Gideon's Bow — AB
Overview
Written from the facts in this map's file
Gideon's Bow is a medium underground map of 72 by 72 tiles for Armageddon's Blade, playable by five players with only one human seat and four computer-controlled colors: Blue, Tan, Green and Orange alongside the human-controlled Red. No teams are set, and the difficulty is Normal. The story centers on a stolen royal treasure that has been hidden in the deep caverns, guarded by black dragons, and the player must recover it. Each player begins with a different faction: Castle, Fortress, Stronghold, Dungeon and Conflux. Victory requires acquiring a specific artifact, and a player loses if a specific hero is defeated. Water covers about 12 percent of the terrain, with rock, grass and swamp making up most of the rest. Notable features include the Golden Bow and a Sphere of Permanence placed among 18 random artifacts, a Grail, and wandering Azure Dragons and Water Elementals.
Author's description
| Version: | AB |
|---|---|
| Size: | M (72×72 tiles) |
| Difficulty: | Normal |
| Players: | 1 human / 5 total |
| Alliances: | No (Free for all) |
| Levels: | Surface and underground |
| Water %: | 11.92% |
| Victory condition: | Acquire a specific artifact — artifact #91 (or the standard win also counts) |
| Loss condition: | Lose a specific hero — at (18, 7, surface) |
| Level cap: | Level 15 |
Terrain (both levels)


On the map
Towns & Settlements
- Fortress(Blue) × 1
- Dungeon(Green) × 2
- Conflux(Orange) × 1
- Castle(Red) × 1
- Stronghold(Tan) × 1
- Dungeon(Neutral) × 1
- Necropolis(Neutral) × 1
- Tower(Neutral) × 1
Heroes
9 placed heroes on map
Wandering Monsters
- Water Elemental4 stacks
- Azure Dragon2 stacks
- Naga Queen1 stack
- Stone Golem1 stack
- Angel1 stack
- Ice Elemental1 stack
Random Monsters
- Level 115 monsters
- Level 229 monsters
- Level 330 monsters
- Level 411 monsters
- Level 54 monsters
- Level 61 monster
- Level 71 monster
Creature Dwellings
Artifacts
- Spell Book(1 on heroes)
- Shield of the Damned(1 in rewards)
- Ambassador's Sash(1 on heroes)
- Tome of Fire Magic(1 on heroes)
- Tome of Water Magic(1 on heroes)
- Golden Bow(1 placed)
- Sphere of Permanence(1 placed)
- Orb of Vulnerability(1 in rewards)
- Cape of Velocity(1 in rewards)
Scrolls & Random Relics
- Random artifacts18