) and if you take the sheild spell you can reach 30 AC with some enchanted gear. With a great axe you can do 5d6 damage with a lvl 3 spell slot (combine with elemental adept feat and 18/20 str for best results) AND YOU CAN HEAL. YOU WILL NEVER DIE I PROMISE. Get that fucking barbarian and fighter shit out of here
Something I recently realized: every single Cleric spell has a verbal component. A single casting of Silence on them or gagging them suddenly renders their spells useless. I almost wonder if they did it for flavor of needing to speak holy hymns kinda like how Miracles work in Dark Souls. Regardless, just thought I'd share weird discoveries I found
It has slow correct? Or is it haste? I like it a lot, but it's really Lawful Neutral. Just like oath of Conquest is Lawful evil. But a great domain nevertheless!
@@christofferhougaard that's probably by design. Order domain was intended to represent the Azorius Senate Guild which in that setting is hands down the most LAWFUL neutral "check out how far I managed to wedge this stick up my own ass," organization in the world.
Furiosa No, that’s the Monk. But if you multiclassed into both, you truly would have the power of God and anime on your side (oh yeah a Barbarian would probably work too)
14:18 The spells used to be seperated be alignment in older editions. Necromancy spells were for evil clerics, divine spells for good. In 5e they decided to do away with all the alignment restrictions on spells, which while I approve of does lead to these odd discrepancies. Druids have the same issue to a lesser degree.
Hey Jacob, I recently realized how your rating of difficulty for each class aligns with the fact of how much of the player's handbook you need to know or at least look into for that class. While every character needs to look up their race, class and background and how combat works, spellcasters need the entire chapter of magic in addition to that. And while classes that only get non-preparation spellcasting don't need detailed knowledge of all spells of their class, druids, wizards and clerics, technically need to know all their spells. However, clerics and druids, in contrast to wizards, _also_ require appendix B for the gods / D for all the beasts they might turn into. Among the non-spellcasters, on the other hand, who already need way less of the book the one class that requires the least amount of chapters is in fact the monk who, unlike any other class, doesn't even need to comprehend the armor/weapons section. I found this very interesting. I don't want to start a discussion or anything, though, it's just supposed to be a neat little sidenote that happened to align with what you said. A truly epic ending to a series of videos that I have watched way too often by now because I *really* enjoy your kind of humour.
@@christofferhougaard Your standard knowledge cleric Kalashtar with the Courtier background. Origially a sorcerer, but my gm let be switch. Basically, it's thematically meant to be not religious. My character is a "channeller" an idea i had. Channellers: gain magic by connecting directly to a strand of the weave through inner meditation and soul searching. Basically, anyone can connect to the weave, but you must understand that thread inside and out, as well as how it connects to you. Since it's rare people can actually make this connection, some make it half way, giving them the class features but no magic. They gain magic through using the body parts of magic creatures as material components. It just lets me use a bunch of cool materials for my spells. (yes, I based this off dark magic from the dragon prince)
@@solahaze8948 I have no idea what dragon prince is but that sounds fucking dope! Would you sue me if I borrowed some of that? Cause it's fucking awesome! Thanks for the info. ^^
I'd actually recommend a cleric for new players wanting to try a caster, for the following reasons: Medium armor and shields Simple weapons Decent HP Doesn't get stuck with bad spell choices Doesn't need to futz around with a spellbook Druids have to manage Wild Shape, which can be a nightmare for inexperienced players/DMs. Wizards have the largest spell list, and players might find needing to choose spells for their spellbook _and_ choose spells to prepare to be a bit too much. Sorcerers can get stuck with bad spells, although a lenient DM might let you pick an entirely new set if you're not happy with what you have. Ditto for bards. Basically it comes down to a lot of the other full caster classes being a lot more squishy and having other features that make them get a lot more complicated. Warlock is an interesting one, and I don't think it really qualifies as a caster in the same way as other caster classes. Honestly, the warlock feels like someone built a caster class using the martial class guidelines. Might have something to do with being a short rest class, as most martials are.
I played a cleric as my first character and oh boy what a fun introduction to the game, being told I done heal enough. To which I replied "bitch I worship Thor not ObamaCare"
There was an errata. If you look at the newest printing (the special edition cover printing has this errata for reference) they did add spear as it was supposed to be there the entire time!
@@jemm113 OH THANK THE GODS YOU SAID THAT! I didn't have the alternative cover phb with me to Amsterdam! Do when my spesr wielding cleric/warlock idea flung itself into my head yesterday, I thought it was gonna be a tought one to create but nevermind that!
“The cool ones are the ones that are less normal” See, I’m sitting here with the complete opposite perspective - all of my players only ever want to use the wackiest most non-standard stuff. Am I the only one who appreciates the classics? Don’t get me wrong, breaking from tropes is good to do sometimes, but when being special or different defines your entire goal in character design you miss out on what makes those fantasies so engaging and enduringly popular in the first place. So just like human fighters can be way cooler than players think, so can a classic lawful-good life cleric. Just make sure to give them a proper character on top of it.
