The Bretonnian player may pray for the Blessing of the Lady before the battle begins but after both players have deployed their army. The enemy can then choose to take the first or second turn, as the whole Bretonnian army must kneel to pray before the fight. The Lady's Blessing is automatically granted.
The Lady's Blessing is automatically granted. The Blessing affects all units and characters that have The Knight's Vow, The Questing Vow and The Grail Vow. In addition, Prophetesses of the Lady and Damsels of the Lady are also affected. The Blessing also affects the mount of any affected model.
The Blessing affects all units and characters that haveThe Knight's Vow, The Questing Vow and The Grail Vow. In addition, Prophetesses of the Lady and Damsels of the Lady are also affected. The Blessing also affects the mount of any affected model (so, Hippogryphs and Pegasus gain the benefit of the Blessing as long as their rider is affected).
The effects of the Blessing are as follows:
Affected models get a 6+ ward save
Affected models get a 5+ ward save versus attacks with Strength 5 or higher.
Losing the Blessing
Characters and units can lose the Blessing, and once lost, it cannot be regained. Keep a note of which units have lost the Blessing (perhaps using counters).
A unit or character loses the Blessing for the following reasons:
The unit or character flees for any reason (including breaking from combat).
The Bretonnian player refuses to meet a challenge in a fight where a Knightly character (or the Champion of a unit of Knights) could have accepted. In this case, if there is more than one unit of Knights in the combat, then all units and characters involved in the combat will lose the Blessing.