Editing Template Editor (section)

=== Heroes ===

This setting controls which heroes can:

* Be selected (randomly or not) at the start of the game;
* Appear in taverns or prisons.

By default, the following are banned:

* Campaign heroes: [[Adrienne]], [[Catherine]], [[Dracon]], [[Gelu]], [[Kilgor]], [[Lord Haart#Lord Haart the Death Knight|Haart Lich]], [[Mutare]], [[Roland]], [[Mutare Drake]], [[Boragus]], [[Xeron]], [[Bidley]] and [[Tark]];
* [[Galthran]] and [[Sir Mullich]];
* [[Sylvia]], [[Voy]] and [[Elmore]] if a random map is generated with "Water content: No";
* [[Beatrice]], [[Kinkeria]] and [[Derek]] if a random map is generated "Water content: Normal" or "Water content: Islands".

Any hero can be allowed or banned. Template pack settings always take precedence over default settings (regardless what the "water content" is). However, the choice of the starting hero will always be limited to a list of 16. If the heroes count is higher for a town, only the first 16 will be available for manual selection. The others will still available through random selection, though.

You can ban any number of heroes, but if the total heroes count is not greater than 10 * (number of players) + 48 heroes, no Prisons will be generated. And if the total count is smaller, there may be a situation where you can hire only one hero from the Tavern, or where you just cannot hire any. If all heroes of a certain class are banned, heroes from other classes will be generated instead.

If the hero [[Gem]] is allowed, her starting spell will be either [[Summon Boat]], if water content is "Normal" or "Islands", or [[Bless]], if water content is "None".