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Heroes V · HERO PROFILE

Brand in Heroes V: skills and tactics

Brand in Heroes V: Army command · Fortress. Fortress affiliation, sourced skills and specialty, spells, suitable creatures and conditional equipment.

Brand — portrait in Heroes 5
Source · Game artwork

Fortress · Runemage

Brand

Standard profile

How to use this hero

Home faction: Fortress

Army command · Fortress

Manage the army through ATB: who acts next, who can reach a target and who survives until another turn. Initiative governs timing and Speed governs reach. Compare both upgrades by their actual abilities.

What the profile establishes

Specialty · Rune Artist

Improves Fine Rune’s success chance by an initial 20% and another 1% per level. Apply it to the relevant rune ability.

Listed starting skills

  • Advanced Runelore
  • Fine Rune
Suggested army and further development

The following is our recommendation. Creatures, spells and items must actually be acquired; this does not establish current inventory.

Build further choices around the listed skills and the needs of the current army. Choose equipment for the actual bottleneck: survival, attack effectiveness, mana or movement.

Skills I would build around: Advanced Runelore · Fine Rune. Match further choices to available ranks and the current army.

Creatures I would consider

Equipment I would compare

Compare effect, slot and acquisition conditions on the item card. A suggestion does not establish that the hero starts with it.

Base attributes

Attack
0
Defense
1
Spell Power
2
Knowledge
2

Army: ranges in the manual profile

Counts are manual ranges rather than a fixed state in every mission. A zero minimum allows absence, and repeated stacks remain separate.

Spells and suitable equipment

This profile’s individual starting spells are not yet established. A school or recommendation below does not confirm spellbook contents.

Equipment suggestions for the plan (2)

Editorial suggestions based on sourced magic or an army plan. These are not starting inventory or guaranteed finds. Check acquisition, slot and rules on the item card.

  • Beginner's Magic WandSuggestion

    Adds two Spellpower; despite the name this is not a limited-charge casting wand.

    For spells whose damage or duration actually uses magical power. Check the individual spell formula.

  • Necromancer's HelmSuggestion

    Adds two hero Knowledge for greater base mana capacity.

    For a longer spellcasting expedition. Capacity and daily recovery are separate effects; compare current reserves with the next battle.

All spells in this game →

Reference ↗

Roster and source scope

Tribes of the East 3.1 manual: 64 standard heroes and 49 additional profiles including campaign variants. Skills and four attributes describe the manual profile, not a guaranteed state on entering every mission.

Development and equipment suggestions are our analysis of the listed profile. A mission may alter the starting state; each relationship distinguishes school access, an actually learned spell and a future acquisition option.