Bless

A Blessed unit has +1 Morale, if their Pretender God is staking a claim. Only Sacred beings can be Blessed, including the Pretender Gods themselves (who are always blessed in this game).

Is that all there is to it? No; one of the great things about Dominions 6 is that you get to customize your Blessing.

Customization

Bless-building is done when you create your Pretender God. It's a facet of their religion, like Dominion strength and Scales.

Pretender Gods get one Bless Point for every level of Magic skill they have, above the first level in each path. Certain especially-faithful nations start with bonus Bless Points, too. These are then used to purchase Bless Effects for your Blessing.

The price of a Bless Effect matches the amount of magic levels required to obtain it. Since Bless Points are all pooled, though, you can devote all of your Bless Points to Bless Effects of the same Magic path, if you so choose. Some Bless Effects require certain Scales, too; these aren't factored into the cost.

Note that certain Bless Effects – generally the pricier ones – require the Pretender God to be incarnate. That means the Pretender God must be alive, on the map. If you decide to have your Pretender start out Dormant or Imprisoned, for additional Design Points (which can be used to purchase additional Bless Points), you delay when those "Incarnate Bless Effects" start to work.

A few Bless Effects are always active on Sacred units, and don't require the Blessing to be laid upon the subject. This page (and some other guides) will call these effects "innate".

A List of Bless Effects

Fire Effects

Paths	Side Reqs.	Name	Effect
1		Superior Morale	+1 Morale (stackable)
11		Wasteland Survival	Wasteland Survival (innate)
2		Fire Resistance	+5 Fire Resistance (stackable)
2		Attack Skill	+1 Attack Skill (stackable)
3		Inspirational Presence	Inspirational (+1), +50 Leadership (innate and stackable)
4		Righteous Wrath	Righteous Fury when a sacred within 2 squares dies (Temporary Att +3, Str +3, Morale +6)
5	Incarnate	Death Explosion	Explode on Death (10 AP Fire DMG, AOE = 4+Size)
5	Incarnate	Heat Aura	Heat Aura, +10 Fire Resistance
6	Incarnate	Fire Shield	Fire Shield (7)
7	Incarnate	Flaming Weapons	Flaming Weapons (8 AP Fire DMG on hit)
84	Incarnate	Unbearable Splendour	Sight Vengeance (attacker loses an Eye unless MR negates)

Air Effects

Paths	Side Reqs.	Name	Effect
1		Precision	+1 Precision (stackable)
2		Shock Resistance	+5 Shock Resistance (stackable)
2		Farshot	+30% Range (weapons only, stackable)
3		Awareness	Unsurroundable (2) (stackable)
4		Swiftness	Swiftness (30), +1 Defence Skill (stackable)
4		Storm Flight	Storm Immunity
5	Incarnate	Wind Walker	+6 Map Movement (innate)
51	Incarnate	Weightlessness	Floating, Halved Armor Encumbrance
6	Incarnate	Air Shield	Air Shield (80)
7	Incarnate	Thunder Weapons	Shock Weapons (1 capped Shock DMG and 3 Shock FAT on hit)
8	Incarnate	Charged Bodies	Overcharged (20), +5 Shock Resistance
9	Incarnate	Flight	Flying

Water Effects

Paths	Side Reqs.	Name	Effect
1	1	Winter's Gift	Snow Move (innate)
11		Swamp Survival	Swamp Survival (innate)
2		Cold Resistance	+5 Cold Resistance (stackable)
2		Swimming	Swimming, Upgrades Poor Amphibian to Amphibious (innate)
2		Defence Skill	+1 Defence Skill (stackable)
5	Incarnate	Chill Aura	Chill Aura, +10 Cold Resistance
5	Incarnate	Slowing Weapons	Weapons cast Slow on hit (-2 Att, -2 Def, acts 50% slower, MR negates)
62	Incarnate	Vitriol Weapons	Acid Weapons (7 AP Acid DMG on hit)
6	Incarnate	Water Breathing	Water Breathing (functionally Poor Amphibian) (innate)
7	1, Incarnate	Frost Mist Weapons	Weapons spread Cold Clouds (AOE 1, level 3)
9	1, Incarnate	Quickness	Quickness

Earth Effects

Paths	Side Reqs.	Name	Effect
1		Mountain Survival	Mountain Survival (innate)
2		Reinvigoration	Reinvigoration (1) (stackable)
2		Strength of the Earth	+1 Strength (stackable)
4		Unbreakable	Affliction Resistance (3)
43		Larger	Permanently Enlarged (innate)
5	Incarnate	Reconstruction	Regeneration for Inanimates
6	Incarnate	Resilience of the Earth	+10 Fire Resistance, +10 Shock Resistance
6	Incarnate	Hard Skin	+5 Natural Protection
8	Incarnate	Fortitude	All Three Physical Resistances

