Battle for Power [4v4] — SoD

Overview

Written from the facts in this map's file

Battle for Power [4v4] is an extra large, two-level Shadow of Death map for eight players split into two teams, with every player controlling one of the eight factions: Rampart, Castle, Tower, Inferno, Fortress, Stronghold, Dungeon and Necropolis. All eight seats are human-playable, and the difficulty is rated Expert. The map is built around a central phoenix castle, and a player wins by capturing that town, while a player loses once all towns and heroes are gone. Around the map sit 34 towns with a hero in each, along with roughly 113 mines, 48 seer huts, and 42 monoliths and portals. Wandering Azure Dragons and Phoenixes are common, and about 14 percent of the terrain is water.

Author's description

8 races in the battle for power. Defeat all or capture the phoenix castle in the center of map to win.

Version:SoD
Size:XL (144×144 tiles)
Difficulty:Expert
Players:8 human / 8 total
Alliances:Yes (2 teams)
Levels:Surface and underground
Water %:14.48%
Victory condition:Capture a specific town — at (72, 62, surface) (or the standard win also counts, AI can win this way too)
Loss condition:Lose all towns and heroes

Terrain (both levels)

Grass24.9%
Water14.5%
Sand9.0%
Swamp9.0%
Dirt8.9%
Snow8.7%
Subterranean8.6%
Lava8.3%
Rough8.3%
Rock (the solid part of the underground) is not counted.
SurfaceSurface minimap of Battle for Power [4v4]
UndergroundUnderground minimap of Battle for Power [4v4]

On the map

Towns & Settlements

  • Castle(Blue) × 1
  • Inferno(Green) × 1
  • Fortress(Orange) × 1
  • Necropolis(Pink) × 1
  • Stronghold(Purple) × 1
  • Rampart(Red) × 1
  • Tower(Tan) × 1
  • Dungeon(Teal) × 1
  • Castle(Neutral) × 2
  • Conflux(Neutral) × 10
  • Dungeon(Neutral) × 2
  • Fortress(Neutral) × 2
  • Inferno(Neutral) × 2
  • Necropolis(Neutral) × 2
  • Rampart(Neutral) × 2
  • Stronghold(Neutral) × 2
  • Tower(Neutral) × 2

Heroes

34 placed heroes on map

Wandering Monsters

Random Monsters

  • Level 232 monsters
  • Level 32 monsters
  • Level 48 monsters
  • Level 5168 monsters
  • Level 635 monsters
  • Level 776 monsters

Artifacts

Scrolls & Random Relics

  • Random artifacts19
  • Spell scrolls2

Map Objects & Structures

Random Resource1506Treasure Chest561Resource478Flotsam178Rocklands155Cursed Ground (2)149Mine113Magic Clouds81Border Gate80Evil Fog75Lucid Pools73Fiery Fields70Favorable Winds63Quest Guard62Magic Plains (2)58Magic Well54Seer Hut48Scholar48Border Guard48Holy Grounds46Clover Field45Fountain of Fortune42Shipwreck34Redwood Observatory31Two-way Monolith26Sign24Learning Stone24Water Wheel24Keymaster's Tent24Tree of Knowledge24