The Mystery of the Zodiac — SoD
Overview
Written from the facts in this map's file
The Mystery of the Zodiac is a Shadow of Death map on a medium 72 by 72 grid with an underground level, rated hard. It is built for seven players, with six computer-only colors and a single human seat. There are no teams. Red, Blue, Green and Orange start with random factions, Tan plays Inferno, Purple plays Necropolis and Pink plays Tower. Victory requires capturing one specific town, and losing a specific town ends the game. Water covers about 42 percent of the land, with lava, grass and swamp making up most of the rest. Among the placed items are several elemental guardians, a Sharpshooter and Zealot pair, and a set of named artifacts including the two magic tomes for fire and earth. The map also includes 49 mines, three seer huts and six creature banks.
Author's description
| Version: | SoD |
|---|---|
| Size: | M (72×72 tiles) |
| Difficulty: | Hard |
| Players: | 1 human / 7 total |
| Alliances: | No (Free for all) |
| Levels: | Surface and underground |
| Water %: | 41.93% |
| Victory condition: | Capture a specific town — at (64, 65, surface) |
| Loss condition: | Lose a specific town — at (9, 7, surface) |
Terrain (both levels)
On the map
Towns & Settlements
- Random(Blue) × 1
- Random(Green) × 1
- Random(Orange) × 1
- Tower(Pink) × 1
- Necropolis(Purple) × 1
- Random(Red) × 1
- Inferno(Tan) × 1
Heroes
7 placed heroes on map
Wandering Monsters
- Water Elemental3 stacks
- Fire Elemental2 stacks
- Air Elemental2 stacks
- Earth Elemental2 stacks
- Sharpshooter2 stacks
- Zealot2 stacks
- Diamond Golem2 stacks
- Azure Dragon1 stack
- Centaur Captain1 stack
- Power Lich1 stack
- Silver Pegasus1 stack
- Manticore1 stack
- Crusader1 stack
- Naga1 stack
- Mighty Gorgon1 stack
- Rust Dragon1 stack
- Troll1 stack
- Pixie1 stack
- Sprite1 stack
- Enchanter1 stack
Random Monsters
- Level 01 monster
- Level 121 monsters
- Level 248 monsters
- Level 343 monsters
- Level 420 monsters
- Level 514 monsters
- Level 66 monsters
Creature Dwellings
Artifacts
- Spell Book(1 on heroes)
- Titan's Gladius(1 placed)
- Sandals of the Saint(1 placed)
- Celestial Necklace of Bliss(1 placed)
- Lion's Shield of Courage(1 placed)
- Helm of Heavenly Enlightenment(1 placed)
- Dragon Scale Shield(1 in rewards)
- Dragon Scale Armor(1 placed)
- Dragon Wing Tabard(1 placed)
- Still Eye of the Dragon(1 in rewards)
- Ring of the Wayfarer(1 placed)
- Orb of the Firmament(1 placed)
- Tome of Fire Magic(1 placed)
- Tome of Earth Magic(1 placed)
- Vial of Dragon Blood(1 placed)
Scrolls & Random Relics
- Random artifacts17