Heroes with Affinity traits

[Sotnik]

Hi! How to get more Heroes with Affinity traits? Is there anything having effect on probability of their appearance in my recruitment pool?
Can a hero in the pool have a trait for my main affinities (never seen)?
Are there other means of increasing Affinity apart from tomes after the game started?

[CrUsHeR]

- Hero traits appear to be fully random. E.g. Animal-related traits are not related to having the Tome of Beasts, same goes for affinity boosters

- Yes, it's just as likely as any other affinity

- Signature Skills on your Lord give +1 affinity to their respective type, something to consider when picking between non-mandatory choices

[suejak]

Affinity traits do seem random, but other traits do not. It seems unlikely that I'm always getting all these thematic trait choices with no correlation to culture and affinities.

I'm gonna say that's probably misinformation until we get a clear answer from a dev.

[Tuidjy]

Originally posted by Sotnik:

Are there other means of increasing Affinity apart from tomes after the game started?

Yes, several.

Every five levels, your hero gets a choice of new abilities, all of which have different affinities. Once you choose, your leader AND Empire benefit from the affinity for the purpose of Empire skills, governor bonuses, etc.

When you race receives a story trait, it may come with an affinity. For example, the trait associated with huge cities (Mark of the Tower?) adds an Order affinity.

And of course, when you assign a Hero with an affinity as a governor, your Empire benefits.

Also, I may have seen event with affinity bonuses, but I am not 100% sure.

[CrUsHeR]

Originally posted by Tuidjy:

And of course, when you assign a Hero with an affinity as a governor, your Empire benefits.

Governors only give the economy boost to the city, like 1 Order affinity gives 2 gold etc.

They only contribute empire affinity with the special affinity traits which the OP was asking about, like Master of Shadow (or what's it called)

[Tuidjy]

Originally posted by CrUsHeR:

Originally posted by Tuidjy:

And of course, when you assign a Hero with an affinity as a governor, your Empire benefits.

Governors only give the economy boost to the city, like 1 Order affinity gives 2 gold etc.

They only contribute empire affinity with the special affinity traits which the OP was asking about, like Master of Shadow (or what's it called)

Yeah, I meant the special affinities, the ones listed on the recruitment page.