Death Bless

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Edratman said:
Another dumb question. If I put the Shroud of a Saint (or whatever the raggy looking armor/shirt thing is called) that always blesses the wearer, does a non-sacred mage get the benefit of the death bless when he casts damage spells?

All effects of any blessing apply, provided that the mage is not prohibited from benefiting -- ex. Pretenders do not gain the blessing, and prophets are already permablessed so the shroud adds no additional bless benefits for them.

It should be noted that a non-sacred commander wearing the shroud still isn't sacred, so he's still vulnerable to friendly-fire from the Ark, and should still be immune to Apostasy.

Hm. I suppose that, if for some reason somebody went the rather expensive and odd F9D9 blessing, and a blessed unit hit somebody with a melee weapon, the extra-affliction chance would affect the 6AP fire damage AND the 2AN 'death bless' damage (1 hit, three afflictions?), but neither the 6AP nor 2AN would be treated as separate weapons for the purposes of causing more 6AP or 2AN attacks.