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Bless

Bless is an item buffing spell that can be cast by clerics, priests and guardians.

This power allows for the caster to call upon the god he follows. If found worthy, the god infuses the armor or weapon with its power.

Bless is a powerful and essential spell for all of the devout. Performing a blessing places a fragment of the caster's faith and divinity into the item. Only weapons and body armor may be blessed. Weapons will do more damage and body armor will gain one armor count.

A curious feature of the spell allows the caster to perform a bless with half or more of their total mana points, resulting in negative points once the spell is done if their magical powers were not completely regenerated. Fizzling this spell is common until level 22 or 23, but if the spell fails it does not take any mana points.