High and Dry — RoE

Overview

Written from the facts in this map's file

High and Dry is a medium 72x72 underground map for Restoration of Erathia, set mostly on sand and rock with a small share of water. Four colors compete, with Red, Green and Purple played by the computer and room for a single human player, and there are no teams. Factions are random for every color. The goal is to build a Grail structure, which is the victory condition, and a player loses by losing all towns and heroes. Difficulty is set to Normal. Wandering monsters are spread across the map, including Stone Golems, Griffins and Magogs, and the map holds seven towns, twenty-six mines, four seer huts and eleven monoliths and portals. Six artifacts are placed in fixed spots, with one random artifact added. The author describes a race across the drylands to find the Grail and carry it to a dragon tower.

Author's description

Four sides battle it out amongst the drylands to be the first to find the grail and bring it to the dragon tower..Glaurung.

Version:RoE
Size:M (72×72 tiles)
Difficulty:Normal
Players:1 human / 4 total
Alliances:No (Free for all)
Levels:Surface and underground
Water %:5.31%
Victory condition:Build a Grail structure — at (68, 5, underground) (or the standard win also counts, AI can win this way too)
Loss condition:Lose all towns and heroes

Terrain (both levels)

Sand73.3%
Subterranean15.6%
Water8.7%
Snow1.5%
Rough0.9%
Rock (the solid part of the underground) is not counted.
SurfaceSurface minimap of High and Dry
UndergroundUnderground minimap of High and Dry

On the map

Towns & Settlements

  • Random(Blue) × 1
  • Random(Green) × 1
  • Random(Purple) × 1
  • Random(Red) × 1
  • Random(Neutral) × 2
  • Tower(Neutral) × 1

Heroes

6 placed heroes on map

Wandering Monsters

Random Monsters

  • Level 07 monsters
  • Level 39 monsters

Scrolls & Random Relics

  • Random artifacts1

Map Objects & Structures

Random Resource94Treasure Chest81Resource44Mine26Campfire13Obelisk11Magic Plains8Sea Chest7Garrison6Two-way Monolith6Boat6Rally Flag6Shipyard5Shipwreck Survivor5Learning Stone5Magic Well5Eye of the Magi5Crypt4Border Guard4Whirlpool4Sign4Flotsam4Seer Hut4Redwood Observatory4Temple4Scholar4Witch Hut4Cursed Ground4Pandoras Box4Keymaster's Tent4