I think 3 and 8 would be good, so 5 blood/fire is old bless (much more reasonable). Generally if i go for magic i get 3 at most in any given Category...and at 8 the powerful effects would still be expensive but not quite so bad. As it is it takes ALL your spare points almost to get a lvl 9 magic, and with sacred troops dependent on your dominion strength you'd need to take negative scales to get enough dominion to build many.
EDIT: Oooh....+8 str. Now that would be a worthy blessing indeed.
[ October 29, 2003, 18:43: Message edited by: LordArioch ]