Blood 9 - Death Curse?
 

Hello there, i'm a new player!

Checking trough the docs i've read that blood 9 gives a special ability named "death curse".

I can't figure out what does it do however. Can anyone help me figuring it out please?

Re: Blood 9 - Death Curse?
 

Hello, and welcome!

Death Curse has a chance of cursing any unit that kill one of your blessed units. So if one of your blessed units is killed by a Crossbowman, the Crossbowan may end up being cursed.

Re: Blood 9 - Death Curse?
 

I thought he automatically ends up cursed, with no MR roll or other means of escaping his fate. If the curse can actually be avoided, blood-9 is even feebler than I'd initially assumed.
Not that I'm saying it needs balancing. Some paths have good summons, others have good blessings. Taste the rainbow.

Re: Blood 9 - Death Curse?
 

I don't know how often this strategy is used, but I'd imagine swarming a SC with blessed units has a high chance of making him cursed, a very unwanted trait for a SC.

Re: Blood 9 - Death Curse?
 

But curse can also be given to him by any Astral 1 mage, and single Totem Shield can curse dozens of SCs. Going from B8 to B9 costs lots of points, and only gets your units a chance to curse the SC. I don't think curse is worth it. Combination of Horror Mark/Curse and/or Disease might, though...

Re: Blood 9 - Death Curse?
 

There is a MR check in it.

Re: Blood 9 - Death Curse?
 

I like the combination idea!

Re: Blood 9 - Death Curse?
 

Obviously swarming him with blessed units isnt such an efficient way, but if they are good blessed units you could also get a chance to actually hit him and do some damage (especially with that curse on him).
Im not saying its THE strategy, but it IS a possibility.

Re: Blood 9 - Death Curse?
 

A mind-bogglingly impractical strategy, but a strategy nonetheless. If all blessings were meant to be created equal, I'm afraid blood-9 is a glaring oversight. As I am of the opinion that blessings were not meant to be equal in power, I fail to see the problem with this.

Re: Blood 9 - Death Curse?
 

well stick a rune smasher,blood thorn, armor of souls, boots of quickness, a spell focus and a ring of sorcery on your blood 9 VQ pretender and you have the best sc killer/converter possible.

script him to hellbind heart*5 and if the enemys magic resistance is 21 you will have a 50% chance to control him with each casting =) .

The blessing effect is worthless though.