Diplomacy

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Diplomacy is a skill that gives heroes a chance to pay and recruit enemy neutral squads instead of fighting them, provided that their army is strong enough to intimidate them into doing so.

Levels

Basic Diplomacy
Provides a chance of neutral squads offering to join the hero’s army for Gold instead of fighting them.
Advanced Diplomacy
Provides a chance of neutral squads offering to join the hero’s army for Gold instead of fighting them. +25% Persuasion Power in Diplomacy.
Larger Than Life
Neutral squads view the hero’s army as +25% more powerful than it is, increasing the chance that they will join or flee. This bonus is doubled if the hero knows “Battlecraft”.
Eloquence
–75% to the cost of surrendering.
Folk Hero
+50% Persuasion Power in Diplomacy with neutral squads from the hero’s faction.
Expert Diplomacy
Provides a chance of neutral squads offering to join the hero’s army for Gold instead of fighting them. +50% Persuasion Power in Diplomacy.
Art of the Deal
Neutral squads take –15% Gold to recruit. This bonus is doubled if the hero knows “Economy”.
Vagrant Army
Friendly creatures with neutral affinity gain an additional +100% of the hero’s Attack and Defense to their Attack and Defense.
Negotiator
+20% to the number of units from neutral squads joining the hero’s army.

Skill Synergies

Knowing Diplomacy will give the following benefits to other subskills:

Wizard Contract
Friendly creatures take –10% Magic Damage. This bonus is doubled if the hero knows “Diplomacy.”
Veterans
Tier-4 creature growth in all your cities increases by 2. This bonus is doubled if the hero knows “Diplomacy.”

Artifact Effects

Holy Sigil of Insara  — Epic Relic
While worn, grants all unlearned Subskills of the following Skills: Leadership, Insight, Diplomacy, Tactics.
Diplomatic Gifts  — Legendary Item
+10% to Persuasion Power in Diplomacy.
Ambassador's Sash  — Legendary Back
+10% to Persuasion Power in Diplomacy.