Arena:Priest

thumb|Priest
Priests reside in temples.  They offer healing and can cure diseases or poisons. If you feel generous, you may also donate gold to gain a blessing.  Though you may occasionally see priests outside of temples, often delivering judgments to all, only the ones in temples will provide services.

Special Greetings

Priest found outside of temples, while being unable to provide the usual services, have unique greetings:

;First Encounter

"I am [NPC Name] of the [Temple name], my child. How may a poor monk help you?"

''"The [Temple name] has given me the name [NPC Name]. I am a little familiar with the [Settlement Type] outside my temple. I'll tell you anything I know."

"I have taken the name [NPC Name], for that was the name of the savior of my village. What can I do to point you in the path of salvation, sinful [PC race]?"

"You do not know? I am only [NPC Name], one of the personal priests of [Ruler's name]. You must be new to town."

"Nice to meet you, [PC race]. I am [NPC Name] of the [Temple name]. Can I give you some of our literature, or do you need something else?"

;Further Encounters

"Ah, [PC race], we meet again. You remember me, [NPC Name] of the [Temple name]? Of course, you do."

"Still wandering the dangerous streets of [Settlement name], eh, [PC race]? Take the words of [NPC Name] to heart. Get inside before nightfall."

"Good to see you yet again, [PC race]. What can poor friar [NPC Name] do for you this time?"

"Still have not found thy way, [PC race]? You remember [NPC Name] of the [Temple name], yes? Tell me how I can help you."

"Ah the young [PC race] butcher again. You have not come to confess thy sins to Father [NPC Name] this time either, have you? You just need direction."''

Service Dialogue

;Healing

When you click on the heal option in the dialogue interface and have your fee for it extracted, you'll be instantly healed with no additional interactions. If your health is at it's peak however, the priest will utter this: 

"[PC name] is in perfect condition…"

;Cure

Similarly, should you be affected by disease or poison, the option of cure in the dialogue interface will offer the option to remove the negative status for a fee and so you'll be cured with no further exchanges. Should you not be affected by poison or disease however, the priest responds:

"We humbly beg your forgiveness for we cannot cure [PC name]..."

;Bless

When asking for a blessing, the priests responds:

"How much do you wish to donate?"

After which you must introduce a donation in gold, acquire the blessing and receive the next message:

"Receive our blessings…"

Blessing
Blessings affect the chance for players to hit enemies. Unfortunately, it's also applied to the enemies, which makes its benefit only marginal. If your enemy has better stats, having a blessing can actually reduce your chance to hit them. If, however, your character has better stats and can withstand taking damage each time your enemy swings, then blessings can help reduce the time needed to dispatch them.

Blessings are stored internally as units similar to stats and their modifiers. The more gold you are willing to donate for a blessing, the more units you receive and the stronger the effect will be. The cost formula is: five gold × character level = one unit. If the amount donated is less than the cost for a single unit, you will not actually receive anything, but the priests will still give their standard response; "Receive our blessings..." Over time, the blessing will continue to remain at full effect, but the duration depends on the month and day you received the blessing.  For the starting month of 3E 389 Hearthfire, blessings are removed each Sundas morning. Each month following, the day blessings are removed progresses by five days.  So, for Frostfall, blessings are removed on Fredas, and on Middas for Sun's Dusk.  For 3E 390 Mid Year, blessings are removed each Middas. The 16th of Mid Year is the Mid Year Celebration and with the first settlement you enter, you will receive a notice that blessings are half price. This is rounded down and the new cost formula is: two gold × character level = one unit. The Arena Player's Guide mentions that temples may show partiality to those from their own province, but this does not affect blessings.

Bugs
The half price blessing during the Mid Year Celebration only operates correctly in version 1.06.  In version 1.07 you can't receive any blessings on this day. Although the priests still say "Receive our blessing..." they neither accept the donation nor bestow a blessing.  The 15th of Evening Star is another holiday that mentions half price blessings, but this doesn't occur and it operates the same as any standard day.
During normal play there are various glitches that can occur that can be corrected by simply saving and closing and restarting the game. This can also affect blessings, making it impossible to receive one.  Because there is no visual indicator or register for whether you have an active blessing, it is best to perform the save and restart action prior to paying for a blessing.