The Tale of the young Princess — SoD
Overview
Written from the facts in this map's file
The Tale of the young Princess is a large Shadow of Death map measuring 108 by 108, with an underground level, rated Impossible. Six players can all be human, with no teams set. Five seats start with random factions, and the Teal seat is fixed to Tower. Rock and water cover most of the land. Victory comes from building a Grail structure, and a player loses after losing all towns and heroes. The map holds ten towns, nine placed heroes, 27 creature banks, 49 mines, and 30 monoliths and portals. Notable finds include Titan's Thunder and the Dragon Scale Shield, and the Grail itself is placed on the map.
Author's description
| Version: | SoD |
|---|---|
| Size: | L (108×108 tiles) |
| Difficulty: | Impossible |
| Players: | 6 human / 6 total |
| Alliances: | No (Free for all) |
| Levels: | Surface and underground |
| Water %: | 29.74% |
| Victory condition: | Build a Grail structure (or the standard win also counts, AI can win this way too) |
| Loss condition: | Lose all towns and heroes |
Terrain (both levels)
Water43.8%
Grass18.2%
Dirt14.7%
Sand8.9%
Subterranean5.2%
Lava3.6%
Snow3.0%
Swamp1.4%
Rough1.1%
Rock (the solid part of the underground) is not counted.
Surface

Underground

On the map
Towns & Settlements
- Random(Blue) × 1
- Random(Green) × 1
- Random(Orange) × 1
- Random(Purple) × 1
- Random(Red) × 1
- Tower(Teal) × 1
- Fortress(Neutral) × 3
- Random(Neutral) × 1
Heroes
9 placed heroes on map
Wandering Monsters
- Wood Elf7 stacks
- Titan6 stacks
- Enchanter6 stacks
- Obsidian Gargoyle5 stacks
- Master Gremlin5 stacks
- Stone Golem5 stacks
- Arch Mage5 stacks
- Master Genie5 stacks
- Naga Queen5 stacks
- Giant5 stacks
- Faerie Dragon5 stacks
- Azure Dragon2 stacks
- Crystal Dragon1 stack
- Rust Dragon1 stack
- Gold Dragon1 stack
- Water Elemental1 stack
- Black Dragon1 stack
Random Monsters
- Level 09 monsters
- Level 115 monsters
- Level 25 monsters
- Level 36 monsters
- Level 427 monsters
- Level 511 monsters
- Level 63 monsters
- Level 71 monster
Creature Dwellings
Artifacts
- Spell Book(1 on heroes)
- Blackshard of the Dead Knight(1 on heroes)
- Dragon Scale Shield(1 placed)
- Dragonbone Greaves(1 placed)
- Dragon Wing Tabard(1 in rewards)
- Still Eye of the Dragon(1 placed)
- Dead Man's Boots(1 on heroes)
- Bow of Elven Cherrywood(1 placed)
- Mystic Orb of Mana(1 on heroes)
- Collar of Conjuring(1 placed)
- Ring of Conjuring(1 placed)
- Cape of Conjuring(1 placed)
- Orb of the Firmament(1 on heroes)
- Pendant of Life(1 on heroes)
- Sea Captain's Hat(5 placed)
- Power of the Dragon Father(1 on heroes)
- Titan's Thunder(1 placed)
- Wizard's Well(1 on heroes)
Scrolls & Random Relics
- Random artifacts95
- Spell scrolls4