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So, if I understand correctly, I have the full right to buy a hero who is about to be dismissed tomorrow?

I don't understand why it has to be tomorrow and not today. You can probably do it today too – the only difference is that they won't be able to move anymore. I think the same applies to a slain hero. It's like dismissing them, but better. They'll immediately end up in the tavern. It's also unclear whether you can buy back a slain hero – your own, an enemy's, or both. If they say that no one ever kills their own hero in online games, don't believe them. It might turn out that you want to escape, but you can't, and you desperately need that hero in your castle for the next turn. But you can't escape because you only have fast neutral creatures or fast ranged units nearby, and you only have one slow unit in your slots, so you won't be able to escape. The only good option is to die. The second option is to dismiss them, but that's worse. And then there are ambiguities with the rules. I agree that you can't buy an overpowered enemy hero, especially if you didn't kill them. But if you did kill them, then you have every right to buy them, even on the same turn, and use them immediately. My reasoning:
1. If you have the right to buy them, then why give shackles in the game? Answer: To capture them and make them work for you. I'm even in favor of being able to buy back an enemy hero who escaped from you, but only if they escaped from you specifically – otherwise, it might turn out that you wasted your troops on them, and not attacking them was a mistake. It's also bad if they hang around your castle and prevent you from developing.
2. The fact that they moved doesn't matter to you – they didn't move under your control. Or maybe the computer moves after you, and this hero hasn't moved yet.
3. If you buy back your slain hero on the turn they died, then, of course, you can't use them on that turn.

The rules are written in such a simplified way to avoid having to deal with checks, in my opinion, so it's not clear what, how, and why. :)

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Kyle: Please refrain from personal attacks!