Feudal lord 002 (CS

map - Feudal lord 002 (CS)
description - The sorcerer Varolat lived far from the overcrowded lands; he needed a quiet forest and a home on the shore of a lake. No one disturbed his peace until one day, in the "Elven Brews" tavern, you overheard a secret: Varolat possessed an ancient book of fire magic.
version - HoMM-3 SoD
language - Russian
size - S
players - 8
humans - 1
teams - 3
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16.07.2012, 14:18
Similarly, for some, it will be a revelation that using the Water Walking spell, you can stop right in the middle of the water at an "Event," spend the night, and continue on if needed... This trick can also solve some problems related to logistics, so let's use it for its intended purpose and make the game more diverse...

Such a map was published by me on the Heroes Portal on July 9, 2012, and a Tournament of the Landless was already underway on it (discussion here), so I didn't talk about it right away, because spending the night on the water is a feature of the map.

Perhaps this feature exists on other maps, but I haven't heard of it.

Map feature "Feudal lord 002 (CS)"

Background.
The idea came to me when one of my heroes on the map "Feudal lord 001 (CS)" stood at an Event (33x8x0) on the water without a boat, and I even tried to spend the night with him a couple of times. I gave Sir AmberSoler an Angel of Fortune for his HP as an impulse to create the map.

So, what could the players of the Tournament of the Landless see when they started analyzing the map?

1) A gem is in the Prison, and it is guarded by 500 Titans
2) The Water Walking spell is prohibited on the map
3) The Summon Ship spell is disabled in all cities, except for "Quietest," where Varolat lives
4) Boots of Levitation lie near the city of "Char"
- the hint about bypassing the Titans should be another way; otherwise, the map author would not have the right to offer such a complex and multi-day game for the Landless! The Boots of Levitation are proof of this!

5) The secondary skill "Scouting" is prohibited on the map
6) All scouts are available in the Tavern
7) Two artifact scouts, the Spyglass and the Telescope, lie respectively at the entrance to the cities of "Heretic" and "Necropolis"
- a hint about highlighting invisible lands and water spaces where Varolat lives

8) Three famous Logistics specialists, Kairi, Gunnar, and Dessa, are prohibited for hiring on the map
9) Speed artifacts, the Boots of Swiftness and the Gauntlets of the Rider, are prohibited
- a hint about the impossibility of running from shore to shore to the city where Varolat lives

10) Map feature (part 1) - a NON-DISABLEABLE Event on the water, near the Seer's Hut
- a hint about using the Boots of Levitation and running across the water between the shores, on which 4 Stones of Knowledge are conspicuously placed

11) Map feature (part 2) - a Scout with both scouting artifacts must INITIALLY be at the Event point on the water
- a hero with Logistics expertise and scouting artifacts, but without the Scouting skill, will not be able to highlight the water area to run to Varolat

12) Map feature (part 3) - it is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY to SPEND THE NIGHT at the Event point on the water (for any hero with the Logistics skill)
- the distance to the city of "Quietest" is precisely calibrated, and the ability to reach it across the water appears EXCLUSIVELY after spending the night at the Event point

13) Nuances on the map: two Seer's Huts, offering to exchange Titan's Hammer artifacts for scouting artifacts
- only after highlighting the necessary areas of water near the city of "Quietest" can the exchange be made (not necessarily)

14) Nuances on the map: an Oasis with Events (robbers at the intersection of trade routes) and nearby Abandoned Mines
- the possibility of a small boost for any hero

15) Nuances on the map: all Events with thieves and Abandoned Mines with troglodytes
- the possibility of obtaining thousands of skeleton troops (implemented by many players of the Tournament of the Landless)

16) Exclusivity of the map! (the map author and the players of the Tournament of the Landless see the feature for the first time, although something similar could have existed before)