Thread:RayStrikeAbius/@comment-26397825-20160703021825/@comment-26397825-20160703031423

Well, that's what I was sorta going for with the second tier. Hence the second tier blessing are more powerful than the first tier. It gives him the option of using the weaker but guaranteed positive effects on himself, or taking a gamble using the stronger but possibly negative effects of the second tier on him. And the second tier would be usable on others, including enemies, so they could get a positive boost as well.

So the first tier is purely positive, weaker, and only affects him.

The second tier is both negative and positive, stronger, and affects both him and others, including enemies.

So he can take the safe option of giving himself a weaker boost, or he can take a risk and give himself a stronger boost at the risk of giving himself a negative effect as well.

And then dust can add elemental effects to it, such as a continuous flame that burns the affected person, or flame enhanced attacks. Both positive and negative effects based on where it lands, but incorporating the element somehow.