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Bless 2.0 update.

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:''This article is about blessing items to use against the undead.''
:''For the cleric ability related to [[Holy Receptacle (325)]], see [[BLESS (verb)]].''
:''For the lore skill, see [[Spiritual Lore, Blessings]].''

'''Blessed''' weapons, shields, and armor are capable of fully harming the [[undead]], who are otherwise moderately resistant to ordinary physical attacks.

Common methods of blessing an item include:
*[[Bless (304)]] cast by a [[Cleric]]
*[[Symbol of Blessing]] by a member of the [[Order of Voln]]
*[[POUR]] a [[pure potion]] on the item

Armaments with an [[enchantment]] bonus require the casting cleric to have at least 40 ranks in the [[Cleric Base]] spell circle, or the Voln member to have rank at least half the enchantment bonus (for example, a rank 10 member can bless items of up to +20 bonus). Pure potions work regardless of enchantment.

Certain materials with antimagic properties such as [[veil iron]] are also not usually blessable, though there are some rare exceptions. Most other items can be blessed, even if they have flares or are [[holy armament]]s like [[white ora]] weapons.

Weapons with [[weighting]] will receive a bless of shorter duration. The number of swings reduced by weighting is derived from the total number of services (not CER) the item has. If an item has multiple types of WPS services, they are summed for the purposes of the calculation (i.e. 150 crit and 50 damage services would be treated as 200)
<section begin=bless1 /><section begin=table header />
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! services
! swings per service
|-
| 0 - 150
| 1
|-
| 151 - 300
| 1.5
|-
| 301+
| 3
|}
<section end=bless1 />
'''Examples:'''

50 crit service: 50 swing reduction

200 damage services: 150 + (1.5 * 50) = 225 swing reduction

200 crit services and 500 damage services: 700 combined services = 150 + (150 * 1.5) + (400 * 3) = 1575 swing reduction

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== Sanctified items ==
{{main|Sanctified}}
{{#section:Sanctified|sanctify}}

== Permabless ==

As of the Blessing 2.0 implementation, [[Permablessed]] and Greater [[Undead Bane]] armaments have been converted to Tier 5 Sanctification, thereby retaining their ability to strike undead normally without the need for a bless. Lesser Undead Bane still requires a bless as before.

== Demons ==

[[Demon]]s can only be harmed by blessed weapons with at least +40 enchantment bonus, or [[extraplanar bane]]. If the demon is [[phase]]d, +20 blessed weapons will suffice. The enchantment threshold for archery is lower (confirmed with +30 bow and master-fletched blessed +25 arrows).

== See also ==

*[[Kai's Strike]]
*[[Consecrate (1604)]]
*[[Holy Weapon (1625)]]
*[[Blessing and eblading arrows (guide)]]

==Resources==
*[https://discordapp.com/channels/226045346399256576/387271714012135425/707727901356982302 Oscuro discussing weighting swing reduction (discord)]
*[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dHwFm8BQidYis6DwsLSR2Ue3CkzXjHOaFh_PObdJQJc Bless System Proposal 2.0]

[[Category: Combat Mechanics]]

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