Cleric Traits

Cleric Statistics

Hit Dice: d8

Saving Throws: Wisdom, Charisma

Skills: Two out of History, Insight, Medicine, Persuasion, and Religion

Armor: Light, Medium, and Shields

Weapons: Simple Weapons

Tools: None

ASIs: 5 (4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, 19th)

Important Ability Scores:Wisdom

Subclasses (Domains): 10

• PHB Domains: Knowledge, Life, Light, Nature, Tempest, Trickery, War
• SCAG Domain: Arcana
• Xanathar Domains: Forge, Grave
  

General Traits

Control

• Channel Divinity: Turn Undead

Death

• Channel Divinity: Destroy Undead

Fiat

• Divine Intervention

 

Domain Traits

Knowledge

• Skills and Languages
• Blessings of Knowledge (1st)
• Channel Divinity: Knowledge of the Ages (2nd)
• Damage
• Potent Spellcasting (8th) 
• Domain Spells (levels listed are spell levels not class levels) 
• Concentration
• Arcane Eye (4th)
• Confusion (4th)
• Scrying (5th) 
• Suggestion (2nd)
• Expensive Material Components
• Augury (2nd)
• Identify (1st)
• Legend Lore* (5th)
• Nondetection* (3rd)
• Scrying (5th)
• Increased Effectiveness with Higher Level Slots
• Command (1st)
• Confusion (4th)
• Ritual
• Augury (2nd)
• Identify (1st)
• Defensive
• Nondetection (3rd)
• Divination/Senses/Information Gathering
• Arcane Eye (4th)
• Augury (2nd)
• Identify (1st)
• Legend Lore (5th)
• Scrying (5th)
• Speak with Dead (3rd)
• Illusion
• Nondetection (3rd)
• Mind Control
• Command (1st)
• Confusion (4th)
• Suggestion (1st)
•  
• Divination/Senses/Information Gathering
• Channel Divinity: Read Thoughts (6th)
• Visions of the Past (17th)

 Life

• Armor 
• Bonus Proficiency (1st)
• Damage
• Divine Strike (8th)
• Domain Spells (levels listed are spell levels not class levels) 
• Concentration
• Beacon of Hope (3rd)
• Bless (1st)
• Expensive Material Components 
• Raise Dead* (5th)
• Increased Effectiveness with Higher Level Slots
• Bless (1st)
• Cure Wounds (1st)
• Mass Cure Wounds (5th)
• Spiritual Weapon (2nd) 
• Area Denial 
• Guardian of Faith (4th)
• Buff
• Bless (1st) 
• Damage
• Spiritual Weapon (2nd) 
• Guardian of Faith (4th)
• Defensive
• Beacon of Hope (3rd)
• Death Ward (3rd)
• Healing/Restorative 
• Beacon of Hope (3rd)
• Cure Wounds (1st)
• Lesser Restoration (2nd)
• Mass Cure Wounds (5th)
• Raise Dead (5th)
• Revivify (3rd)
• Wards
• Guardian of Faith (4th)
•  
• Healing/Restorative
• Blessed Healer (6th)
• Channel Divinity: Preserve Life (2nd)
• Disciple of Life (1st)
• Supreme Healing (17th)

Light

• Cantrips
• Bonus Cantrip: Light (1st)
• Damage
• Channel Divinity: Radiance of the Dawn (2nd) 
• Potent Spellcasting (8th)
• Debuff
• Corona of Light (17th)
• Defensive
• Warding Flare (1st)
• Improved Flare (6th)
• Domain Spells (levels listed are spell levels not class levels) 
• Concentration
• Faerie Fire
• Flaming Sphere
• Wall of Fire  
• Expensive Material Components
• Scrying (5th)
• Increased Effectiveness with Higher Level Slots
• Burning Hands (1st)
• Fireball (3rd)
• Flame Strike (5th)
• Flaming Sphere (2nd)
• Scorching Ray (2nd)
• Wall of Fire (4th)
• Area Denial
• Guardian of Faith (4th)
• Wall of Fire (5th)
• Damage
• Burning Hands (1st)
• Fireball (3rd)
• Flame Strike (5th)
• Flaming Sphere (2nd)
• Guardian of Faith (4th) 
• Scorching Ray (2nd)
• Wall of Fire (4th)
• Debuff
• Faerie Fire (1st)
• Divination/Senses/Information Gathering
• Scrying (5th) 
• Utility
• Daylight (3rd)
•  