Sure, the different characters can be fun. You know what I like? Imitating my favorite scenes from movies. You know what one of those scenes is? Aragorn vs pretty much the entire Orc nation in Fellowship. Viggo had this Zen look on his face as he faced down about fifty Orcs. Yeah...sometimes the cool Anime scene or the great movie FX are cool but sometimes you just want to hit things with other things.
Just made a character who is basically Wednesday from American Gods, where he's a god made by a now long dead group of Kuo Toa who, because he's a knowledge god, just travels around helping adventuring parties when there's some hidden knowledge to be gleaned, and him leveling up is explained by him helping others, thus furthering belief in him. Its great because of how fun it is to play a diety who is reduced to just a swindler and smooth talker, but who's not a trickster cleric, he's a knowledge cleric who the party is pretty sure is just a sorcerer or arcane trickster and hasnt quite figured him out yet
Almost always DM but when I get a chance to play a character, it's cleric. Love getting the 'ha ha healer' jibes at level 1 then blowing my fellow players minds with the shitton of stuff clerics can pull off.
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Idk if its just my pc but that link isnt working for me
@@RJM1410 it worked for me
excluding the bit when you try to "sing" the vid was fucking lit, one of my favorite so far (again, excluding the song, that was terrible as always, I want to cry blood)
@Dom Valley haven't we all i love his videos
My mans yo videos are dope
This series should be recalled to “Bard explains x class”
Yes Plis... Lets make this happen.
It's missing some music themes tho. I also need a barbarian music and sorcerer music
marcos2492 Omg I would love a Barbarian one 😂
Bard Bias.
Paladins should fuck more.
Rogues keep stealing my strings.
I need to help clerics fuck more.
Why are people mad I fucked the dragon? It's not killing us anymore.
@@davidstratton696 isnt barbarian explains classes just jocat
"Are clerics just necromancers in disguise?"
Well, a necromancer is just a really late healer...
I wish healing magic would be in the necromancy domain, like it used to be...
Oh yeah
I run a crazy evil cleric who raises all who sinned to surve our lord in the afterlife since they were so useless in life.
You know i like to imagine that necromancer clerics want to be the only guy with undead
My character is just a cleric full necromancer
"I consider us lovers"
Oh my
Steamy~
i wish it hadnt cut out that clearly passionate kiss :D
*Plot twist intensifies*
@@jesterssketchbook you make great videos
Spencer's jealousy intensifies
11:25
"You're a Cleric? Are you going to bring her back to life?"
"What? No! I'm going to make sure she stays dead."
That actually killed me!
it also killed her
And neither of you are coming back
I also do this as cleric.
Necro-Cleric FTW
Well, guess it's time to use that Destroy Undead feature on ya. Sorry, but it's my job.
"Have you heard of our Lord and Saviour - Giant Meteor of Death?"
Finally, someone agrees with me that Sephiroth was a Cleric.
So, you finally found out about The Church of the One Winged Angel?
really more a warlock with an eldritch monster master who thinks he's a cleric
I hear the hymns are baller
@@ZeroRoyale One winged angel is my favorite villain theme of all time, just below that is imperial march and be prepared from the lion king.
Church of the one-winged Angel of Latter-day Summons
Lvl 10 cleric: Yo, god. Can I have my grandma back?
God: No.
Lvl 20 cleric: Yo, god. Can Lvl 10 cleric have their grandma back?
God: Sure, lvl 20 cleric! Whatever you want!
“Mommy, what’s that man doing in the park?”
“Don’t look Jeremy”
it's too late mother. i have seen everything
Jeremy: *holding cross and Bible* I have seen everything.
This thread needs more love, and a new crusade
- P..please be gentle - No problem, replied the dentist
I legitimately laughed out loud
“Why are clerics so EVIL?!” Because evil gods have evil clerics too, and because older editions had rebuke undead for evil clerics instead of turning them.
My Drow Feylost Death Domain Cleric isn't evil! All hail the Raven Queen!
What did rebuke undead do?
@@SwordFighterDoggo
It made them basically freeze in terror of you. And if your cleric level was at least twice their hit dice (which at best was very rare) instead you permanently gained control of them. There was a cap on how many could be controlled.
Barbarian after charging into battle like a idiot: Heal me cleric.
Light Cleric: *kills the dragon with no problem* there’s your healing.
Zealot Barbarian: I'm gonna solo the dungeon.
Cleric: You're gonna get yourself killed, idiot.
Zealot Barbarian: So what? You can bring me back to life for free.
@@TheCoolerDrilis Zealot Barbarian Ghost: Alright bring me back
Cleric:hahahahahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA WHO SAID GOD WAS MERCIFUL HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
That's what he deserves for not making a bearbearian honestly.
That's called preventive medicine.
Which is also the name of my mace.
GURGLEGUY12345
That’s when the Cleric casts Create Undead. :’)
"don't lie, you only took this domain to have lightning powers"
You're Goddamned right and I regret nothing.
