The Great Desert — RoE
Overview
Written from the facts in this map's file
The Great Desert is a small 36x36 underground-capable map for three players, with no teams and every player able to be human. Its story, as the author frames it, concerns a golden city that was seized by barbarian raiders, after which the gods' anger turned the surrounding land into desert. Terrain is mostly rock and sand, with some rough ground and a smaller share of subterranean tiles. Each player starts with a random faction and four heroes are placed across the map. Victory requires defeating all enemies, and a player loses once all their towns and heroes are gone. Notable features include a Zealot and an Evil Eye as wandering stacks, a Wolf Rider dwelling, ten mines, four creature banks, a seer hut, and a set of placed artifacts such as the Golden Bow and the Shield of the Dwarven Lords.
Author's description
| Version: | RoE |
|---|---|
| Size: | S (36×36 tiles) |
| Difficulty: | Normal |
| Players: | 3 human / 3 total |
| Alliances: | No (Free for all) |
| Levels: | Surface and underground |
| Victory condition: | Defeat all enemies |
| Loss condition: | Lose all towns and heroes |
Terrain (both levels)


On the map
Towns & Settlements
- Random(Pink) × 1
- Random(Purple) × 1
- Random(Teal) × 1
- Stronghold(Neutral) × 1
Heroes
4 placed heroes on map
Random Monsters
- Level 15 monsters
- Level 24 monsters
- Level 35 monsters
- Level 45 monsters
- Level 54 monsters
Creature Dwellings
Artifacts
- Spell Book(1 on heroes)
- Ogre's Club of Havoc(1 placed)
- Shield of the Dwarven Lords(1 placed)
- Shield of the Damned(1 placed)
- Glyph of Gallantry(1 placed)
- Dead Man's Boots(1 placed)
- Garniture of Interference(1 placed)
- Surcoat of Counterpoise(1 placed)
- Tome of Air Magic(1 in rewards)
- Golden Bow(1 placed)
- Cape of Velocity(1 placed)
- Pendant of Second Sight(1 placed)
- Ring of Infinite Gems(1 in rewards)
- Everpouring Vial of Mercury(1 placed)
- Endless Sack of Gold(1 placed)
- Spellbinder's Hat(1 on heroes)
Scrolls & Random Relics
- Random artifacts2