Nature

• Cantrips and Skills
• Acolyte of Nature (1st)
• Armor
• Bonus Proficiency (1st) 
• Damage
• Divine Strike (8th)
• Defensive
• Dampen Elements (6th)
• Domain Spells (levels listed are spell levels not class levels) 
• Concentration
• Dominate Beast (4th) 
• Grasping Vine (4th)
• Insect Plague (5th)
• Spike Growth (2nd)
• Tree Stride (5th)
• Increased Effectiveness with Higher Level Slots 
• Animal Friendship (1st)
• Dominate Beast (4th)
• Area Denial
• Plant Growth (3rd)
• Spike Growth (2nd)
• Wind Wall (3rd)
• Control
• Grasping Vine (4th) 
• Damage
• Insect Plague (5th) 
• Spike Growth (2nd)
• Wind Wall (3rd)
• Defensive
• Barkskin (2nd)
• Wind Wall (3rd)
• Mind Control
• Animal Friendship (1st)
• Dominate Beast (4th)
• Movement/Travel
• Tree Stride (5th)  
• Summoning
• Insect Plague (5th)
• Utility
• Plant Growth (3rd)
•  
• Mind Control
• Channel Divinity: Charm Animals and Plants (2nd)
• Master of Nature (17th)

Tempest

• Armor and Weapons
• Bonus Proficiencies (1st)
• Control
• Thunderbolt Strike (6th)
• Damage
• Divine Strike (8th)
• Wrath of the Storm (1st)
• Domain Spells (levels listed are spell levels not class levels)
• Concentration
• Call Lightning (3rd)
• Control Water (4th)
• Fog Cloud (1st)
• Gust of Wind (2nd)
• Insect Plague (5th)
• Sleet Storm (3rd) 
• Increased Effectiveness with Higher Level Slots
• Call Lightning (3rd)
• Ice Storm (4th)
• Insect Plague (5th) 
• Shatter (2nd)
• Thunderwave (1st)
• Area Denial 
• Gust of Wind (2nd)
• Sleet Storm (3rd)
• Concealment
• Fog Cloud (1st) 
• Sleet Storm (2nd)
• Control
• Gust of Wind (2nd)
• Thunderwave (1st)
• Destructive Wave (5th)
• Damage 
• Call Lightning (3rd)
• Destructive Wave (5th)
• Ice Storm (4th)
• Insect Plague
• Shatter (2nd)
• Thunderwave (1st) 
• Summoning 
• Insect Plague (5th)
• Utility
• Control Water (4th)
•  
• Mobility
• Stormborn (17th)
• Offensive
• Channel Divinity: Destructive Wrath (2nd) 

Trickery

• Buff
• Blessing of the Trickster (1st)
• Damage
• Divine Strike (8th)
• Defensive
• Channel Divinity: Cloak of Shadows (6th)
• Domain Spells (levels listed are spell levels not class levels)
• Concentration
• Dominate Person (5th)
• Modify Memory (5th) 
• Pass without Trace (2nd)
• Increased Effectiveness with Higher Level Slots
• Charm Person (1st)
• Dispel Magic (3rd)
• Dominate Person (5th)
• Defensive
• Blink (3rd)
• Dispel Magic (3rd)
• Mirror Image (2nd)
• Illusion
• Mirror Image (2nd)
• Infiltration
• Disguise Self (1st)
• Pass without Trace (2nd)
• Mind Control 
• Charm Person (1st) 
• Dominate Person (5th)
• Modify Memory (5th)
• Movement/Travel
• Dimension Door (4th) 
• Transformative
• Polymorph (4th)
•  
• Illusion
• Channel Divinity: Invoke Duplicity (2nd) 
• Improved Duplicity (17th)
• Infiltration 
• Blessing of the Trickster (1st)

War

• Armor and Weapons
• Bonus Proficiencies (1st) 
• Damage
• Divine Strike (8th) 
• Defensive
• Avatar of Battle (17th)
• Domain Spells (levels listed are spell levels not class levels)
• Concentration
• Crusader's Mantle (3rd)
• Divine Favor (1st)
• Hold Monster (5th)
• Magic Weapon (1st)
• Shield of Faith (1st)
• Spirit Guardians (3rd) 
• Expensive Material Components  
• Stoneskin* (4th)
• Increased Effectiveneess with Higher Level Slots
• Flame Strike (5th)
• Hold Person (2nd) 
• Magic Weapon (2nd)
• Spirit Guardians (3rd)
• Stoneskin (4th) 
• Area Denial
• Spirit Guardians (3rd) 
• Buff
• Crusader's Mantle (3rd) 
• Divine Favor (1st)
• Magic Weapon (2nd)
• Control
• Hold Monster (5th)
• Damage
• Crusader's Mantle (3rd)
• Flame Strike (5th)
• Spirit Guardians (3rd)
• Spiritual Weapon (2nd)
• Defensive
• Freedom of Movement (4th)
• Shield of Faith (1st)
• Stonskin (4th) 
• Infiltration
• Pass without Grace (2nd)
•  
• Offensive
• Channel Divinity: Guided Strike (2nd)
• Channel Divinity: War God's Blessing (6th)
• War Priest (1st) 

