Another NOOB question.

According to the rules, any heroes can wield any piece of equipment or weapon no matter the class?

EX. Leoric of the Book equipping a Steel long-sword, Avric Albright using a rune weapon, Grisban equipping a bow and Jana using an axe.

Are all of these examples legal in the game?

Any hero can wield any weapon.

It should be noted, however, that heroes gain additional advantages (either through hero abilities, heroic feats, and/or class cards) by wielding specific weapons as specified within the text of those cards.

In your example of Leoric of the Book, his Heroic feat has no value if he is not wielding a Magic weapon.

Yes, all legal.

However, certain class skills, Hero abilities and Heroic feats have restrictions based on which kind of weapon (more specifically which kind of weapon trait ) is required to be used in combination; e.g. the wildlander's skill Accurate can only be used if an attack with a bow weapon is performed.

EDIT: Ninja'ed by any2cards, always a pleasure

Btw, I love that our answers are almost exactly identical in structure. I just used a different hero from the opening post as the example

thats another thing i like about this game

so...if Leoric of the Book gets a little pissed off, and he doesn't feel like blasting an Arcane Bolt at a monster, i could see him going up to Grisban and saying, "Hey, Shorty. Do u have an axe i could use? This Goblin Archer is just too annoying for me to stay back. Im getting up close and personal."

and Grisban would probably say to him, "How do you fire that Arcane Bolt, laddy?"

So this is what you can do in the game right?

Give Leoric an axe and let Grisban use the Arcane Bolt if you wanted to?

In theory, yes.

However, starting equipment such as the Arcane Bolt cannot be traded. But as soon as you buy or find this shiny Magic Staff that lets you incinerate whole groups of goblins you can give it to old Grisban and he can fire at will.

Right. The notable exception to "anything wielded by anyone" is class specific gear. That stuff cannot be traded. (Tis magically biometrically locked ).

thanks guys for all your answers.

im pretty sure i will have more questions.

Now i have to get back to Heirs of Blood.

Where Lady Eliza Farrow is being a real pain in the A$$!