Skills - Heroes of Might and Magic 5

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Skills & Abilities
Basic Runelore Allows magical runes of 1-2 circles to be placed on own creatures in combat, temporarily giving them new battle abilities and characteristics. Advanced Runelore Allows magical runes of 3-4 circles to be placed on own creatures in combat, temporarily giving them new battle abilities and characteristics. Expert Runelore Allows magical runes of 5 circles to be placed on own creatures in combat, temporarily giving them new battle abilities and characteristics. Ultimate Runelore Allows magical runes to be placed without wasting wood and ore. Runelore	Fine Rune There is a 50% chance of not using up resources on rune activation. Contributes to: Enlightenment Mentoring Leadership Empathy Attack Retribution	Greater Rune Allows the same rune to be activated for the second time for triple resource cost. Contributes to: War Machines Triple Ballista Summoning Magic Exorcism Runelore Absolute Protection Attack Retribution	Refresh Rune Allows a previously placed rune (random if many) to be refreshed on selected creature ~~prolonging its effect, wasting only 50% of current Initiative on this action~~. Contributes to: Logistics Swift Mind Runelore Absolute Protection	Absolute Protection Normal attacks against hero's creatures are always unlucky. Lucky attacks are turned to normal. If enemy has Absolute Luck perk, effects of both perks are nullified. Requires: War Machines Triple Ballista Destructive Magic Mana Burst Logistics Swift Mind Defense Preparation War Machines Runic Machines Runelore Greater Rune War Machines Ballista Destructive Magic Ignite Destructive Magic Master of Fire Logistics Snatch Runelore Refresh Rune Logistics Pathfinding Defense Defensive Formation Defense Protection
Basic Attack Increases damage dealt by your creatures in melee combat by 5%. Advanced Attack Increases damage dealt by your creatures in melee combat by 10%. Expert Attack Increases damage dealt by your creatures in melee combat by 20%. Attack	Archery Increases damage dealt by hero's creatures in ranged combat by 20%.	Battle Frenzy Minimum and maximum damage inflicted by each creature under hero's control is increased by 1. Especially effective for armies of low level creatures.	Tactics Increases the area in which the hero can rearrange creatures before combat. Contributes to: Attack Offensive Formation Attack Retribution	Offensive Formation Attack of Dwarven creatures in hero's army increased when close to each other on the battlefield. Requires: Attack Tactics Contributes to: Attack Retribution	Retribution Troops under hero's control deal increased amount of damage according to their moral state. Requires: Attack Offensive Formation Summoning Magic Exorcism Leadership Empathy Attack Tactics Runelore Greater Rune Summoning Magic Runic Armour Summoning Magic Master of Life Leadership Runic Attunement Enlightenment Mentoring Leadership Diplomacy Runelore Fine Rune Enlightenment Tap Runes Enlightenment Arcane Intuition
Basic Dark Magic Allows hero to learn Dark Magic spells of the third circle and makes Dark Magic more effective overall. Advanced Dark Magic Allows hero to learn Dark Magic spells of the fourth circle and makes Dark Magic even more effective. Expert Dark Magic Allows hero to learn Dark Magic spells of the fifth circle and gives maximum power to Dark Magic. Dark Magic	Master of Curses Grants mass effects to Weakness and Suffering spells, but doubles the casting cost of these spells. Hero wastes only half of his current initiative to cast these spells. Contributes to: Dark Magic Shrug Darkness	Master of Mind Grants mass effects to Slow and Confusion spells, but doubles the casting cost of these spells. Hero wastes only half of his current initiative to cast these spells.	Master of Pain Grants area effects to Decay and Vulnerability spells, but doubles the casting cost of these spells. Hero wastes only half of his current initiative to cast these spells. Adds +4 to effective spellpower of Unholy Word spell.	Shrug Darkness Enemy Dark Magic spells will be cast with only 50% of effective Spellpower. Requires: Dark Magic Master of Curses