Astral Effects

Paths	Side Reqs.	Name	Effect
1		Arcane Command	Magic Leadership (0→10, +25 otherwise) (innate and stackable)
2		Magic Resistance	+1 Magic Resistance (stackable)
31		Spirit Sight	Spirit Sight
31		Solar Weapons	Solar Weapons (4 AP Holy Fire DMG on hit)
4		Far Caster	Far Caster (1, All)
4		Arcane Finesse	+1 Penetration (also effects non-weapon attacks negated by MR)
5	Incarnate	Magic Weapons	Weapons deal Magic damage
6	Incarnate	Twist Fate	Twist Fate
7	1, Incarnate	Fateweaving	Curses the Luck of attackers (MR negates)
8	2, Incarnate	Etherealness	Ethereal

Death Effects

Paths	Side Reqs.	Name	Effect
1		Undying	Reduces minimum Hit Points by 2 (stackable) Non-Undead & Unhealing units, if they have negative HP, will die at the end of the battle.
1		Undead Command	+50 Undead Leadership (0→50, too) (innate and stackable)
2	2	Half Dead	Need not Eat, Disease Resistance (80) (innate)
3		Mending Bones	Recuperation for the Undead (innate)
4		Withering Weapons	Weapons cast Decay if they deal damage (MR negates)
5	Incarnate	Stygian Flesh	Invulnerability (10)
6	Incarnate	Reforming Flesh	Regeneration (10%) for the Undead (includes Undead Inanimates)
7	Incarnate	Reanimators	All hits deal Unlife Damage (including spells), +5 Undead Leadership
8	Incarnate	Death Weapons	Deadly Weapons (2 AN DMG and Disease on hit, MR negates each independently)
8	Incarnate	Fear	Fear (5)

Nature Effects

Paths	Side Reqs.	Name	Effect
1		Resilient	+1 Hit Point (stackable)
1		Low Light Vision	Darkvision (50)
2		Poison Resistance	+5 Poison Resistance (stackable)
2		Forest Survival	Forest Survival (innate)
3	1	Unaging	Unaging (75) (innate) Also adjusts the starting age of Sacred recruits down.
4	1	Poison Weapons	Poisoned Weapons (5 AN Poison DMG on damage)
5	Incarnate	Recuperation	Recuperation (requires a living body) (innate)
5	Incarnate	Berserker	Berserker (+2)
6	Incarnate	Barkskin	Barkskin (see Natural Protection for details)
7	Incarnate	Regeneration	Regeneration (10%) (not for Inanimates)

Glamour Effects

Paths	Side Reqs.	Name	Effect
1		Undreaming	Undreaming (4)
1		Heroism	+35% Experience Gain (stackable)
2		Quiet Stride	+20 Stealth (does not affect the Stealth-less) (innate and stackable)
3		True Sight	True Sight
3		Blur	-2 Attack Skill for attackers (Glamour-like effect) Negated by True Sight, Spirit Sight, or a lack of sight.
6	Incarnate	Obfuscate	Stealthy (40), +40 Stealth for the already-Stealthy (innate)
62	Incarnate	Awe	Awe (3)
7	Incarnate	Displacement	-5 Attack Skill for attackers (Glamour-like effect) Replaces Blur, and has the same drawbacks.
7	Incarnate	Dread	Fear (5), True Sight or Spirit Sight negates
8	2, Incarnate	Luck	Luck

Blood Effects

Paths	Side Reqs.	Name	Effect
1		Strong Vitae	+1 Hit Point (stackable)
2		Strength of the Blood	+1 Strength (stackable)
3		Strong Blood	+5 Poison Resistance, Disease Resistance (80) (innate)
3		Enchanted Blood	Regeneration (0.5), +1 Magic Resistance, Bleeding immunity
4		Blood Surge	Blood Surge when killing a non-Inanimate (Temporary Att +3, Str +3, Def +1, +1 Reinvigoration)
5	Incarnate	Blood Bond	Half of damage taken is dispersed to other Blood-Bonded within 5 squares
6	Incarnate	Unholy Weapons	Unholy Weapons (10 AP DMG on hit, affects Sacreds & the Blessed only)
7	Incarnate	Blood Vengeance	Blood Vengeance (Attacker also takes damage unless MR negates)
84	Incarnate	Vampiric Weapons	Life-Draining Weapons (3 AN Drain DMG on damage)

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