Haha Transmuted Fireball + Channel Divinity go brrrrrrt
10:25 except Find Traps doesn't work like that, it's just "ARE THERE TRAPS IN THIS ROOM?"
"....yes."
I see you like his DND stories
That assuming the 'trap' is manufactured. Unstable floors, carnivorous plants... Nope, can't detect them.
@@justmonica9253 it's a reference to his D&D horror stories video
Oh hi Zedrin
But you get the nature of said trap(s) as well? That's actually surprisingly useful for deducing where they are, I mean if they just all started to glow that'd be a LITTLE much for a 2nd level spell
I once had my party do a filler quest where they met the "spectre chasers," a group of clerics in brown leather armor who's names are embroidered on their chests and their channel divinity is flavored like a lazer, and helped them go around banishing various undead spirits and stuff
Who you gonna call?
Spectre Chasers!
I know who I’ll call when my city is getting attacked by a marshmallow…
@@kingconniebonnie2178 Fire cleric???
@@aronnemcsik light* cleric
@dextersauve5491 yeah. That one sorry I forgot the name of the domain when I was writing that comment.
When you're such a good channel that you start getting sponsored by God
That also means he has improved a lot, since he immediately became an oathbreaker the moment he swore his "good content and quality videos" oath as a Paladin.
that opening song was a bop
@@jesterssketchbook spitting staight fax
Channel Divinity
+
"OOOOOOOOOOH GRANDMA'S BACK!!!"
"Nyuck nyuck nyuck... After countless years, I am free from the shackles of death! Damnation and eternal torment bind me no longer... TIME TO CONQUER... EOARTHF!"
"Riiiiiiight... Grandma was the campaign villain..."
is... is grandma rita repulsa?
Singing a christian ballad for the cleric episode is absolutely genius
It made my Christian heart swell
I thought this was a Christian Bale pun for a minute lol. I know it doesn't make sense but with so many puns on this channel, it comes naturally.
is it?
@@MyFatezero It is
What christian ballad is it?
"Grave Domain: Can I interest you into some corpse tea?" Is that a Caduceus Clay reference?
Yes
also: trickster domain had a traveller reference
I also feel like there was a Keyfish joke in there (cliffjumping with Clerics, hm)
It amuses me whenever I join a campaign with a neutral or good aligned cleric, since I always pick Inflict Wounds and Animate Dead. The reaction to my excuse, "If my God didn't want me to use it, I wouldn't have access it.", is usually hilarious.
You are evil
@@lorekeeper685 That's one such reaction. I have, at times, been downgraded from good to neutral or neutral to evil. Just by having those two spells prepped.
@@theblackcoatedman6794 saying inflict wounds is evil is like saying any damaging spells are evil. Also, the bit about animate dead isn't that good won't use it, but that evil will commonly use it.
@@TheCinderfang I don't consider it evil. Sometimes my character is just pragmatic. But some DMs will consider it Evil. I don't argue with them. It's their world. I shrug and move on.
@@theblackcoatedman6794 I am not calling your cleric evil no its good but I am calling you evil
Atheist: If you god told you to jump off a cliff would you?
7++ level Cleric: 13:05
"whats that, you want to be overpowered AND have every option open to you?"
C_L_E_R_I_C
That's the secret behind most game design. If you don't give players some compelling incentive to play the designated healer you can't complain when 95% of the player base abandons the class 5 seconds after the first boss monster shouts "Focus fire the healer!" to all his minions.
They're OP so that even novice players can survive a few big hits long enough to keep the party alive, and they have more options so that cleric players don't get the "Oh, are you just gonna keep casting that one spell over and over?" complaints that warlocks get.
And if you want fireball, pick light
its so true the only thing i didn't like about the cleric was they never had the option to like ya know at late game TURN INTO A DRAGON ....arcane domain fixed that shit right up XD
"What? No! I'm going to make sure she stays dead."
When he followed up by casually flipping the bird, that was some subtle A+ performance.
That opening song is probably how my arcane trickster rogue felt when he multi classed to Celestial Warlock.
Hella rad tho
My berserker barbarian just did the same..everyone gangsta til the 7' dragonborn starts throwing radiant light around
@@platyclysm4633 bardbarians are cool, dragonborn bardbarians cooler, but barbarian warlock is hard to beat
that is an absolute BANGER of a multiclass if I ever saw one
@gaura cappelletti Yeah his stats were wonky and not that great since its charisma and intellect casting. But it was FUN to use warlock slots for arcane trickster spells. My Tiefling really just wanted to help people and heal. But being a cleric was too serious for him. So I thought Celestial Warlock was a nice compromise.
Jakob: "Why are Clerics so evil?"
Evil Gods: Exist
Mom: Son whos your favorite gospel singer?
Me: Mom..... have you ever heard of XP to level 3?
Can't wait for his first album to come out soon!
@@ob3vious Definitely gonna spend my life savings on it
Is that really how gospel songs are in the US? Lol, they're really different here in Brazil. But that's really cool.