Basic Defense Decreases damage dealt to your creatures in melee combat by 10%. Advanced Defense Decreases damage dealt to your creatures in melee combat by 20%. Expert Defense Decreases damage dealt to your creatures in melee combat by 30%. Defense	Evasion Decreases damage dealt to your creatures by ranged attacks by 20%.	Protection Decreases damage dealt to your creatures by magic attacks by 15%. Contributes to: Defense Defensive Formation Defense Preparation Runelore Absolute Protection	Vitality Increases hit points of all your creatures by 2 (Particularly effective for large armies)	Defensive Formation Defense of Dwarven creatures in hero's army increased when close to each other on the battlefield. Requires: Defense Protection Contributes to: Defense Preparation Runelore Absolute Protection	Preparation All the creatures, while discharging the Defend command, will retaliate any enemy, which assaults them, first, even if the enemy has “No retaliation” ability. Moreover, if the defending creature has “Unlimited Retaliation” ability, it will attack the enemy twice: Before and after it's assault. Requires: Defense Defensive Formation Defense Protection Contributes to: Runelore Absolute Protection
Basic Destructive Magic Allows hero to learn Destructive Magic spells of the third circle and makes Destructive Magic more effective overall. Advanced Destructive Magic Allows hero to learn Destructive Magic spells of the fourth circle and makes Destructive Magic even more effective. Expert Destructive Magic Allows hero to learn Destructive Magic spells of the fifth circle and gives maximum power to Destructive Magic. Destructive Magic	Master of Fire Grants armor-damaging effect to Fireball and Armageddon spells. Creatures affected by these spells suffer additional -50% defense penalty. Contributes to: Destructive Magic Ignite Destructive Magic Mana Burst Runelore Absolute Protection	Master of Ice Grants freezing effect to Ice Bolt and Circle of Winter spells.	Master of Storms Grants stunning effect to Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning (first target only) spells.	Ignite Fire spells casted by the hero in combat will ignite enemies, inflicting 100% of current spell damage to the target during next 3 rounds. Requires: Destructive Magic Master of Fire Contributes to: Destructive Magic Mana Burst Runelore Absolute Protection	Mana Burst The hero calls upon the forces of nature to affect enemy casters. Any time an enemy creature casts a spell it will receive damage 10 times the hero's level. Requires: Destructive Magic Ignite Destructive Magic Master of Fire Contributes to: Runelore Absolute Protection
Basic Enlightenment Hero receives +1 to one of his primary stats for every four levels including the levels already got and + 5% bonus to the experience gained. Advanced Enlightenment Hero receives +1 to one of his primary stats for every three levels including the levels already got and + 10% bonus to the experience gained. Expert Enlightenment Hero receives +1 to one of his primary stats for every two levels including the levels already got and + 15% bonus to the experience gained. Enlightenment	Arcane Intuition Allows hero to learn an unknown spell used by an enemy hero or ~~by any~~ creature in combat (hero must be able to learn the spell with regards to his level in this school of magic). Contributes to: Enlightenment Tap Runes Enlightenment Mentoring Leadership Empathy Attack Retribution	Intelligence Increases normal maximum mana by 50%.	Scholar Allows the Hero to teach various spells to other heroes, effectively trading spells between spell books.	Tap Runes Regains some mana (depending on Knowledge) each time any rune is used. Requires: Enlightenment Arcane Intuition Contributes to: Enlightenment Mentoring Leadership Empathy Attack Retribution	Mentoring When this hero meets another friendly hero, the latter gains as much experience as he or she needs to have his or her experience become equal to 25 percent of that of the mentor's (this is only effective if that hero has less experience originally). Requires: Runelore Fine Rune Enlightenment Tap Runes Enlightenment Arcane Intuition Contributes to: Leadership Empathy Attack Retribution
