Blood 9 - Death Curse?

Ulric · #1 January 23rd, 2005, 10:38 AM

Hello there, i'm a new player!

Checking trough the docs i've read that blood 9 gives a special ability named "death curse".

I can't figure out what does it do however. Can anyone help me figuring it out please?

Alneyan · #2 January 23rd, 2005, 10:55 AM

Hello, and welcome!

Death Curse has a chance of cursing any unit that kill one of your blessed units. So if one of your blessed units is killed by a Crossbowman, the Crossbowan may end up being cursed.

Vicious Love · #3 January 23rd, 2005, 04:53 PM

I thought he automatically ends up cursed, with no MR roll or other means of escaping his fate. If the curse can actually be avoided, blood-9 is even feebler than I'd initially assumed.
Not that I'm saying it needs balancing. Some paths have good summons, others have good blessings. Taste the rainbow.

Agrajag · #4 January 24th, 2005, 04:40 PM

I don't know how often this strategy is used, but I'd imagine swarming a SC with blessed units has a high chance of making him cursed, a very unwanted trait for a SC.

Endoperez · #5 January 24th, 2005, 04:49 PM

But curse can also be given to him by any Astral 1 mage, and single Totem Shield can curse dozens of SCs. Going from B8 to B9 costs lots of points, and only gets your units a chance to curse the SC. I don't think curse is worth it. Combination of Horror Mark/Curse and/or Disease might, though...

Zen · #6 January 24th, 2005, 05:17 PM

There is a MR check in it.

NTJedi · #7 January 24th, 2005, 05:18 PM

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Endoperez said:
I don't think curse is worth it. Combination of Horror Mark/Curse and/or Disease might, though...

I like the combination idea!

Agrajag · #8 January 25th, 2005, 03:14 AM

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Endoperez said:
But curse can also be given to him by any Astral 1 mage, and single Totem Shield can curse dozens of SCs. Going from B8 to B9 costs lots of points, and only gets your units a chance to curse the SC. I don't think curse is worth it. Combination of Horror Mark/Curse and/or Disease might, though...

Obviously swarming him with blessed units isnt such an efficient way, but if they are good blessed units you could also get a chance to actually hit him and do some damage (especially with that curse on him).
Im not saying its THE strategy, but it IS a possibility.

Vicious Love · #9 January 25th, 2005, 07:52 PM

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Agrajag said:
Im not saying its THE strategy, but it IS a possibility.

A mind-bogglingly impractical strategy, but a strategy nonetheless. If all blessings were meant to be created equal, I'm afraid blood-9 is a glaring oversight. As I am of the opinion that blessings were not meant to be equal in power, I fail to see the problem with this.

Turin · #10 January 25th, 2005, 08:12 PM

well stick a rune smasher,blood thorn, armor of souls, boots of quickness, a spell focus and a ring of sorcery on your blood 9 VQ pretender and you have the best sc killer/converter possible.

script him to hellbind heart*5 and if the enemys magic resistance is 21 you will have a 50% chance to control him with each casting =) .

The blessing effect is worthless though.