@@alysondavy2485 Theyre also kinda like that in the Philippines too, what do gospel songs sound like in Brazil?
@@flarenite1004 Nowadays most of them sound like regular pop songs and the slow ones use things like pianos, violins and such. If you're interested i recomend "Em Teus Braços - Laura Souguellis" and "A Casa é Sua - Casa Worship"
beautiful.
A entire cleric party=invincible
The A-men
imagine a team of villain npcs that are clerics. dayum
@@rosenrot234 so, dnd's illuminati?
"So guys, which god is best?"
The party became confused and attacked itself.
Not entirely. It depends on the enemy. Theyd be pretty damn near invincible, but not if Zariel has anything to say about it.
When you play a forge cleric, constantly miss on attack roll spells and you're about to bin the whole thing. Then, you crit on a 3rd level inflict wounds and roll roughly 40 some odd damage. Now, I always imagine my inflict wounds as red electricity sparking around my cleric's hand.
So what happened next was the moment I dealt almost a hundred damage and FRIED this warlord we were fighting. Barbarian had been in a slugfest with the guy for several rounds and I just taze the guy to death. Favorite moment for my holy boi. owo
In my first campaign, my forge cleric dodges a giant frost worm that tried to surprise swallow me(i have Alert), we roll initiative, worm goes first and proceeds to eat me whole, after some of my party goes , i ask my DM how long is the worm, he says around 100 ft, my cleric goes "Fuck this shit" and i cast wall of fire inside of it, right on top of me. It wreaths around in pain and spits me out, i rolled near max for the damage and with all of the damage my party was doing we killed it in two rounds.
Fun fact: the Tempest Cleric only has one lightning ability, and that's call lightning. Everything else is Thunder damage and i feel cheated!
Edit: over time i've come to terms with the spell list. Call Lighting is a cool ass spell, and you have some lighting damage via your domain abilities (even if it's not a lot.) I still feel like an errata should change Ice Storm to Storm Sphere, beucase Storme Sphere cam out later, and i feel like it fits the subclass WAY better! Lighting Bolt still be cool though.
Divine Wrath at level 1. the one where you shock people that attack you? That one you get to choose which damage type.
@@CanisMythson i forgot about that. I still want more lightning damage. Considering that there is also that ability that pushes people away from you.
@@MythicMachina the best way in my opinion is to kinda do a power build and after 2 lvls of cleric multiclass into storm sorcerer. kinda feels like cheating but is the only way you will feel like a real lightning slinging cleric
@@asleepcube4693 but i dont wanna mulitclass! Fuck it. I'm making my own version of the Tempest Domain.
@@MythicMachina RIP your DM
I picked Light Domain as soon as I saw “Radiance of the Dawn” because I’m a sucker for anything that lets me make references to Fire Emblem.
This song can only be written by someone who grew up in church.
I was getting flashbacks lmao
"My crib keeps getting bigga,
Thats why jesus Chrust is my Nigga"
He nailed it too.
Facts
@@feedthemultiverse puns!
Its insane that clerics are so diverse you could probably have a party full of clerics and each play is still unique
One should call that group "The A-Men"
The power of dice compells you!
The power of dice compells you!
The power of dice compells you!
Tempest is way more than just lightning. He has awesome control magic, great aoe spells, and eventually flying
Jacob: _Have you heard of our Lord and Savior, Huge meteor of DEATH?_
Ahh... I see you have heard of the church of Jenovah
You mean The Church of the One Winged Angel? 👼 😇
Reunion
@@Lobsterwithinternet he is HER prophet
Jenovah's Witness
Every Sunday at 7am. On the Church in Sector 5. There may or may not be a flower girl there tending to said flowers. Also, look us up by the sound of OMINOUS LATIN CHANTING. #theonewingedangel #sephiroth #thepromisedland
“Sure, you may be verified to the king. But are you verified in the eyes of God?”
"I'm protected from seabears now"
-Logan 2019
When did he sayeth that
But not searhinos....
@@defensivekobra3873 when the zone of truth was being drawn
@@lordphobius3876 Do you assume Master Logan, Duke of Tighty Whiteys, has not a pair of Anti Sea Rhinoceros First Layer Pantaloons!
13:38 "Why? it's an insect plague. Who would want to walk into that willingly?"
Clerics, like commas, save lives. Or end them: "Let's Raise Dead Grandma" is a whole lot better than "Let's raise dead, Grandma"
lol
Clerics. They "save" lives.
Why would it be bad to raise dead with your grandma? How else are you going to learn?
Don't be rude. The elderly needs hobbies hers just happens to be necromancy.
Hey, some of our grandmas are hags who might or might not dabble in necromancy - so don't tell us what to tell our grandmas !
"When I get invited to a game, I kneel down and pray. I ask God what class I should play."
You too huh.
20th-level
Cleric: Yo God, think you could ah, cast _True Resurrection_ on my friend here for free?