Basic Leadership Increases moral of all creatures in hero's army by 1. Advanced Leadership Increases moral of all creatures in hero's army by 2. Expert Leadership Increases moral of all creatures in hero's army by 3. Leadership	Diplomacy Allows hero to effectively negotiate with hostile creatures. Increases chances and reduces costs of creatures that wish to join your army. Contributes to: Leadership Runic Attunement Leadership Empathy Attack Retribution	Estates Hero contributes 250 gold pieces per day to your cause.	Recruitment Increases weekly growth of 1st, 2nd and 3rd level creatures by +3, +2 and +1 respectively. Hero must be stationed within the friendly town on the last day of the week for effect to take place.	Runic Attunement Increases creature morale by +2 for one turn after rune casting. Requires: Leadership Diplomacy Contributes to: Leadership Empathy Attack Retribution	Empathy Each time when the Morale effect is triggered with any of the creatures in the hero's army, the hero moves 10 percent forward along the ATB bar. (If the creature has a negative Morale effect, the hero is moved backwards). Requires: Leadership Runic Attunement Enlightenment Mentoring Leadership Diplomacy Runelore Fine Rune Enlightenment Tap Runes Enlightenment Arcane Intuition Contributes to: Attack Retribution
Basic Light Magic Allows hero to learn Light Magic spells of the third circle and makes Light Magic more effective overall. Advanced Light Magic Allows hero to learn Light Magic spells of the fourth circle and makes Light Magic even more effective. Expert Light Magic Allows hero to learn Light Magic spells of the fifth circle and gives maximum power to Light Magic. Light Magic	Master of Abjuration Grants mass effects to Deflect Missile and Endurance spells, but doubles the casting cost of these spells. Hero wastes only half of his current initiative to cast these spells. Contributes to: Light Magic Eternal Light	Master of Blessings Grants mass effects to Divine Strength and area effect to Cleansing spells, but doubles the casting cost of these spells. Hero wastes only half of his current initiative to cast these spells.	Master of Wrath Grants mass effects to Righteous Might and Haste spells, but doubles the casting cost of these spells. Hero wastes only half of his current initiative to cast these spells. Adds +4 to effective spellpower of Holy Word spell.	Eternal Light Hero's light spells are twice harder to dispel. Opposite spells (like Slow versus Haste) applied by an enemy to Hero's creatures have 50% chance to fail. Requires: Light Magic Master of Abjuration
Basic Logistics Increases hero's movement speed over land by 10%. Advanced Logistics Increases hero's movement speed over land by 20%. Expert Logistics Increases hero's movement speed over land by 30%. Logistics	Navigation Increases hero's movement speed at sea by 50%.	Pathfinding Reduces penalty for moving through rough terrain by 50%. Contributes to: Logistics Snatch Logistics Swift Mind Runelore Absolute Protection	Scouting Hero receives +4 to his range of view and gets an ability to see precise number of creatures in neutral troops, in enemy armies, towns and garrisons within his range of view.	Snatch The hero spends no movement points to pick up resources, access buildings and other similar actions. Requires: Logistics Pathfinding Contributes to: Logistics Swift Mind Runelore Absolute Protection	Swift Mind Hero receives +25% bonus to Initiative at start of combat. Requires: Logistics Snatch Runelore Refresh Rune Logistics Pathfinding Contributes to: Runelore Absolute Protection
Basic Luck Increases luck of all creatures in hero's army by 1. Advanced Luck Increases luck of all creatures in hero's army by 2. Expert Luck Increases luck of all creatures in hero's army by 3. Luck	Magic Resistance Increases magic resistance of all creatures in hero's army by 15%. Creatures are more likely to avoid enemy magic. Contributes to: Luck Dwarven Luck	Resourcefulness In the course of adventures the hero tends to find more gold and resources and be more lucky overall.	Soldier's Luck Guarantees that useful combat abilities of creatures in hero's army (like Squires' Bash, for example) will trigger more often.	Dwarven Luck Twice more chance to resist enemy spell Requires: Luck Magic Resistance
