So my trickery cleric is coming up on level 4, likely next session and will be taking his first feat. I’ve been looking at feats and can’t decide what I’d like. I’m looking closely at Fey Touched, Inspiring Leader, and War Caster.
Im the cleric in a 3 person party and the only one with healing, other two are melee in the Lost Mines of Phandelver campaign using 2024 character rules. For RP, flavor and general utility I like inspiring leader and fey touched best and these feel more like my character - halfling cleric of Brandobaris. They help with getting unique spells I wouldn’t normally and getting around the battlefield in Fey Touched, or with giving a nice temp HP buff and also fits thematically because long term my cleric wants to be involved in a family criminal organization that is religiously themed. Would temp hp all around or a unique spell also make an impact in this party?
But every where I go online everyone says war caster is essentially required. But having an AC of 18 currently, and a duplicate to use - I’m not finding myself taking many hits. I have lost concentration on spells so far and I played warcaster on Druid previously so I get the appeal but is it truly required as everyone says at level 4 or is it ok to put off to 8/12 if we go that far?
Any cleric out there not take war caster? How did it go?