God: Yeah sure bro, I got you.
Cool, now I can do it again in 7 days.
@@j.368 Woops, meant days. I'll edit it.
That my army of undead accidentally killed... :D
I mean, the nice thing is that devine intervention states that the DM always decides the nature of the intervention, meaning he can bind it (within reason) to not be to overpowered. Also the fact that you can use it a maximum of every 7 days, means you still have to think about when to use it. So although it is very powerful, it might not be as overpowered as you think it to be (all depends on how game breaking the DM wants it to be)
@@PlantOutofPot I think the fact it's once a week upon success is a reasonable drawback to the nature of something so powerful, without the DM trying to twist or limit it like a casting of _Wish_ .
I'm currently playing as a Mountain Dwarf Cleric with Life Domain. Because of his race, he's proficient in Heavy Armor and with Warhammers. So because of a fluke that gave him a ton of gold after an earlier quest, he's got plate armor, a Warhammer in his right hand, and a shield in his left hand with his holy symbol emblazoned upon it, making it his Holy Focus. His Strength and Constitution are 20, and his Wisdom is 18 (I got insanely lucky on my rolls, but my Dex and Int is lower). His total AC is now 20 at level 3.
In the last encounter I had, he was surrounded in a circle by 8 cultists, and he killed every single one of them, somehow only taking 1 point of damage (out of his maximum 33 HP)
ULFGAR FROSTBEARD IS THE HEALING TANK OF THE PARTY.
I busted so many lungs at “destroy San Francisco”
Damn, you seem to be implying yiu have more than 2 lungs... Or you just busted the lungs of those near you with a baseball bat?
If it was more than two I'll call the police!
how many lungs do you have exactly
Was it because of a mummy
I rewatch this video time to time literally just to listen to the song in the beginning. I love the addition of music into these videos. Others can say what they want they make me smile and laugh every time :D
Jacob stop teasing us and release that album already
Rui Kirisame PLEASE
Clerics, the literal backbone of any group... You need a tank? Cast Shield of Faith, use a shield, use Sanctuary. You need a damage dealer? Play anything with divine strike, a smite spell, and snatch booming blades. You need a healer? *LIFE CLERIC.* You want to do CC? Light and Tempest clerics basically, *fireball*
You want to play as both a literal tank AND damage dealer? Forge... Just Forge Cleric.
Clerics are the best class and nobody can change my mind.
That song at the beginning is scary close to acctual religious music. Had flashbacks to Sunday mornings in like 2010.
That was probably the intention
I fell ya man im a sunday man
Nobody:
Merle Highchurch: [10:36]
I cast INSECT PLAGUE? !
@@Eshanas That and him singing Book of Mormon are the best Merle moments.
You can just feel his sanity crumble and crumble with every video.
Next he will talk about D&D insanity rules.
I would like, but at 69, it's already perfect.
@@danielpayne1597 Its at 70 now
"It's a terrible day for rain"
NOOOOOOOOOO STOP
Goal: Make a Cleric who's only goal is to bring back Grandma. NO MATTER THE COST!
I have cleric who wants world to die beacuse his god said him that if everyone die everyone will be Born in better world
And 3 Vengeance Paladins who will stop everyone in their way!
And smite the killer(s) or whatever.
"A new hand touches the beacon."
He's done it folks. He's converted all the Christians to DND. Praise be!
Speaking from experience, there's a lot of us.
I'm already here, amigo
Christian player been here for a year did not now about this channel until recently.
@@NoahMoorman badum tss
As a satanist i like the prospect of having ingame yet civil arguments with cleric while playing as warlock
10:57
GOOD LORD YOU JUST SUCKER PUNCHED ME YEARS BACK!
"4th Level Ability Score Improvement...put it into wisdom"
Me already adding the warcaster feat: "Wat?"
*laughs in Variant Human*
bruh warcaster is great. Even compensates a bit for not having Con saving throws prof. Fun fact if one knows the campaign is never gonna get to level 20 one can start as Fighter 1 and eventually have both Con saving prof. and Warcaster.
Me suggesting a Tempest Cleric take Magic Initiate for Booming Blade, Lightning Lure and Find Familiar:
Wait, so you're not supposed to be dealing 99d8 Thunder damage with your weapon every turn?
What a coincidence, I woke up to a notif for this the very day I’m making my first character, a cleric. This must be a gift from the gods themselves!
Also, love your dance moves. Truly the best I’ve seen.
Addition: You know what? Does my school dnd group *really* need this cleric?? Guess I’m gonna perish.
Beginner Players: Ew a healer that's boring
The Cult of Cleric players: HAHAHAHAHAHA FOOLS PREPARE FOR THE WRATH OF GOD BABY HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Edit: Oh I didn't realize how many likes this comment got uuuuhhhh thank you my fellow Strangers and remember to pray to god so you can summon our best friend Giant Meteor.
Ha! My first character was a cleric.
