Highly Strung Maze — RoE

Overview

Written from the facts in this map's file

Highly Strung Maze is an extra large, two-level underground map for eight players, all of whom may be human, with no teams and random factions for every color. It is rated hard and was built for the Restoration of Erathia version. The author describes a race to find the Grail, stressing that luck and timing matter as much as army strength. Victory requires acquiring a specific artifact, and a player is eliminated after losing all towns and heroes. The map is mostly grass, with about thirty percent water and some sand. Players will meet wandering stacks of water elementals, skeletons and chaos hydras, along with many mines, creature banks, and monoliths and portals. Dwellings hold angels, giants, devils, bone dragons and several elemental types.

Author's description

Find the grail before your enemies will. To conquer this world you need more then a powerfull army, you need luck. To be in the right place at the right time.

Version:RoE
Size:XL (144×144 tiles)
Difficulty:Hard
Players:8 human / 8 total
Alliances:No (Free for all)
Levels:Surface and underground
Water %:29.80%
Victory condition:Acquire a specific artifact — artifact #2 (or the standard win also counts, AI can win this way too)
Loss condition:Lose all towns and heroes

Terrain (both levels)

Grass52.4%
Water29.8%
Sand11.2%
Dirt2.2%
Rough1.5%
Lava1.1%
Snow0.9%
Subterranean0.6%
Swamp0.3%
Rock (the solid part of the underground) is not counted.
SurfaceSurface minimap of Highly Strung Maze
UndergroundUnderground minimap of Highly Strung Maze

On the map

Towns & Settlements

  • Random(Blue) × 1
  • Random(Green) × 1
  • Random(Orange) × 1
  • Random(Pink) × 1
  • Random(Purple) × 1
  • Random(Red) × 1
  • Random(Tan) × 1
  • Random(Teal) × 1

Heroes

5 placed heroes on map

Wandering Monsters

Random Monsters

  • Level 0215 monsters
  • Level 120 monsters
  • Level 212 monsters
  • Level 38 monsters
  • Level 422 monsters
  • Level 512 monsters
  • Level 71 monster

Scrolls & Random Relics

  • Random artifacts14

Map Objects & Structures

Mine122Resource122Two-way Monolith120Magic Plains52Obelisk47Creature Bank41Flotsam40Random Resource36Boat31Treasure Chest30Sea Chest30Buoy30Shipwreck23Trading Post20Mermaid20Sirens20Shipwreck Survivor20Magic Well18Campfire16Corpse15Whirlpool15Windmill14Scholar14Crypt13Cursed Ground13Fountain of Youth12Hill Fort12Wagon12Rally Flag12Den of Thieves12