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Patron's Blessing bestows a refined combat knowledge upon the paladin, increasing effective Combat Maneuvers ranks for purposes of the Combat Maneuver List (CML), SMR Defense, and Attack Strength (AS). The caster's effective Combat Maneuvers rank is increased by +10, with an additional +0.75 for every Paladin spell rank beyond 11.
The total Combat Maneuver bonus received by Patron's Blessing cannot surpass what the paladin would receive were they to already have an equivalent of 2x training in Combat Maneuvers, regardless of whether the source is training, enhancive items, ascension skill, etc. The Attack Strength bonus, however, is uncapped.
With the increase in effective Combat Maneuver ranks, there is also an increase in mana cost. The base mana cost is 11, +1 for every 3 Combat Maneuver ranks above the initial 10.
Lore Benefits
Training in Spiritual Lore, Blessings provides an additional bonus of +1 Combat Maneuver rank at 3 Blessings Lore ranks, to a maximum of +17 Combat Maneuver ranks at 187 Blessings Lore ranks, on a seed 3 summation. This benefit is still subject to the 2x CM skill cap for the spell on CML/SMR (but not AS).
| Spiritual Lore, Blessings ranks
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0 |
3 |
7 |
12 |
18 |
25 |
33 |
42 |
52
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| Lore bonus to Combat Maneuver ranks
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0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8
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| Spiritual Lore, Blessings ranks
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63 |
75 |
88 |
102 |
117 |
133 |
150 |
168 |
187
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| Lore bonus to Combat Maneuver ranks
|
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17
|
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Messaging
| Cast
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An unbridled power surges through you, infusing your body with might and improving your reactions.
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(Caster's eye color) energy surrounds (caster), dancing off (his/her) body without harm.
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| Expiration
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You feel your abilities diminish as the energy provided by your patron fades from around you.
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(Caster) loses the flickering (caster's eye color) energy surrounding (him/her).
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