@@raefinoh1172 Welcome my brother to the Cult of TRUE POWER
@@justghoul Life Cleric here. Boring i know but i love it
@@unbanrofellos5786 it's respectable but have you heard of Meteor?
@@justghoul oh yes
"Have you heard of our Lord and Savior, Giant Meteor of Deeeeeaaath?"
That line had JonTron energy. Impressive.
Logan: *spritzes water onto flaming man with a cute smile*
Me: That's my greaseboi
It's so hilarious how you made a song that sounds like some American protestant worship, while being about dnd spells and gameplay xD
Imagine a cleric going on rampage with The Plagues from The Prince of Egypt playing in the background.
That's all of my clerics, plus any domain but death and arcana are easy to give to the god of the old testament
THUS SAITH THE LORD
THUS SAITH THE LORD
THUS SAITH THE LORD
THUS SAITH THE LORD
THUS SAITH THE LORD
7:04
i love this laugh. it is the laugh of realizing the joke you just made is incredibly scuffed.
it is a good laugh.
My Dawrf Cleric is dyslexic, so he preaches the word of Dog.
lol dawrf
@@Luffy-un5du I think you missed the joke
wouldnt he be Lysdexic?
@@l_ndonmusic I think he just found it funny
How do I join this religion?
Honestly, I adore the flavour of the Arcana domain, especially when it essentially makes it an exorcist.
Or more accurately, just an all around mega exorcist.
Jacob dancing at the end when Grandma’s back might just be my new favourite thing on this earth
I'm crying at that moment because grandma was such a subtle reoccurring part of the video and it made the entire ending amazing
“I could’ve at least said goodbye to her one last time...”
Ad: LETS PLAY RAID SHADOW LEGENDS
Me: GOD DAMMIT
10:27 if this is how Find Traps actually worked, it would actually be a spell worth preparing
"Yup, traps are here" thanks magic, I already suspected that. I wonder where those traps are.
Find traps is probably the biggest trap in the game...
Anthony Norman *laughs in truestrike*
@@sanddry738 true strike only has 1 use. A high level spell that uses a spell attack. That is the only instance it's worth being used. Not even then though is it worth being known.
@@sanddry738 there are some VERY niche scenarios where truestrike could be useful and some DMs could use encounters/rules that make advantage much harder to get.
Find traps has no use that I've ever seen.
My first ever D&D character was a Light Cleric, and I started at level 3 😂 it was one of the most daunting tasks. 2 years later and I still take forever to decide my spells after every long rest haha
Cleric spells work like this:
-You know all the cleric spells
-Whenever you take a long rest you can pick a number of spells equal to your wisdom modifier plus your level
-The spells you picked are the only spells you can cast till you take another long rest
So, why is that really hard to understand you just have to pick a set number of spells every time you take a long rest, and only cast those spells till you take another long rest?
For example your an 8th level cleric you have a 20 in wisdom, so your wisdom modifier is 5. The number of spells you can cast per day then is 5+8=13 with the 5 being your wisdom modifier and the 8 being your characters level; so, choose 13 spells you want to use, and only use those spells. That isn't very hard if you ask me in fact its super easy since unlike the wizard you know all of your spells right off the bat so you just need to look and see I can use spells up to X level so I can choose any spells of X level from the whole cleric spell list so just have a list of every single cleric spell and boom
It's not hard to understand but it can be overwhelming.
Here's all the spells. Pick this many. That can be a lot for a new player. Thank God the wizard is limited to a spell book.
@@zeterzero4356 Exactly, especially if the whole group is new and can't suggest good or even essential spells to pick.
Zeter Zero Wizards have a more complicated and “newb unfriendly” design than Clerics when it comes to spells. Wizards have to pick their spells as they level to add to their spell book, then prepare their spells from their book whenever they long rest. A Cleric who makes a “bad choice” of a spell should be able to realize it fairly quickly and change it when next they long rest. If a new Wizard picks a “bad spell” then hey, guess who’ll always have Ray of Sickness in their spell book. Causing them to potentially lose out on more universal picks such as Mage Armor or Shield(or sacrifice higher level spell acquisitions to add those).
In general, Clerics(and other strict “preparers”) are probably the most newb friendly because of that very feature. Every class with spell casting has to pick spells at some point. Clerics are the most forgiving about it and have some of the least spells to choose from(at least compared to other full casters).
I just imagine the random passerbys or drivers in the distance, just seeing this guy in a red and white robe dancing with a book, presumably a bible.
*wtf*
They will se the camera as well, and probably conclude it is for some sort of video.
If the ending with the "GRADMAS BAAAAAACK!" Isnt worthy of becoming a gigantic meme. I dont know what is
S H E
R E T U R N S
G R A N D M A H A S R E T U R N E D
"for example, have you heard of our lord and saviour, giant meteor of deaaaaath." *giant meteor comes racing at you*
I don't know why this is so damn funny but I can't stop laughing at it.
