When Champions Fail — SoD

Overview

Written from the facts in this map's file

When Champions Fail is a small 36 by 36 map for one human player and one computer-controlled opponent, set in a land where the kingdom's cavaliers have been wiped out by the dragon Firefang. The computer side plays as Red, a Castle town, while the human plays as Green with a random faction. Both sides are on their own, with no teams. The map is rated hard and is played on the surface only. Grass covers most of the terrain, with water, swamp and rough ground making up much of the rest. Each side has two towns and three heroes, and the wandering armies include a Red Dragon, Ice and Magic Elementals, and a Lizardman stack, along with several artifacts such as Armageddon's Blade and the Titan's Gladius. Victory requires slaying a specific monster, and a player loses by losing all towns and heroes.

Author's description

The cavaliers of the kingdom are dead. All of them. Slain by the marauding dragon known as Firefang. And when champions fail, peasants must be heroes.

Version:SoD
Size:S (36×36 tiles)
Difficulty:Hard
Players:1 human / 2 total
Alliances:No (Free for all)
Levels:Surface only
Water %:13.50%
Victory condition:Defeat a specific monster — at (10, 10, surface) (AI can win this way too)
Loss condition:Lose all towns and heroes
Level cap:Level 75

Terrain

Grass44.1%
Water13.5%
Swamp11.7%
Rough8.6%
Dirt7.7%
Lava5.5%
Snow5.2%
Subterranean2.6%
Sand1.0%
SurfaceSurface minimap of When Champions Fail
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On the map

Towns & Settlements

  • Random(Green) × 1
  • Castle(Red) × 1

Heroes

3 placed heroes on map

Wandering Monsters

Artifacts

Scrolls & Random Relics

  • Spell scrolls7

Map Objects & Structures

Treasure Chest20Pandoras Box19Tree of Knowledge16Scholar9Resource6Boat4Seer Hut4Shrine of Magic Incantation4Sanctuary3Buoy3Star Axis3Witch Hut3Whirlpool2University2Magic Well2Creature Bank2Keymaster's Tent2Border Gate2Sign2Learning Stone2Quest Guard2Library of Enlightenment1School of War1Mine1Stables1School of Magic1Hill Fort1Arena1Trading Post1Shipyard1