A few questions

[Legendary League]

@Soyweiser-Well in that case, then yeah. There's no point to an earth bless (besides some reinvig for your mages).

Originally Posted by Valerius

I agree it's suboptimal but it was pointed out to me by Rytek that on a miss the brand's AOE effect does go off. See the attached save game. In the log it says the following when the fire effect goes off:

965 striking with weapon Fire Brand. att23 def40
NextWeapon Small Area Fire has aoe 1 anim 10113 5

So I think Rytek was correct. Like I said, it's not optimal but you can get something out of using brands with D9 thugs.

That's actually very interesting.

However, the F or D bless is strictly inferior to the effects of thug items, so even if it only fires on-hit, it's a downgrade in their power.