[Dragar]

I tend to prefer death bless over fire. It is clearly better for sacred (or shrouded) mages. It is nowhere near as effective for melee sacred against regular recrutiable troops (you want them dead, not afflicted), but is a useful weapon against thugs and SCs.

Further, in terms of rituals, summons and global enchantments, I'd much rather have a D9 than F9 pretender.