10:58 "I'm protected from sea bears now"
Nice SpongeBob reference
"No! You cant just watch HOW TO PLAY A CLERIC for the 48th time!"
me: haha god go *Shrug*
How to play cleric: Hope to God your dm just lets you prepare EVERYTHING
FusRohDah why hope when you can roll for divine intervention
Any one that does is a bad DM.
How to play cleric: Keep a mental note of how many spells you can prepare per day. Whenever you need to cast a spell, just petend that you totally prepared the spell beforehand. As long as the number of different spells you cast in a single day doesn't exceed the numer of spells you can prepare, the DM will be none the wiser.
@@mirrorzone5224 Or maybe you're just a bad player. I'd ban a player for this.
@@30noir But how will you know?
this was the funniest fucking thing. Bravo man. I am now a licensed priest
How to play cleric:
Step 1: play forge domain
Step 2: PLAY FORGE DOMAIN
Stpe 3: *PLAY FORGE DOMAIN*
Ok let's break it down. This is ONLY lvl 6 bonuses: +2 AC, auto hit 2d8 damage spell (with a duration), +1d6-3d6 damage (depending on spell slots), make literally anything in a hour (aslong as the material costs are less than 100gold), and resistance to fire damage.
Combine that with a warforged you can have between 22-26 AC (depending on equipment) and if you take the sheild spell you can reach 30 AC with some enchanted gear. With a great axe you can do 5d6 damage with a lvl 3 spell slot (combine with elemental adept feat and 18/20 str for best results)
AND YOU CAN HEAL. YOU WILL NEVER DIE I PROMISE. Get that fucking barbarian and fighter shit out of here
B-but I like Tempest Cleric...
And I like the war domain
I have life domain cleric and I just hit 14 and I don die either. I have more hitpoints then the fighter because I play Hill Dwarf.
dragons stop all that with their own spells and breath attacks
Holds Twilight Domain close to my chest.
I am CRYING watching these “guides”. Beautiful!
"A terrible day for rain" why do you hurt me in this way.
Something I recently realized: every single Cleric spell has a verbal component. A single casting of Silence on them or gagging them suddenly renders their spells useless. I almost wonder if they did it for flavor of needing to speak holy hymns kinda like how Miracles work in Dark Souls. Regardless, just thought I'd share weird discoveries I found
But if your Cleric is a High Elf then they could theoretically have a Cantrip that doesn't require Verbal Components.
11:09 was not expecting that twist well played. Well played.
"ThiS oNe iS GreAT F0r TraVeLerS "
Oh have you heard of him? He's like super cool, and he's here right now! For sure!! You wanna see? Heeeeeyyy travelleeeeerrr...
Don't forget "care for some corpse tea?"
Thank you good sir. I wasn't the only one thinking that. XD
No problem, both of CR’s clerics deserve some love (not to mention the entire party and Brian the cabbage)
Would you like a penis statue
So basically at level 20 you are basically Ned Flanders "Flanders to God, Flanders to God, get off your cloud and save my Todd"
Rip order domain, being forgotten in Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica.
I really like the judge dredd clerics
Its great honestly. An amazing support caster especially with a rouge in the party
It has slow correct? Or is it haste? I like it a lot, but it's really Lawful Neutral. Just like oath of Conquest is Lawful evil. But a great domain nevertheless!
@@christofferhougaard that's probably by design. Order domain was intended to represent the Azorius Senate Guild which in that setting is hands down the most LAWFUL neutral "check out how far I managed to wedge this stick up my own ass," organization in the world.
@@christofferhougaard slow
And yes the favor Is definitely more lawful neutral but you can play it as lawful good or evil pretty easily.
"wouldn't you just fly down?"
"Nah this'll be way cooler"
Ah cleric, the most op class with the power of * GOD * !!!!
And anime
On my side haaaaaaaaa.
With a mace that even ogres will flee and spells like does my hand smell bad to you
Furiosa No, that’s the Monk. But if you multiclassed into both, you truly would have the power of God and anime on your side (oh yeah a Barbarian would probably work too)
14:18 The spells used to be seperated be alignment in older editions. Necromancy spells were for evil clerics, divine spells for good. In 5e they decided to do away with all the alignment restrictions on spells, which while I approve of does lead to these odd discrepancies. Druids have the same issue to a lesser degree.
Hey Jacob, I recently realized how your rating of difficulty for each class aligns with the fact of how much of the player's handbook you need to know or at least look into for that class.
While every character needs to look up their race, class and background and how combat works, spellcasters need the entire chapter of magic in addition to that. And while classes that only get non-preparation spellcasting don't need detailed knowledge of all spells of their class, druids, wizards and clerics, technically need to know all their spells. However, clerics and druids, in contrast to wizards, _also_ require appendix B for the gods / D for all the beasts they might turn into.
Among the non-spellcasters, on the other hand, who already need way less of the book the one class that requires the least amount of chapters is in fact the monk who, unlike any other class, doesn't even need to comprehend the armor/weapons section.
I found this very interesting. I don't want to start a discussion or anything, though, it's just supposed to be a neat little sidenote that happened to align with what you said.
