Buiding the Spirit — SoD

Overview

Written from the facts in this map's file

Building the Spirit is a large underground map of 108 by 108 tiles, played on two levels, with four players: one human and three computer-controlled. The human player takes the Red Necropolis side, while the Blue Inferno, the Tan Rampart and Dungeon combination, and the Green Fortress are controlled by the AI. There are no teams. The author's story frames a stranger searching beneath the land for a powerful wizard, and the goal is to acquire one specific artifact, while losing one specific hero ends the game. Rock covers about half the map, with dirt, lava and rough ground making up most of the rest. The map holds 15 towns, 7 heroes, 44 mines, 36 creature banks and 28 monoliths and portals, along with many placed artifacts, including the Cape of Conjuring and Pendant of Holiness. Difficulty is set to Expert and hero level is capped at 40.

Author's description

Thant came to the land where a powerfull wizard lives. He is somewhere underground. He can only build the Spirit of Opression which could bring to Thant Eternal life. Don't you die, now when you came here, you can only win!

Version:SoD
Size:L (108×108 tiles)
Difficulty:Expert
Players:1 human / 4 total
Alliances:No (Free for all)
Levels:Surface and underground
Victory condition:Acquire a specific artifact — artifact #84 (or the standard win also counts)
Loss condition:Lose a specific hero — at (95, 87, surface)
Level cap:Level 40

Terrain (both levels)

Dirt33.1%
Lava23.2%
Rough14.9%
Swamp14.2%
Snow4.5%
Grass4.0%
Sand3.8%
Subterranean2.3%
Rock (the solid part of the underground) is not counted.
SurfaceSurface minimap of Buiding the Spirit
UndergroundUnderground minimap of Buiding the Spirit

On the map

Towns & Settlements

  • Inferno(Blue) × 2
  • Fortress(Green) × 2
  • Necropolis(Red) × 1
  • Dungeon(Tan) × 1
  • Rampart(Tan) × 2
  • Castle(Neutral) × 1
  • Dungeon(Neutral) × 1
  • Necropolis(Neutral) × 3
  • Stronghold(Neutral) × 2

Heroes

7 placed heroes on map

Wandering Monsters

Scrolls & Random Relics

  • Random artifacts25
  • Spell scrolls20

Map Objects & Structures

Resource199Random Resource110Treasure Chest48Mine44Campfire39Creature Bank36Obelisk23Cursed Ground20Fiery Fields18Shrine of Magic Incantation16Rocklands16Clover Field14Two-way Monolith12Shrine of Magic Thought11Windmill10One-way Monolith Entrance8One-way Monolith Exit8Lucid Pools7Mystical Garden6School of Magic6Learning Stone6Seer Hut6Pandoras Box6Holy Grounds6Marletto Tower5Redwood Observatory5Witch Hut5Garden of Revelation5Evil Fog5Keymaster's Tent4