A Beautiful World — SoD

Overview

Written from the facts in this map's file

A Beautiful World is an Extra Large 144 by 144 map with an underground level, built for eight players, all of whom can be human, with no teams and no computer-only colors. Each player starts with a different town type, from Fortress and Tower to Dungeon and Conflux. The author describes a rose-like world that seduces its lords while each one threatens the others, and the map's aim is to defeat all enemies while keeping your own towns and heroes. Losing every town and hero ends the game. Rock covers much of the land, with grass, water and subterranean ground making up the rest, and the setting is rated Impossible. Thirty towns, 286 random monster stacks, and placed artifacts such as the Dragontooth Crown, Dragon Scale Armor and an Endless Purse of Gold add to the contest, alongside wandering Azure Dragons and Elementals.

Author's description

Things that are beautiful are often also deceiving. A rose may draw you in but it can also cut you by its thorns. Like a rose, this world in its whole is seductive to the lords it holds yet each of them is a thorn to the other. Will you be the lord able to keep the rose without leting it wound you?

Version:SoD
Size:XL (144×144 tiles)
Difficulty:Impossible
Players:8 human / 8 total
Alliances:No (Free for all)
Levels:Surface and underground
Water %:13.28%
Victory condition:Defeat all enemies
Loss condition:Lose all towns and heroes

Terrain (both levels)

Grass26.5%
Water23.0%
Subterranean10.8%
Dirt9.6%
Snow7.9%
Rough6.9%
Sand6.8%
Swamp6.0%
Lava2.4%
Rock (the solid part of the underground) is not counted.
SurfaceSurface minimap of A Beautiful World
UndergroundUnderground minimap of A Beautiful World

On the map

Towns & Settlements

  • Tower(Blue) × 1
  • Rampart(Green) × 1
  • Castle(Orange) × 1
  • Dungeon(Pink) × 1
  • Necropolis(Purple) × 1
  • Fortress(Red) × 1
  • Stronghold(Tan) × 1
  • Conflux(Teal) × 1
  • Castle(Neutral) × 2
  • Conflux(Neutral) × 2
  • Dungeon(Neutral) × 4
  • Fortress(Neutral) × 2
  • Inferno(Neutral) × 1
  • Necropolis(Neutral) × 2
  • Rampart(Neutral) × 3
  • Stronghold(Neutral) × 3
  • Tower(Neutral) × 3

Wandering Monsters

Random Monsters

  • Level 04 monsters
  • Level 142 monsters
  • Level 226 monsters
  • Level 349 monsters
  • Level 463 monsters
  • Level 554 monsters
  • Level 628 monsters
  • Level 720 monsters

Artifacts

Scrolls & Random Relics

  • Random artifacts174

Map Objects & Structures

Random Resource680Treasure Chest654Resource306Flotsam140Mine106Sea Chest62Cursed Ground (2)46Campfire32Learning Stone32Creature Bank30Abandoned Mine26Shipwreck Survivor25Shipwreck20Corpse17Two-way Monolith16Magic Well14Seer Hut14Buoy14Scholar12School of Magic11Mercenary Camp11Magic Clouds11Derelict Ship10Star Axis10Water Wheel9Garrison9Garden of Revelation9Marletto Tower9Crypt9Arena9