Arcana

• Cantrips and Skills
• Arcane Initiate (1st) 
• Control
• Channel Divinity: Arcane Abjuration (2nd) 
• Damage
• Potent Spellcasting (8th)
• Domain Spells (levels listed are spell levels not class levels)
• Concentration
• Arcane Eye (4th)
• Detect Magic (1st) 
• Magic Weapon (2nd) 
• Expensive Material Components
• Leomund's Secret Chest (4th)
• Planar Binding* (5th)
• Increased Effectiveness with Higher Level Slots
• Magic Missile (1st)
• Magic Weapon (2nd)
• Planar Binding (5th)
• Concealment
• Leomund's Secret Chest (4th)
• Damage
• Magic Missile (1st)
• Deception
• Nystul's Magic Aura (2nd) 
• Defensive
• Dispel Magic (3rd)
• Magic Circle (3rd)
• Divination/Senses/Information Gathering 
• Arcane Eye (4th)
• Detect Magic (1st)
• Movement/Travel
• Teleportation Circle (5th)
• Planar
• Planar Binding (5th)
• Summoning
• Planar Binding (5th)
• Utility 
• Leomund's Secret Chest (4th)
•  
• Healing/Restorative
• Spell Breaker (6th)
• Wizard Spells
•  Arcane Mastery (17th)

Forge

• Armor and Skills
• Bonus Proficiencies (1st)
• Buff
• Blessing of the Forge (1st) 
• Damage
• Divine Strike (8th)
• Defensive
• Soul of the Forge (6th)
• Saint of Forge and Dire (17th)
• Domain Spells (levels listed are spell levels not class levels)
• Concentration
• Animate Objects (5th)
• Heat Metal (2nd)
• Magic Weapon (2nd) 
• Elemental Weapon (2nd)
• Protection from Energy (3rd)
• Searing Smite (1st)
• Expensive Material Components
• Identify (1st) 
• Improved Effectiveness with Higher Level Slots
• Creation (5th)
• Elemental Weapon (3rd)
• Heat Metal (2nd)
• Magic Weapon (2nd) 
• Searing Smite (1st)
• Wall of Fire (4th)
• Area Denial
• Wall of Fire (4th)
• Buff
• Magic Weapon (2nd) 
• Elemental Weapon (3rd)
• Damage
• Heat Metal (2nd)
• Searing Smite (1st) 
• Wall of Fire (4th)
• Defensive
• Protection from Energy (3rd)
• Divination/Senses/Information Gathering
• Identify (1st) 
• Summoning
• Animate Objects (5th)
• Utility
• Animate Objects (5th)
• Creation (5th)
• Fabricate (4th)
• Utility
• Channel Divinity: Artisan's Blessing (2nd) 

Grave

• Cantrips
•  Circle of Mortality (1st)
• Damage
• Potent Spellcasting (8th)
• Debuff
• Channel Divinity: Path to the Grave (2nd)
• Defensive
• Sentinel at Death's Door (6th)
• Divination/Senses/Information Gathering
• Eyes of the Grave (1st)
• Domain Spells (levels listed are spell levels not class levels)
• Concentration
• Antilife Shell (5th)
• Bane (1st) 
• Ray of Enfeeblement (2nd) 
• Vampiric Touch (3rd)
• Expensive Material Components
• Raise Dead* (5th)
• Increased Effectiveness with Higher Level Slots
• Bane (1st)
• Blight (4th)
• False Life (1st) 
• Vampiric Touch (3rd)
• Ritual
• Gentle Repose (2nd) 
• Area Denial
• Antilife Shell (5th)
• Damage
• Blight (4th)
• Vampiric Touch (3rd)
• Debuff
• Bane (1st)
• Ray of Enfeeblement (2nd)
• Defensive
• Death Ward (4th)
• False Life (1st)
• Healing/Restorative
• Raise Dead (5th)
• Revivify (3rd)
• Vampiric Touch (3rd)
• Utility
• Gentle Repose (2nd)
•  
• Healing/Restorative
• Circle of Mortality (1st)
• Keeper of Souls (17th)

General Cleric Spells

Prepared Caster

Full Caster

Ritual Caster

Access to Full Class Spell List

Prepared Spells at 20th: 20+10 Domain Spells+Wisdom Modifer

Cantrips at 1st: 3 (some Domains have extra cantrips)

Cantrips at 20th:5 (some Domains have extra cantrips)

Spells from Xanathar's Guide to Everything are bolded.

