cool national heros

[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Boron:
in my current single player game one nation against which i fight is ulm . the ai chose surprisingly bf ulm .
now they got burkard nachtzehrer as hero . he is in the hof and got heroic strength as heroic ability .
now he has 40 strenght . that's awesome wish i had him as my hero

That can be arranged, you know. Try having some fun with Charm and Hellbind Heart.

Originally posted by JJ_Colorado:
I was browsing the spell list while doing research and came across a spell that resurrects a hero from the HOF. Will this work on undead heroes? I don't see why not but don't want to spend the time and gems to research and cast the spell if it won't work on undead heroes.

Nope. He's dead, Jim. Ritual of Rebirth doesn't work on commanders who were undead, with the exception of remummifying commanders who are mummies.

The only ones which are sure to be useful for anyone at all, no matter what context, is heroic quickness and heroic magic resistance.

Iron Will is always a good thing, but Heroic Quickness is double-edged: When it gets high enough, a spellcasting unit will ignore its script after casting its first two spells and do its "final" order as its remaining moves for that turn. This can actually be dangerous, as an mage-SC will then buff itself partially, launch itself into the fray unfinished, and then try to buff while standing in the face of the enemy.

[ July 19, 2004, 21:10: Message edited by: Norfleet ]

[Cainehill]

Heroic Toughness is another one that I don't think anyone complains about getting, and then there's one more. Lots of free HPs, and extra armor never hurt - at least not anyone who was active enough to be getting into the HoF.

A shame that some of them aren't given out more often, or more appropriately. For instance - I've seen Heroic Research exactly _once_, in hundreds of HoF awards. That's one that ought to show up more often on mages, seems to me. Undead General - I've seen that one twice.

Heroic Precision - another that should probably show up on mages more often, and probably on scouts / spies / assassins.

Oh, and Valor and Undead General really _ought_ to allow an assassin or scout to lead regular units / undead.

[PvK]

Hmm. What if you give a magic item to a non-leader who has Heroic Undead Leadership? Does it then kick in and give you more than you'd get with the item alone?

PvK

[tinkthank]

Originally posted by Boron:
what's the best heroic skill ?

I don't think this question is really answerable. There is no "best".
Heroic strength, for instance, is useless for most mages, while heroic precision is useless for most melee combatants and heroic valor is often wasted on assassins.
The only ones which are sure to be useful for anyone at all, no matter what context, is heroic quickness and heroic magic resistance.

[Boron]

Originally posted by tinkthank:

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Originally posted by Boron:
what's the best heroic skill ?

I don't think this question is really answerable. There is no "best".
Heroic strength, for instance, is useless for most mages, while heroic precision is useless for most melee combatants and heroic valor is often wasted on assassins.
The only ones which are sure to be useful for anyone at all, no matter what context, is heroic quickness and heroic magic resistance.

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that's right "best" is not a good word in this context.

so lets say good heroic abilities for meeleechars and for magicians