Mountainous Divide — SoD

Overview

Written from the facts in this map's file

Mountainous Divide is a large underground-enabled map measuring 108 by 108, played at Normal difficulty on Shadow of Death rules. It supports seven players, all of whom may be human, with no teams and no computer-only colors. The players control Fortress, Castle with Rampart, Conflux, Stronghold, Inferno, Inferno with Necropolis, and Tower, and the terrain is mostly rock, with some water, grass and subterranean ground. The win condition is to defeat all enemies, and a player loses by losing every town and hero. The map is built around a mountain range that splits the two sides of the board. Players hold a set of mines, seer huts, creature banks, and monoliths and portals, and the wandering monsters and dwellings include Hell Hounds, Ogres and Bone Dragons. Artifacts such as the Crown of Dragontooth and the Dragon Scale Shield are placed around the map.

Author's description

A close quarter beginning, the two sides of the mountain will both be interesting fights. For those willing to forge ahead, cross the mountains, for King Polaz has held the mountains for many years and is not willing to give it up that easily. This map will work also well with allies.

Version:SoD
Size:L (108×108 tiles)
Difficulty:Normal
Players:7 human / 7 total
Alliances:No (Free for all)
Levels:Surface and underground
Water %:12.34%
Victory condition:Defeat all enemies
Loss condition:Lose all towns and heroes

Terrain (both levels)

Water20.0%
Grass17.9%
Subterranean14.2%
Lava10.8%
Snow10.4%
Rough9.1%
Dirt8.5%
Swamp7.4%
Sand1.8%
Rock (the solid part of the underground) is not counted.
SurfaceSurface minimap of Mountainous Divide
UndergroundUnderground minimap of Mountainous Divide

On the map

Towns & Settlements

  • Castle(Blue) × 1
  • Rampart(Blue) × 1
  • Stronghold(Green) × 2
  • Inferno(Orange) × 2
  • Inferno(Purple) × 1
  • Necropolis(Purple) × 1
  • Fortress(Red) × 3
  • Conflux(Tan) × 2
  • Tower(Teal) × 5
  • Conflux(Neutral) × 1
  • Fortress(Neutral) × 3
  • Inferno(Neutral) × 2
  • Necropolis(Neutral) × 1
  • Rampart(Neutral) × 1
  • Stronghold(Neutral) × 2

Heroes

20 placed heroes on map

Wandering Monsters

Random Monsters

  • Level 11 monster
  • Level 31 monster
  • Level 51 monster

Scrolls & Random Relics

  • Random artifacts1
  • Spell scrolls1

Map Objects & Structures

Resource112Treasure Chest98Mine65Random Resource57Magic Plains (2)31Flotsam20Obelisk18Creature Bank17Sea Chest17Learning Stone16Favorable Winds16Border Gate15Subterranean Gate12Magic Well11Campfire10Garden of Revelation10Star Axis9Witch Hut9One-way Monolith Exit9Windmill8Magic Clouds8Two-way Monolith8Tree of Knowledge8Mermaid8Keymaster's Tent8Corpse7Mercenary Camp7Marletto Tower7Fiery Fields7Wagon6