Cleric/Paladin multiclass

[RogueJK]

War Cleric gives him that second weapon attack, which is useful if he has a good magic weapon

The War Priest BA attack is only usable WISMOD times per long rest. So that's a second attack a mere four times per day with 18 WIS. It's absolutely not a replacement for Extra Attack for a Cleric that wants to focus on making weapon attacks. Not even close.

Because it's so limited in uses, that War Priest attack ends up not feeling very impactful and being downright disappointing. It's one of the major reasons why War Cleric is considered one of the poorer Cleric subclasses, especially since we now have several other full caster subclasses who get access to full-blown Extra Attack (or the even better Cantrip Extra Attack like a Bladesinger).

(Honestly, as it stands, a Warrior-Priest type character who wants to focus on melee attacks is better off taking just 1 level of War Cleric before jumping ship to Ranger, or Paladin, or Swords Bard, and getting actual Extra Attack at Character Level 6 or 7.)


If you want to fix that issue on this War Cleric/Paladin character, it's a simple homebrew to allow a War Cleric the ability to use the War Priest BA attack at-will when they take the Attack Action, starting at the mid-level of your choice. Level 6 (similar to when a Bladesinger or Valor/Swords Bard gains their Extra Attack) is a good level. Then they'd still retain the option of WISMOD per LR standalone BA attacks for times when they want to make a lone BA attack but use their Action for something else like casting a spell. This at-will War Priest ability is still not as good as full-blown Extra Attack, since it eats your Bonus Action too, but it's a good compromise that makes it actually useful on a regular basis if they routinely are using the Attack Action, instead of just being a nifty trick a handful of times per day.

But I'm not sure that I would allow this at-will-with-Attack-Action use to stack with actual Extra Attack once they hit Paladin 5, though. 3 attacks most turns on top of all the Cleric goodies is going a bit too far, and risks overshadowing even a Fighter. At that point, I'd just put them back to having standard Extra Attack with the option of a third BA attack (or BA attack when using their Action for something besides Attack) WISMOD times per LR.