What if clerics got an expansion of bless arms, and alowed them to bless their armor ?
As in the "bless" flag.
This help to armor is quite minor, but it sound like a nice thing.
I know many people didnt even use the bless arms, but people are changing.
There are two purposes to bless arms, neither of which would do anything for "bless armor". And any cleric worth their salt knows that every weapon they have should be blessed.
There was a time when the foruns recomended opinion was that you should not waste the practices on that spell.
That only changed after Viri making a comment and the code become more known.
"There are two purposes to bless arms, neither of which would do anything for "bless armor"."
This is blessed weapon.
Object 'Weapon' is type weapon, material ?????.
Extra flags: invis magic bless noremove.
Weight is 10, value is 6, level is 43.
Weapon type is ???.
Damage is ?d? (average ??).
This is a blessed armor.
Object '?????' is type armor, material ????.
Extra flags: glow hum magic bless nonmetal.
Weight is 20, value is 6, level is 31.
Armor class is 11 pierce, 11 bash, 11 slash, and 9 vs. magic.
Affects dex by -2.
Same flag. That is the point, expand it so that it works with armor also.
Does not has to be the same spell.
I'd say give it to paladins, maybe healers. Not clerics. They don't need any powering up.
If you think that all it does is add the flag, you're not a cleric worth your salt.
Bless flag on weapons has some extremely nice effects. Bless flag on armor also does something, but not -nearly- as good as the weapon ones.
I'd take bless arms over enchant weapon any day (if I'm not neutral).
All it does is add the flag unless I'm very, very mistaken about something.
side note: bless = evil (in terms of flags on eq, just align difference)
I apologize, let me rephrase that.
If you think the flag is just there for eye candy, you're wrong.
Are you trying to make a point? I don't think anybody has said that bless didn't do anything, not to mention the idea of a flag being there for "eye candy" is a bit stupid in the first place. You really need to try not to be so hostile; it is unfounded, and unneccesary.
Even if someone has absolutely no idea what they are talking about, the point of the forums is not to establish the fact that you do or insult him for it. If you want to offer him advice, than offer him advice. There is no reason to be unfriendly and assume an arrogant, holier-than-thou attitude.
Hah... holier-than-thou... cleric humor.
Thank you Calron for saying what im sure alot were thinking 
Some of us (or at least me) are tired of people suggesting unnecessary tone-ups every five seconds.
If that is the case, maybe it is best if you didn't read the ideas/suggestions forum.
I like this idea for RP/fun value, and I'd be happy to see in-game, but I agree that clerics don't really need a PK boost no matter how small.
This would be better shown through the description/emotes as a RP tool, since most people are never going to ID the armor you are wearing to see if you blessed it for RP purposes.
One nice communer RP thing that would require coding would be to make a skill that create religion-specific symbols that don't do anything and take up the wear location.
I know what the "bless arms" spell does.
It only does one thing. It sets the flag.
I wont say what the flag does, becuase i dont thing we should reveal that kind of stuff in the foruns. I didnt even wish to say what the prayer did.
Nor do i think i should say what the bless flag on armor does.But i will say it does not afects as much as 1/10 of what bless does for weapons. At least from my knolage.
And i agree with Celerity, this is mostly a RP thing. As the ones with the spell will enjoy parading around with all their armor blessed, and be proud of it.
It will probably give the same enjoyment Invockers have from Inproving all their armor pieces, but almost no PK advantage.
Actually, the AC provided by enchant armor is extremely beneficial to invokers.
I meant almost no PK bonus for the cleric, not the invocker .
I'm pretty sure bless arms does more than just add the bless flag, as I have done ids on weapons before and after doing it, what it does depends on your religion.
Edit: In fact, I've just done it now, so I know it does more than just add the bless flag.
Yeah, I was just going to say that. I remember what it did when I did it with my cleric.
Dey
Yes, let me tell you all about what diferent bless arms religions perks.
While we are at it the divine intervention and the holy hands effects.
And then the Overpowered vampires skills.
Perhaps the actual % to defend a blow ?
Or how saves affect spell landing ? Perhaps an excel table.
Or perhaps not.
Nobody is saying all that, just that bless arms does more than just add the bless flag to an item.
Dey
Oops, yes, bless arms does add a minor religion-specific thing...but the bless flag is the vastly important part. Sorry :S
