[Jazzepi]

The problem is increasing from 9th skill level in a magic path to 10th level in a magic path is hugely expensive compared from going from 0->4.

Using a crone to go from 9->10 with no original skill in that path costs 80 points.

Using a crone to go from 0->4 costs 82 points. It's much easier to get a bunch of low level bless effects than to get 3 level 10s. Assuming, of course, that your pretender has a cheap level 0 pick cost.

Taking Pangea, Age of bronze as a random selection, I picked a crone, imprisoned, with the 3x the worst scales for all selections, and 1 domininon. Unless you use Death as one of the level 10 blesses, it's impossible to reach 3x level 10 blesses. This is because she starts with 1 level of death, making the jump from 9-10 much cheaper than if she had started from 0.

Therefore, I can easily believe there are a very select few pretenders you can get a 3x10 bless with. They probably have 2 out of the 3 paths already. Or all three to begin with.

Jazzepi