Template:SkillRollReplacementDef

Per-hero overlay rows that bias certain heroes' skill rolls in arena game mode — 28 heroes total, ~84 rows (each hero typically has one skill at levels 2, 4, and 6). Extracted from a single source file: Core/DB/heroes_skills/skills_by_level_replace_tables/skills_by_level_replace_table.json.

Each hero gets its own data page (Data:SkillRollReplacement/<hero_id>); the hero's 3-or-so level-keyed rows are inlined on that page. This matches the per-row-as-page convention used by AttackPassive and the other small reference tables — one wiki page per "thing the player would search for."

Despite the source filename ("replace"), the data is best read as an additive overlay on top of the hero's arena SkillRollTable (not a wholesale replacement of the main pool for those levels). The structural argument: each entry typically lists one skill at very high weight (500 or 1000). If "replace" meant the entire roll table was swapped for these few entries, levels 2/4/6 would offer only that single skill — a deeply rigid pattern at odds with HoMM design conventions. The additive reading produces a strong-but-not-deterministic bias, which matches how flavor "signature skill nudges" work in other HoMM games. Additive vs. replacement cannot be 100% verified without engine code — wiki copy should hedge the wording.

Faction distribution across the 28 heroes: 6 demon, 5 dungeon, 3 human, 5 nature, 3 necro, 6 unfrozen. All overlays use the arena_skill_* SID namespace; this table never applies in standard (non-arena) play.

Schema

This template defines the table "SkillRollReplacement". View table.

{{SkillRollReplacementDef
| hero_id = String            <!-- matches HeroDef.id -->
| arena_table_id = String     <!-- matches SkillRollTable.id where mode='arena' -->
| level = Integer             <!-- the level this overlay fires on -->
| skill_id = String           <!-- the skill SID (arena_skill_*) being biased -->
| weight = Integer            <!-- weight added on top of the arena table's base weights -->
}}

Field notes

• hero_id joins to HeroDef.id. Not all heroes have replacement rows — only the 28 listed here.
• arena_table_id is the arena SkillRollTable the hero's overlay applies on top of. Derivable from the hero's faction and class_type (e.g. human_hero_5 is faction=human / class_type=might, so the parent arena table is arenaGame_humans_might_skills_table). Materialized as a column for join convenience.
• level is one of 2, 4, or 6 in every observed row — corresponding to the three level-up events of an arena game (which caps at level 6). The source structure stores levels as a list within one entry; the bot expands that to one row per (hero, level) so per-level queries are uniform.
• skill_id uses the arena_skill_* namespace, since this only fires in arena mode.
• weight is the raw bias weight (500 or 1000 in every observed row). For comparison, arena base weights top out at 225 for the heaviest combat skills, so a 1000-weight overlay decisively biases the offerings toward the named skill at those levels.

Example: human_hero_5

The Knight hero human_hero_5 uses the standard humans_might_skills_table in normal play (no overlay applies). In arena mode, they use arenaGame_humans_might_skills_table as the base, plus the following overlay rows:

hero_id	level	skill_id	weight
human_hero_5	2	arena_skill_leadership	1000
human_hero_5	4	arena_skill_leadership	1000
human_hero_5	6	arena_skill_leadership	1000

At those levels, the effective arena_skill_leadership weight becomes 150 (arena base) + 1000 (overlay) = 1150, vs. a total pool weight of roughly 1500–1700. The hero is very likely (but not guaranteed) to be offered Leadership on each of these levels.

Display-layer query

All overlays for a specific hero:

{{#cargo_query:
  tables=SkillRollReplacement
  | fields=level, skill_id, weight
  | where=hero_id="human_hero_5"
  | order by=level, skill_id
  | format=table
}}

Effective arena weights at a specific hero/level (combines the hero's overlay with the arena table's base weights and the special bands). Cargo joins are left joins, so a hero+level pair with no overlay row falls through with NULL — wrap with COALESCE to keep the base weight intact:

{{#cargo_query:
  tables=SkillRollWeight=W, SkillRollBand=B, SkillRollReplacement=R
  | join on=W.band_kind=B.id
  | join on=W.table_id=R.arena_table_id AND W.skill_id=R.skill_id AND R.level=20
  | fields=W.skill_id=Skill, SUM(W.weight + COALESCE(R.weight,0))=EffectiveWeight
  | where=W.table_id="arenaGame_humans_might_skills_table"
          AND B.levels HOLDS "20"
  | group by=W.skill_id
  | order by=EffectiveWeight DESC
  | format=table
}}

Related tables

• Hero — joined on hero_id = Hero.id (1:N).
• SkillRollTable — joined on arena_table_id = SkillRollTable.id (N:1).
• SkillRollWeight — the arena table's base weights this overlay adds to.

Notes

• This data only fires in arena mode. Standard-mode heroes use only the SkillRollWeight rows for their SkillRollTable; no overlays apply.
• The arena game progression caps at 6 levels, which matches the maximum observed level value in this table.