The Cleric Who Only Heals Animals
Character Type: Player Build
Build Type: Roleplay-focused
Build Role: Support (in theory)
By Bahlin’s Bent Fork, He Cast Cure Wounds on a Goat?!
Name’s Milos Fernwish. Devout. Disciplined. And completely, absolutely, irreversibly useless… unless yer covered in fur or feathers.
See, Milos is a cleric — but not the kind you want in yer backline. He follows what he calls the Verdant Accord, a vague, suspiciously self-serving ancient pact that binds his healing powers only to “non-human-derived forms.”
Which means? No healing for elves, dwarves, gnomes, halflings, tieflings, or anything bipedal with a job and a voting opinion. But if yer a tabaxi with a limp? He’s on one knee faster than you can say “emotional support cougar.” Got a wounded aracocra with a twisted wing? He’ll spend three spell slots and a song about wind spirits to set it right.
Party barbarian just took a greataxe to the spine? Milos’ll look over, shrug, and mumble,
“Your kind evolved for endurance. Walk it off.”
I’ve seen him stabilize a squirrel mid-battle while the rogue bled out next to him.
And he’s proud of it.
You brought a cleric. He brought a vet.
👉 Want more support builds that absolutely ruin party expectations? Rummage through the Player Builds & NPCs cellar. We got weirdos. Plenty.
How to Build a Cleric Who Only Heals the “Proper” Creatures
Milos is about flavor over function — but don’t be fooled, he’s got mechanical teeth if you build him right. The trick? Flavor your Channel Divinity and healing spells as being selective, even though the game doesn’t enforce it.
You will, because he would.
Race
Firbolg, obviously.
Big. Fuzzy. Nature-loving. Judges everyone silently.
Domain: Nature Domain
Access to druid spells and a reason to lecture the party on why "wolves never need healing — because they know when not to pick fights."
Alternative: Grave Domain — not for healing, but for guilt-tripping those who die unnecessarily.
Fighting Style
Primarily support caster, buffer, debuffer.
Occasionally uses a quarterstaff carved from a fallen animal friend’s favorite tree.
Key Spells
Cure Wounds and Healing Word, but only on beastfolk.
Animal Friendship (cast constantly).
Silence, used only when the party starts yelling at him.
Revivify? Sure. For the tabaxi’s pet ferret.
Level-Up Guide
Levels 1–5:
Take Cure Wounds, Sanctuary, Bless (for the raven, not the rogue).
Nature Domain gives you Animal Friendship and Speak with Animals right off. He uses it more than Message.
Insists that Channel Divinity can only target "innocent lives." Interprets that very narrowly.
Levels 6–8:
Dampen Elements — not to protect the wizard, but to keep the druid’s toad from frying during lightning storms.
Feat: Healer (only uses the kit on four-legged creatures).
Denies Create Food and Water to humanoids unless they “vow to stop building cities.”
Levels 9–12:
Spells like Insect Plague, Mass Healing Word, and Guardian of Nature now online.
Still targets animals. Still lectures the rest.
Feat: Observant — so he can loudly identify whether your species qualifies for care.
Levels 13–20:
Spells like Tree Stride and Animal Shapes let him create his dream party — one that doesn’t talk back.
Capstone: Still no healing for you. But that hedgehog? Full HP, baby.
Ideal Gear & Grudges
Item: Verdant Ironmail — literally weaves leaves and stubbornness together
Trinket: Coin of the Lost Patron — rumor says he once healed a cursed badger with it
Setting: Insert him into The Ravennest Wilds — he won’t leave, but at least the beasts respect him
Bonus crossover: Toss him into a group with The Warlock Bound to His Ex. One’s emotionally wounded, the other only heals dogs. It’s a sitcom waitin’ to happen.
He’ll weep for your parrot but let the wizard bleed out.
👉 Need more roleplay-fueled disasters masquerading as support builds? Visit Mike’s Tavern or send yer complaints via carrier pigeon — Milos might heal the bird on arrival.
⚠️ Just be sure yer tabaxi’s on good terms with him. Or yer goose is literally cooked.
FAQ
Q: What if the party doesn’t have any animal-like members?
A: Then yer screwed, lad. Unless they earn his favor by saving a fox or volunteering at a stable.
Q: Can I play this character seriously?
A: Aye — but only if yer okay bein’ seriously hated by the party’s frontliner.