A truly epic ending to a series of videos that I have watched way too often by now because I *really* enjoy your kind of humour.
My current Pathfinder campaign has a bard/cleric NPC. We joke that she's a Christian Rockstar.
You're always right on time. I JUST began playing a cleric.
What build? Tell us about it man! :D
@@christofferhougaard Your standard knowledge cleric Kalashtar with the Courtier background. Origially a sorcerer, but my gm let be switch. Basically, it's thematically meant to be not religious. My character is a "channeller" an idea i had.
Channellers: gain magic by connecting directly to a strand of the weave through inner meditation and soul searching. Basically, anyone can connect to the weave, but you must understand that thread inside and out, as well as how it connects to you.
Since it's rare people can actually make this connection, some make it half way, giving them the class features but no magic. They gain magic through using the body parts of magic creatures as material components. It just lets me use a bunch of cool materials for my spells. (yes, I based this off dark magic from the dragon prince)
@@solahaze8948 I have no idea what dragon prince is but that sounds fucking dope! Would you sue me if I borrowed some of that? Cause it's fucking awesome!
Thanks for the info. ^^
I'd actually recommend a cleric for new players wanting to try a caster, for the following reasons:
Medium armor and shields
Simple weapons
Decent HP
Doesn't get stuck with bad spell choices
Doesn't need to futz around with a spellbook
Druids have to manage Wild Shape, which can be a nightmare for inexperienced players/DMs. Wizards have the largest spell list, and players might find needing to choose spells for their spellbook _and_ choose spells to prepare to be a bit too much. Sorcerers can get stuck with bad spells, although a lenient DM might let you pick an entirely new set if you're not happy with what you have. Ditto for bards. Basically it comes down to a lot of the other full caster classes being a lot more squishy and having other features that make them get a lot more complicated.
Warlock is an interesting one, and I don't think it really qualifies as a caster in the same way as other caster classes. Honestly, the warlock feels like someone built a caster class using the martial class guidelines. Might have something to do with being a short rest class, as most martials are.
"i'm protected from sea bears now."
I played a cleric as my first character and oh boy what a fun introduction to the game, being told I done heal enough. To which I replied "bitch I worship Thor not ObamaCare"
LOLOLOLOL! *gasp for more breath* LOLOLOLOL!
Literly just as i was making a backup forge cleric.
Let's Pretend now that they added spear to Polearm master I’m gonna try a spear and shield forge cleric 👍
There was an errata. If you look at the newest printing (the special edition cover printing has this errata for reference) they did add spear as it was supposed to be there the entire time!
@@jemm113 OH THANK THE GODS YOU SAID THAT! I didn't have the alternative cover phb with me to Amsterdam! Do when my spesr wielding cleric/warlock idea flung itself into my head yesterday, I thought it was gonna be a tought one to create but nevermind that!
I have made 5 backup characters for a campaign and l when the one I play dies idk what to play
Jacob: you worship all the NERD gods,
anybody who knows about greek or norse mythology: *angry Athena/Odin noises*
Just remember when making a cleric make sure you don't accidentally make a celestial warlock.
“The cool ones are the ones that are less normal”
See, I’m sitting here with the complete opposite perspective - all of my players only ever want to use the wackiest most non-standard stuff. Am I the only one who appreciates the classics? Don’t get me wrong, breaking from tropes is good to do sometimes, but when being special or different defines your entire goal in character design you miss out on what makes those fantasies so engaging and enduringly popular in the first place. So just like human fighters can be way cooler than players think, so can a classic lawful-good life cleric. Just make sure to give them a proper character on top of it.
I wonder what type of Cleric the Medic from TF2 would be.
Sure, the different characters can be fun. You know what I like? Imitating my favorite scenes from movies. You know what one of those scenes is? Aragorn vs pretty much the entire Orc nation in Fellowship. Viggo had this Zen look on his face as he faced down about fifty Orcs. Yeah...sometimes the cool Anime scene or the great movie FX are cool but sometimes you just want to hit things with other things.
That FMA reference is heartwrenching
Just made a character who is basically Wednesday from American Gods, where he's a god made by a now long dead group of Kuo Toa who, because he's a knowledge god, just travels around helping adventuring parties when there's some hidden knowledge to be gleaned, and him leveling up is explained by him helping others, thus furthering belief in him. Its great because of how fun it is to play a diety who is reduced to just a swindler and smooth talker, but who's not a trickster cleric, he's a knowledge cleric who the party is pretty sure is just a sorcerer or arcane trickster and hasnt quite figured him out yet
I've consistently played dnd for a year now and have only ever played clerics. Never touched anything else
And you can probably play for another two years just with different takes on clerics. It's such a fantastic, versatile class.
Same here lmao
Almost always DM but when I get a chance to play a character, it's cleric. Love getting the 'ha ha healer' jibes at level 1 then blowing my fellow players minds with the shitton of stuff clerics can pull off.
"Divine Intervention works every time you use it oooOOOOOOOO--"