Crystal Sword — SoD
Overview
Written from the facts in this map's file
Crystal Sword is a small, hard map on a 36 by 36 grid, played on an underground level. Its story concerns a blade that once let creatures of every kind cooperate, which a sorcerer named Xentar took from Tyravil. Two players share the map, but only one can be human. The Purple side is computer-controlled, and there are no teams. Red plays Rampart and Purple plays Tower. Victory requires transporting a specific artifact, while losing a particular hero ends the game. The land is mostly rock, grass, subterranean ground and snow. It holds four towns, twenty-one mines, two seer huts and three placed artifacts, including the Clover of Fortune and the Speculum.
Author's description
| Version: | SoD |
|---|---|
| Size: | S (36×36 tiles) |
| Difficulty: | Hard |
| Players: | 1 human / 2 total |
| Alliances: | No (Free for all) |
| Levels: | Surface and underground |
| Victory condition: | Transport a specific artifact — artifact #35 to (4, 3, surface) (or the standard win also counts) |
| Loss condition: | Lose a specific hero — at (4, 3, surface) |
Terrain (both levels)
Grass31.0%
Subterranean28.9%
Snow26.2%
Dirt13.1%
Swamp0.7%
Sand0.2%
Rock (the solid part of the underground) is not counted.
Surface
Underground
On the map
Towns & Settlements
- Tower(Purple) × 2
- Rampart(Red) × 1
- Castle(Neutral) × 1
Heroes
3 placed heroes on map
Wandering Monsters
- Dwarf2 stacks
- Naga2 stacks
- Battle Dwarf2 stacks
- Master Genie1 stack
- Centaur1 stack
- Unicorn1 stack
- Green Dragon1 stack
- Swordsman1 stack
- Centaur Captain1 stack
- Troll1 stack
- Naga Queen1 stack
- Rust Dragon1 stack
- Azure Dragon1 stack
- Dendroid Soldier1 stack
Random Monsters
- Level 38 monsters
- Level 42 monsters
- Level 62 monsters
Creature Dwellings
Artifacts
- Spell Book(1 on heroes)
- Blackshard of the Dead Knight(1 in rewards)
- Shield of the Dwarven Lords(1 in rewards)
- Buckler of the Gnoll King(1 placed)
- Helm of the Alabaster Unicorn(1 in rewards)
- Armor of Wonder(1 in rewards)
- Sword of Judgement(1 in rewards)
- Clover of Fortune(1 placed)
- Speculum(1 placed)
- Garniture of Interference(1 in rewards)