Concentration 

• Antimagic Field (8th)
• Bane (1st)
• Banishment (4th)
• Beacon of Hope (3rd)
• Bestow Curse (3rd)
• Blade Barrier (6th)
• Bless (1st)
• Calm Emotions (2nd)
• Clairvoyance (3rd) 
• Conjure Celestial (7th)
• Control Water (4th)
• Control Weather (8th) 
• Dawn (5th)
• Detect Evil and Good (1st)
• Detect Magic (1st)
• Detect Poison and Disease (1st) 
• Dispel Evil and Good (5th)
• Earthquake (8th)
• Enhance Ability (2nd)
• Find the Path (6th)
• Hold Person (2nd)
• Holy Weapon (5th)
• Insect Plague (5th)
• Locate Creature (4th)
• Locate Object (2nd)
• Protection from Energy (3rd)
• Protection from Evil and Good (1st)
• Scrying (5th)
• Shield of Faith (1st)
• Silence (2nd)
• Skill Empowerment (5th)
• Skywrite (5th) 
• Spirit Guardians (3rd)
  
• Warding Wind (2nd)

Expensive Material Components 

(Spells marked with * means some components are consumed with each casting)

• Augury (2nd)
• Ceremony* (1st)
• Clairvoyance (3rd)
• Continual Flame* (2nd) 
• Create Undead (6th)
• Dawn (5th)
• Divination* (4th)
• Forbiddance (6th)
• Find the Path (6th)
• Gate (9th)
• Glyph of Warding* (3rd)
• Greater Restoration* (5th)
• Hallow* (5th)
• Heroes' Feast* (6th)
• Holy Aura (8th)
• Legend Lore* (5th)
• Magic Circle* (3rd) 
• Planar Ally* (6th)
• Planar Binding* (5th)
• Raise Dead* (5th)
• Resurrection* (7th)
• Revivify* (3rd)
• Scrying (5th)
• Symbol* (7th)
• Temple of the Gods (7th)
• True Resurrection* (9th)
• True Seeing* (6th)
• Warding Bond (2nd)

Increased Effectiveness with Higher Level Slots

• Aid (2nd)
• Bane (1st)
• Banishment (4th)
• Bestow Curse (3rd)
• Bless (1st)
• Blindness/Deafness (2nd)
• Command (1st)
• Conjure Celestial (7th) 
• Create or Destroy Water (1st)
• Cure Wounds (1st)
• Dispel Magic (3rd)
• Enhance Ability (3rd)
• Etherealnss (7th)
• Flame Strike (5th)
• Geas (5th)
• Glyph of Warding (3rd)
• Guiding Bolt (1st)
• Heal (6th)
• Healing Word (1st)
• Hold Person (2nd)
• Inflict Wounds (1st) 
• Life Transference (3rd)
• Mass Cure Wounds (5th)
• Mass Healing Word (3rd) 
• Planar Binding (5th)
• Spirit Guardians (3rd)

Ritual

• Augury (2nd) 
• Ceremony (1st)
• Commune (3rd)
• Detect Magic (1st)
• Detect Poison and Disease (1st) 
• Divination (4th)
• Feign Death (3rd)
• Forbiddance (6th)
• Gentle Repose (2nd)
• Meld into Stone (3rd)
• Purify Food and Drink (1st)
• Silence (2nd)
• Skywrite (2nd)
• Water Walk (3rd) 

Area Denial

• Blade Barrier (6th)
• Glyph of Warding (3rd) 
• Guardian of Faith (4th) 
• Insect Plague (5th)
• Spirit Guardians (3rd)
• Temple of the Gods (7th)

Buff 

• Aid (2nd)
• Bless (1st) 
• Ceremony (1st)
• Enhance Ability (2nd)
• Guidance (Cantrip) 
• Guiding Bolt (1st) 
• Hallow (5th) 
• Heroes' Feast (6th)
• Holy Weapon (5th)
• Resistance (Cantrip)
• Shield of Faith (1st)

Communication

• Astral Projection (9th)
• Sending (3rd)
• Tongues (3rd

Control

• Divine Word (7th)
• Glyph of Warding (3rd)
• Hold Person (2nd) 
• Symbol (7th)

Curses

• Bestow Curse (3rd)
• Blindness/Deafness (2nd) 
• Contagion (5th)
• Geas (5th)

