Cleric / SorcererMulticlass Build Guide — D&D 5e

A single cleric level under a sorcerer gives the squishiest full caster in the game armour, shields, and the healing package — while costing nothing in slot progression because both classes are full casters. But the real engine is what Metamagic does to the spells you gained: Twin Healing Word picks up two downed allies in one bonus action; Quicken lets you cast and still attack or dodge; Subtle Spell defeats Counterspell entirely.

From the cleric’s side, you are donating your level-1 domain to a class that will never return to build on it. That is fine: the domain’s opening feature and bonus spells are self-contained. Life’s Disciple of Life doubles every Healing Word. Knowledge’s two proficiencies are permanent. Forge’s +1 AC needs no follow-up levels.

The sorcerer’s sorcery point pool scales with sorcerer level, not character level, so you are permanently one point behind a pure sorcerer. You also reach higher-level sorcerer spells one level late. For one level of delay you gain a domain feature, armour, a shield, and Healing Word — a trade that makes the sorcerer dramatically harder to kill.

Ability priority: CHA → CON → WIS (13) — Charisma drives sorcerer spellcasting. Constitution for concentration. Wisdom 13 is the cleric multiclass gate — you will not target enemy saves with cleric spells.