Nation/Race Guide

[J Stanley]

But as a support mage, you are still limited to spells you have researched. By the time you have gotten those upper level spells researched, you should have enough gems coming in to empower your pretender high enough to cast them.

(I am looking at it as you can not affect the way your scales are set once the game begins but you can change the level of magic for your pretender, or anyone else for that matter)

Are bless effects really that good?