[pcgiant]

Clerics suck?

Reasons why clerics are a worthwhile class:
1. They can raise dead and heal characters.
2. They can wear almost any armour.
3. They can wield most of the game's best weapons (FoA and Crom come to mind)
4. They can use shields.
5. They can cancel out spells such as confusion with Chaotic Commands.
6. They can protect themselves with Globe of Blades and not receive any melee damage if they have good enough armour.
7. They can tank effectively because of points 2, 3, 4, 6.
8. They have turn undead which makes meat out of undead, or allies them towards you. In ToB evil clerics can turn Paladins.
9. They can prepare your characters for battle with spells such as Bless and Chant.
10. They can Silence enemy casters with Silence 15' Radius.
11. They can cast spells such as Harm which reduces even dragons to 1HP.
12. They can imbue your characters with Magic Resistance with the spell of the same name.

I can continue on, but these show you that clerics are indeed far from useless, and can be very versatile characters if used correctly.