Bron

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Bron the Beastmaster
Basic information:
	Class:	Beastmaster
	Gender:	Male
	Race:	Human
Bron, though human, possesses an uncanny resistance to the gaze of a Basilisk, which has allowed him to learn more about them than any other creature alive.
Specialty: Basilisks
Increases the speed of any Basilisks or Greater Basilisks by 1 and their Attack and Defense skills by 5% for every 4 levels (rounded up).
Starting Level:
Level
Starting primary skills:
0 4 1 1
Starting secondary skills:
Basic Armorer
Basic Resistance
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Starting troops:
Gnoll 10–20 Always  Basilisk 4–7 88%  Serpent Fly 2–4 25% [[File: Creature portrait {{{troop_4}}} small.gif|{{{troop_4}}}|link={{{troop_4}}}]] [[{{{troop_4}}}|{{{troop_4}}}]] Always [[File: Creature portrait {{{troop_5}}} small.gif|{{{troop_5}}}|link={{{troop_5}}}]] [[{{{troop_5}}}|{{{troop_5}}}]] Always [[File: Creature portrait {{{troop_6}}} small.gif|{{{troop_6}}}|link={{{troop_6}}}]] [[{{{troop_6}}}|{{{troop_6}}}]] Always [[File: Creature portrait {{{troop_7}}} small.gif|{{{troop_7}}}|link={{{troop_7}}}]] [[{{{troop_7}}}|{{{troop_7}}}]] Always
Starting troops :
Gnoll 15–25 Always  Basilisk 4–7 Always  Serpent Fly 3–4 Always
Starting movement points:
1560

Bron the Beastmaster is a Fortress hero.

Bron is the only hero in the game (not including campaign-only heroes and HotA) that can start with troops above level 3.

With the HotA expansion Bron is one of the three heroes(not including campaign-only heroes) that can start with troops above level 3 together with Illor and Todd.

Specialty

The in-game description "Increases the Attack and Defense skills of any Basilisks or Greater Basilisks for each level attained after 4th level." is erroneous in "each level attained" moment, and lacks the speed bonus information. (Description is fixed in HotA ).

Unlike the native terrain speed bonus, the creature specialty speed bonus can affect the hero's movement points in case the creature is the slowest one in the army.

Level	11	11	12	12
4	+1	+1	+1	+1
8	+2	+2	+2	+2
16	+3	+3	+3	+3
24	+4	+4	+4	+4
28	+4	+4	+5	+5
32	+5	+5	+5	+5
36	+5	+5	+6	+6
40	+6	+6	+6	+6
44	+7	+7	+7	+7
48	+7	+7	+8	+8
52	+8	+8	+8	+8
56	+8	+8	+9	+9
60	+9	+9	+9	+9
64	+9	+9	+10	+10
68	+10	+10	+11	+11
75/88	+13	+13	+14	+14

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Bron is useful in giving Fortress a fast start if you choose hero. Bron nearly always starts with basilisks even without HotA. You can also split basilisks into several stacks of 1 basilisk in order to increase the 20% chances of petrifying they have. The +1 speed also helps them reach their targets. Somewhat unfortunately though, basilisks are 2 hex creatures which can be a nuisance to themselves and the rest of the army if they are split. Still, this is a very useful early game tactic. Sadly basilisks's stats aren't high enough for them to be too viable late game, nor do they have a horde building. For example, gnoll specialty gives higher stat bonuses compared to basilisk one. Basilisks still remain non-trivial units and are fast enough to still keep them in the main army, though; the extra defense and speed may even help them a bit with getting to petrify something in a big battle, which is a significant plus.

See also:

• List of heroes
• Hero class
• Hero biographies
• Hero specialty
• List of hero specialties