Marks of Heroes

[Baker]

When finishing Agony quest on any hero you unlock their personal mark of sorts. What is that exactly? Some super buff that you can find as any hero or something else?

[towly]

after unlocking the marks you can equip those in your stash
similar to items

so you can pick any you unlock on any char
which will open up a hole bunch of new build options

[Draken]

It allows you to select specific class traits and gives minor bonus.
You can select unlocked traits just above the gloves slot in chest.

E.g. if you're going burn build on Archer, you can pick up Exterminator mark, and get a +15% burn chance on main weapon attack, plus be able to pick up Exterminator proficiency stance/dedication/weapon proficiency traits which boosts burn and fire damage.

The list of each class traits can be looked up on wiki: https://hot.fandom.com/wiki/Playable_Characters

[Jaeus]

They're a little square in the top right on equipment.
They're much more annoying than you'd think since you also get their Traits as mentioned... and oh boy some characters (Archer) have really bad Traits.

[NekoGoo]

link to class traits:
https://hot.fandom.com/wiki/Traits#Class_Traits

[Dlanor]

Originally posted by Jaeus:

They're a little square in the top right on equipment.
They're much more annoying than you'd think since you also get their Traits as mentioned... and oh boy some characters (Archer) have really bad Traits.

It's nowhere near as bad as it sounds, because on top of new potions this patch also mega-buffed the banish potion. In the last patch, banishing an upgrade choice ended your level up reward. In the current patch, banishing an upgrade choice is free and you still can pick another choice. I think you get 8 of these, and 8 is plenty to remove most of the options you don't want from the pool. Add that onto the normal reroll potion and you should never really have trouble getting to perks you actually want.

[Ulyaoth]

You can make ridiculous overpowered combinations with this system.
Also powerful Hybrid Builds became very viable.

But it needs planning and carefull thinking when picking what and what to lock with Memory Potions.
Also where to use Banish Potions.
You can end up with encoumbering your trait pool and get bad rng.

[meltix]

So does this give abilities in addition, or does it replace anything?

[Ulyaoth]

Originally posted by meltix:

So does this give abilities in addition, or does it replace anything?

You get a Mark Specific Bonus and all Character Traits are mixed into the pool.
So you can play an Exterminator with Sorceress' Mark, use his Fire Traits and pair them with Sorceress' Lightning Traits.