Basic Sorcery Speeds up hero's casting in combat. Interval between two consecutive spell casts is reduced by 10%. Advanced Sorcery Speeds up hero's casting in combat. Interval between two consecutive spell casts is reduced by 20%. Expert Sorcery Speeds up hero's casting in combat. Interval between two consecutive spell casts is reduced by 30%. Sorcery	Arcane Training Reduces casting costs of all spells by 20%. Contributes to: Sorcery Distract	Magic Insight Allows a hero to learn magic spells of the third circle regardless of actual skills in the respective schools of magic.	Mana Regeneration Doubles mana regeneration	Distract Enemy hero will receive ~~20%~~ 15% penalty to Initiative after casting any spell in combat. Requires: Sorcery Arcane Training
Basic Summoning Magic Allows hero to learn Summoning Magic spells of the third circle and makes Summoning Magic more effective overall. Advanced Summoning Magic Allows hero to learn Summoning Magic spells of the fourth circle and makes Summoning Magic even more effective. Expert Summoning Magic Allows hero to learn Summoning Magic spells of the fifth circle and gives maximum power to Summoning Magic. Summoning Magic	Master of Conjuration Makes Conjure Phoenix and Summon Elementals spells more powerful (effective Spellpower is increased by 4 for casting those spells).	Master of Earthblood Makes Fire Trap and Earthquake spells more powerful (effective Spellpower is increased by 4 for casting those spells).	Master of Life Makes Fist of Wrath and Raise Dead spells more powerful (effective Spellpower increases by 4 for casting those spells). Contributes to: Summoning Magic Runic Armour Summoning Magic Exorcism Attack Retribution	Runic Armour Hero receives Arcane Armour spell and +4 effective Spellpower when casting it. Requires: Summoning Magic Master of Life Contributes to: Summoning Magic Exorcism Attack Retribution	Exorcism All Destructive Damage spells against summoned and gated targets deal double the normal damage. Requires: Runelore Greater Rune Summoning Magic Runic Armour Summoning Magic Master of Life Contributes to: Attack Retribution
Basic War Machines Makes war machines more effective overall. Increases Attack, defense and Damage of Ballista. Increases Catapult's Damage and grants it a 30% chance to hit. The First Aid Tent receives increased Healing Power. Ammo Cart gains an ability to increase Attack of ranged units in hero's army by 1. Advanced War Machines Makes war machines more effective overall. Increases Attack, defense and Damage of Ballista. Increases Catapult's Damage and grants it a 40% chance to hit. The First Aid Tent receives increased Healing Power. Ammo Cart gains an ability to increase Attack of ranged units in hero's army by 2. Expert War Machines Makes war machines more effective overall. Increases Attack, Defense and Damage of Ballista. Increases Catapult's Damage and grants it a 50% chance to hit. The First Aid Tent receives increased Healing Power. Ammo Cart gains an ability to increase Attack of ranged units in hero's army by +3. War Machines	Ballista Allows manual control of the Ballista. Ballista gains one extra shot. Restores the Ballista after the battle if it was destroyed Contributes to: War Machines Runic Machines War Machines Triple Ballista Runelore Absolute Protection	Catapult Allows manual control of the Catapult. Catapult gains one extra shot. Restores ammo cart after the battle if it was destroyed	First Aid Allows manual control of the First Aid Tent. Restores the First Aid Tent after the battle if it was destroyed	Runic Machines Increases initiative of all warmachines by +3 Requires: War Machines Ballista Contributes to: War Machines Triple Ballista Runelore Absolute Protection	Triple Ballista Ballista gains another extra shot (up to 3 consecutive shots total if hero is proficient with ballistas). Requires: War Machines Runic Machines Runelore Greater Rune War Machines Ballista Contributes to: Runelore Absolute Protection