Death curse

Arameyan · #1 October 31st, 2006, 08:02 PM

Does anybody know what the Blood 9 bless "Death Curse" do? I tried it with Pangaea White centaurs and didn't find anything.

The +4 to strength is a great bonus for the Javelins (+4 Dmg, +4 range)!

Theonlystd · #2 October 31st, 2006, 08:30 PM

If im not mistaken if the unit gets killed the unit who killed him gets cursed.

Graeme Dice · #3 October 31st, 2006, 09:11 PM

Death curse causes the unit that killed the blessed unit to become cursed if it fails a magic resistance check.

Shovah32 · #4 October 31st, 2006, 09:43 PM

Yes, while it dosnt seem too useful it can be very nasty against certain enemies (try b9d9 Marignon flagelants against jotun/SC heavy enemies, the enemies are cursed and the flagelants have 2 attacks with a 350% chance of causing an affliction(before curse effect is added))

dirtywick · #5 October 31st, 2006, 10:12 PM

It's also probably better to use with a lot of weak sacreds as opposed to a few strong ones. Although it's not really a bless I'd shoot for past B6 anyway, just the strength boost is better IMO.

Shovah32 · #6 November 1st, 2006, 09:37 AM

Yea, i wouldnt go for b9-10 very often either but it could have its uses.

B0rsuk · #7 November 1st, 2006, 09:48 AM

...so blood9 bless is oh-so-powerful that it needs a MR check, even if none of the others do ? And Curse spell itself doesn't grant you a MR check. I guess MR check adds up to flavor.

PDF · #8 November 1st, 2006, 09:48 AM

What uses ?? It's just an utterly crappy blessing, I can't see why in any case someone would like such a poor effect for investing in level 9 magic ...

Shovah32 · #9 November 1st, 2006, 09:52 AM

Would be useful for massed sacreds (such as high death flagelants) stacking afflictions on less numerous enemies. I doubt i would EVER take b9 just for the bless but if i was taking it on a pretender for casting spells the bless could be handy.

B0rsuk · #10 November 1st, 2006, 09:54 AM

The bless is potentially useful on weak, massable sacred units. But aside from Marignon Flagellants, I can't name many others. Mictlan Eagle/Jaguar/Sun warriors, perhaps.

If I wanted to curse a lot of units, I'd try Baleful Star. If my goals were afflictions, I'd go for Death bless, which sounds suspiciously deadly now. And it doesn't require any sacreds to die just to potentially do something !

The Death Curse should be Disease or something equally brutal.