[Micah]

9 dom without pretender gives 3.6 candles on average, awake 6 dom pretender gives 4.6, so it's already in favor of an awake pretender. Additionally, given the gold settings blesses won't need very high dom since they'll generally be gold or resource-limited, not holy limited, and additionally anyone that's taking an awake SC is going to want high dom for awe, so assuming a 6 on an awake pretender is highly dubious...an awake 9 dom pretender gives 6.4 candles a turn, or over 75% more dom spread than without a pretender.