Bless

School of Water Magic
Level 1
Bless
Cure
Dispel
Magic Arrow *
Protection from Water
Summon Boat
Level 2
Ice Bolt
Remove Obstacle
Scuttle Boat
Visions *
Weakness
Level 3
Forgetfulness
Frost Ring
Mirth
Teleport
Level 4
Clone
Prayer
Water Walk
Level 5
Summon Water Elemental
School of Air Magic
School of Earth Magic
School of Fire Magic

Bless
	School:	Water Magic
	Level:	1st
	Cost:	5/4
	Duration:	1 Round/Power
Basic Effect
Creatures in target allied troop inflict maximum damage when they attack.
Advanced Effect
Creatures in target allied troop inflict maximum damage +1 when they attack.
Expert Effect
All allied creatures inflict maximum damage +1 when they attack.
Probability of occurrence (%):
Castle		54
Rampart		32
Tower		39 (31*)
Inferno		0
Necropolis		0
Dungeon		19
Stronghold		20
Fortress		31
Conflux		31
Cove		53
Factory
* Without Library

The Bless spell counters the Curse spell.

This spell is most effective on creatures which have a large damage range and, at Advanced and Expert level, stacks of troops with low damage but large numbers of creatures in them.

The +1 extra damage bonus from Advanced Water Magic is more beneficial to units that normally deal low damage as it's greater percentage of their base damage, so it's even more useful to low level units with high numbers and large damage bracket. Many 1st level units deal 1-3 damage values - Pikemen, Troglodytes, Sprites (Skeletons too, but as Undead, they cannot be Blessed). Harpies & Harpy Hags with 1-4 damage are perhaps most affected, as Advanced Bless causes them to deal 5 damage instead of 1-4, average 2,5, doubling their output. Air Elementals & Storm Elementals deal similarly proportioned 2-8 damage.

Because of its mechanic, normal and basic Bless is useless to cast on troops with fixed damage value like Nagas or Angels. Advanced Bless has a very minor effect, as 1 point of damage more or less is negligible amount on such troops.

Heroes with Bless as a starting spell:

• Adela the Cleric
• Spint the Navigator 

Heroes with Bless as a specialty:

• Adela the Cleric

Units immune to Bless:

• Undead

•   Green and Gold Dragons
•   Red and Black Dragons
•  Azure Dragons

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The spell is most effective on creatures which have a large range between their minimum and maximum damage and, at Advanced and Expert level, troop stacks with a large amount of creatures in them.

- More precisely, it's most effective on creatures which have large relative proportion of max damage to average damage and low damage but high stack numbers. Think of Gremlins with their min 1, avg 1,5, max 2 damage that becomes fixed 2 (+33% from average 1,5) or 3 on Advanced+ (+100% from avg 1,5). Giants and Titans have larger numerical variance (40-60) but their min-avg-max damage ratio is lower - min 1, avg 1,25, max 1,5, so they only get +20% from normal Bless and 22% from Advanced.

The +1 extra damage bonus from Advanced Water Magic is more beneficial to units that normally deal low damage as it's greater percentage of their base damage, so it's even more useful to low level units with high numbers and large variance. Like anything that has 1-3 or so damage values - Pikemen, Troglodytes, Skeletons, Sprites. Hags & Harpy Hags with 1-4 are perhaps most affected. Air Elementals & Storm Elementals have 2-8, same proportions, but they don't get as dramatic powerup from Adv Bless - it's only 1/8th and not 1/4th of "normal" max damage.

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