Dessa

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Dessa the Battle Mage
Basic information:
	Class:	Battle Mage
	Gender:	Male
	Race:	Ogre
Nearly fifteen years ago, Dessa's entire village was wiped out in a massacre at the hands of human marauders. Dessa was one of six children who survived. Since then he has dreamed of one day paying back the humans for their crime.
Specialty: Logistics
Receives a 5% per level bonus to Logistics skill percentage.
Starting Level:
Level
Starting primary skills:
2 1 1 1
Starting secondary skills:
Basic Wisdom
Basic Logistics
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Starting troops:
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Starting spell:
	Stone Skin
Starting movement points:
Minimum Maximum HotA 1723 1801 1641

Dessa the Battle Mage is a Stronghold hero. Dessa starts with a spell book and the spell Stone Skin.

Story

Dessa does not appear in the story text of any campaign levels.

Appearances

Festival of Life

Clan War as an enemy.

Foolhardy Waywardness

Hurry Up and Wait as an enemy.

Specialty

Dessa is one of three heroes with Logistics as a specialty, the other two being Kyrre and Gunnar.

Note that the Logistics specialty bonus is affecting the Logistics secondary skill bonus, not the total amount of MP. So the bonus only applies if the hero has the logistics skill (which Dessa/Kyrre/Gunnar already have unless edited out through map editor).

Example: Hero with 11+ monster speed will have 2000 movement points. With expert logistics, hero will have 2600 movement points. Level 20 Dessa/Kyrre/Gunnar will have 30%+(30%*0.05)*20=60% (20%+(20%*0.05)*20=40% in Horn of the Abyss) additional movement points, meaning 3200 (2800 in Horn of the Abyss).

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Like two other heroes Kyrre and Gunnar who specialize in Logistics, Dessa can travel on the Adventure Map further than any normal hero. In fact, the Logistics specialty is so powerful, that it is typically banned in multiplayer games and tournaments. As a Battle Mage, Dessa is offered a good balance between pure strength and magical prowess, and if Logistics specialty is not banned, Dessa is definitely one of the most powerful heroes in Heroes of Might and Magic III.

See also:

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