Damage 

• Blade Barrier (6th) 
• Dawn (5th)
• Fire Storm (7th)
• Flame Strike (5th)
• Forbiddance (6th)
• Glyph of Warding (3rd) 
• Guardian of Faith (4th)
• Guiding Bolt (1st) 
• Holy Weapon (5th)
• Inflict Wounds (1st)
• Insect Plague (5th)
• Sacred Flame (Cantrip) 
• Spirit Guardians (3rd)
• Spiritual Weapon (2nd)
• Symbol (7th)
• Toll the Dead (Cantrip)
• Word of Radiance (Cantrip)

Death

• Divine Word (7th)

Debuff 

• Bane (1st) 
• Blindness/Deafness (2nd)
• Contagion (5th) 
• Divine Word (7th)
• Silence (2nd)
• Spirit Guardians (3rd)

Defensive

• Aid (2nd) 
• Antimagic Field (8th)
• Beacon of Hope (3rd)
• Ceremony (1st)
• Death Ward (4th) 
• Dispel Evil and Good (5th)
• Dispel Magic (3rd)
• Forbiddance (6th)
• Freedom of Movement (4th) 
• Hallow (5th)
• Heroes' Feast (6th)
• Holy Aura (8th)
• Magic Circle (3rd)
• Protection from Energy (3rd)
• Protection from Evil and Good (1st) 
• Protection from Poison (2nd)
• Resistance (Cantrip) 
• Sanctuary (1st)
• Shield of Faith (1st) 
• Temple of the Gods (7th)
• Warding Bond (2nd)

Divination/Senses/Information Gathering

• Astral Projection (9th)
• Augury (2nd) 
• Clairvoyance (3rd)
• Commune (5th)
• Detect Evil and Good (1st)
• Detect Magic (1st)
• Detect Poison and Disease (1st) 
• Divination (4th) 
• Find the Path
• Find Traps (2nd)
• Legend Lore (5th)
• Locate Creature (4th)
• Locate Object (2nd)
• Scrying (5th)
• Speak with Dead (3rd)
• Tongues (3rd) 
• True Seeing (6th)
• Zone of Truth (2nd)

Healing/Restorative

• Beacon of Hope (3rd) 
• Create Food and Water (3rd)
• Cure Wounds (1st) 
• Dispel Evil and Good (5th)
• Greater Restoration (5th)
• Heal (6th)
• Healing Word (1st)
• Lesser Restoration (2nd)
• Life Transference (3rd)
• Mass Cure Wounds (5th) 
• Mass Heal (9th)
• Mass Healing Word (3rd)
• Prayer of Healing (2nd)
• Raise Dead (5th)
• Regenerate (7th)
• Remove Curse (3rd)
• Resurrection (7th)
• Revivify (3rd)
• Spare the Dying (Cantrip) 
• Temple of the Gods (7th)
• True Resurrection (9th)

Illusion 

• Feign Death (3rd)

Infiltration

• Meld into Stone (3rd)
• Silence (2nd)

Mind Control

• Calm Emotions (2nd)
• Command (1st) 
• Geas (5th) 
• Hallow (5th)
• Symbol (7th)
• Zone of Truth (2nd)

Movement/Travel

• Etherealness (7th) 
• Plane Shift (7th)
• Water Walk (3rd)
• Word of Recall (6th)

Offensive 

• Banishment (4th) 
• Dispel Evil and Good (5th)
• Divine Word (7th)
• Earthquake (8th)
• Holy Weapon (5th)

Planar

• Banishment (4th) 
• Etherealness (7th)
• Forbiddance (6th) 
• Gate (9th)
• Hallow (5th)
• Planar Ally (6th)
• Planar Binding (5th)
• Plane Shift (7th)

Summoning

• Animate Dead (3rd) 
• Banishment (4th)
• Conjure Celestial (7th)
• Create Undead (6th)
• Guardian of Faith (4th)
• Insect Plague (5th) 
• Planar Ally (6th)
• Planar Binding (5th)
• Spirit Guardians (3rd)

Utility

• Ceremony (1st)
• Continual Flame (2nd) 
• Control Water (4th)
• Control Weather (8th)
• Create or Destroy Water (1st) 
• Daylight (3rd)
• Dispel Magic (3rd)
• Gentle Repose (2nd)
• Light (Cantrip)
• Mending (Cantrip) 
• Purify Food and Drink (1st) 
• Stone Shape (4th)
• Temple of the Gods (7th)
• Thaumaturgy (Cantrip)

Wards

• Antimagic Field (8th)
• Forbiddance (6th)
• Guardian of Faith (4th)
• Glyph of Warding (3rd) 
• Hallow (5th)
• Magic Circle (3rd)
• Symbol (7th)
• Temple of the Gods (7th)
• Warding Bond (2nd)