Can you bless a Holy candle?

[Qyet]

We just finished Hook Mountain. We have been playing that you could not bless it since it does not use the language of "check"; but I wanted to get a definitive answer.

[Majuba]

I haven't found the Bless card yet, I'm guessing it gives a bonus to checks?

[DM Sothal]

Probably means a Blessing of ...

And no, the 'duration' of the Holy candle is not a check, just like the number of items found in a battered chest is not a check.

[Enlight_Bystand]

It's not a check. If you could bless Holy candle, you could also bless a cure to get more cards in, to get a better boost from aid, basically anything with a random value.

[Tomgenthow]

But howe can you tell when its a random # genrated or an actual "check ?

[Firedale2002]

Because checks are a specific thing, they have specific rules and terminology. A check is rolling against a difficulty value. There's a specific number you have to meet or exceed in order to be successful, otherwise it's a failure.

I.E.: You check to see whether you succeed or fail.

Simply rolling to determine an outcome without having that requirement isn't a check, it's just rolling the dice.

[Tomgenthow]

Firedale2002 wrote:

Because checks are a specific thing, they have specific rules and terminology. A check is rolling against a difficulty value. There's a specific number you have to meet or exceed in order to be successful, otherwise it's a .

Thx! Now I Knowe :)

[Hawkmoon269]

Also, every time you are asked to make a check, the word check is explicitly used. So if you don't see the word check, it isn't a check.