So one of my characters is a beastmaster ranger/nature cleric multiclass. Usually this isn’t particularly notable- they do cleric things and also have a giant (ghost) weasel sidekick. It’s not the strongest build I’ve ever played. But a few sessions back I managed to combine both classes in a pretty cool way, and I wanted to share!
Our paladin had been downed by a dracolich. My character was back a bit further, hidden behind a building (the encounter took place in a village where everyone had been turned into zombies!) The paladin had been downed in a turn or two, and I didn’t want my character to lose so much health this early in the encounter. After some consideration, I had my character get as close to the dracolich as they could without losing cover, and cast Shield of Faith on the giant weasel, who ran in to retrieve the paladin and drag him back behind cover for healing (weasel took a little damage from an opportunity attack, but was still standing. It helped that the dracolich was distracted by another party member as well.)
I know some DMs wouldn’t allow this to work, but it was the first time I’ve managed to make this character’s two classes complement each other so nicely, and I was so happy that it worked out! The paladin survived and the party eventually took down the dracolich...when the bard threw a perfectly ordinary javelin at it.
