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| − | The '''Executioner''' is a unique monster, found in [[UnNetHack]] at the lowest level of [[Sheol]]. | + | The '''Executioner''' is a unique monster, found in [[UnNetHack]] at the lowest level of [[Sheol]]. He’s fast, has two extremely strong weapon attacks, and comes equipped with a [[cloak of magic resistance]] and the [[artifact]] double-headed battle-axe [[Cleaver]] (or a regular battle-axe if Cleaver was already generated). He is assisted in this aim by monsters such as [[blue slime]] that will freeze [[Player|you]] in ice. He presides over a hoard containing two [[crystal pick]]s and a [[magic marker]]. If given the freedom to strike, he is quite capable of eliminating an ascension-equipped adventurer in a couple of rounds. |
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==Strategy== | ==Strategy== | ||
| − | + | Many of the Executioner’s inherent strengths and resistances make him immune to common insta-kills like the [[wand of death]] or a [[cockatrice corpse]], and getting in melee range without proper protection can spell instant death, even if you have an [[amulet of life saving]], due to his speed and multiple attacks per turn. However, he does have a few weaknesses that can be exploited if you want to get the treasure he guards. | |
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| + | * The Executioner is devastating in melee, but has no ranged or spellcasting abilities. If you block off his path to you with [[pits]] or [[boulders]] (with a [[scroll of earth]]), he will be unable to hurt you and you can fire daggers and arrows at him until he dies. | ||
| + | ** A [[spider web]] or [[bear trap]] also achieves this by catching him in place, but only temporarily. | ||
| + | **This will ''NOT'' work with magic or attack wands, due to his cloak and intrinsic resistances to fire and ice. | ||
| + | * The Executioner has no [[sleep resistance]] and is just as vulnerable to [[paralysis]] as every other monster. If you can survive a round or two in melee and have the appropriate resistance, you can hit him with a potion of sleep or paralysis to immobilize him long enough for a highly-enchanted artifact weapon to kill him. | ||
| + | ** A player was able to successfully anesthetise and then despatch him by means of the [[Spellbook_of_sleep|sleep]] spell and a [[Magicbane|high quality dagger]]. This led to the suggested [[t-shirt]] message "I knocked off the Executioner and all I got was this lousy crystal pick".{{refsrc|src/read.c|60|unnethack=1986}} | ||
| + | * His cloak of magic resistance protects him from death rays, but not [[disintegration]]. Polymorphing into a [[black dragon]] lets you destroy his cloak and either hit him with magic afterward to kill him or, if you don’t care for his axe, disintegrate him with another blast. Make sure you have sufficient [[power]] to use the breath attack. | ||
| + | * The [[wand of teleportation]] ignores his cloak of magic resistance and is a good way of getting him away from you in an emergency. | ||
| + | * If you’re only interested in the crystal pick and magic marker, you can run past him by being very [[fast]] and with the help of tools mentioned above, loot the pick and marker (they’re always in the chests furthest from the staircase), and then [[level teleport]] out; his level permits it. | ||
====(Boo!!!)==== | ====(Boo!!!)==== | ||
Revision as of 00:03, 21 March 2020
@ Executioner 
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| Difficulty | 30 |
| Attacks |
Weapon 5d10, Weapon 5d10 |
| Base level | |
| Base experience | |
| Speed | 18 |
| Base AC | -2 |
| Base MR | 60 |
| Alignment | unaligned |
| Frequency (by normal means) | Unique |
| Genocidable | No |
| Weight | 1450 |
| Nutritional value | 400 |
| Size | Medium |
| Resistances | cold, fire, poison, stoning |
| Resistances conveyed |
None |
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Executioner:
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| Reference | [1] |
The Executioner is a unique monster, found in UnNetHack at the lowest level of Sheol. He’s fast, has two extremely strong weapon attacks, and comes equipped with a cloak of magic resistance and the artifact double-headed battle-axe Cleaver (or a regular battle-axe if Cleaver was already generated). He is assisted in this aim by monsters such as blue slime that will freeze you in ice. He presides over a hoard containing two crystal picks and a magic marker. If given the freedom to strike, he is quite capable of eliminating an ascension-equipped adventurer in a couple of rounds.
Strategy
Many of the Executioner’s inherent strengths and resistances make him immune to common insta-kills like the wand of death or a cockatrice corpse, and getting in melee range without proper protection can spell instant death, even if you have an amulet of life saving, due to his speed and multiple attacks per turn. However, he does have a few weaknesses that can be exploited if you want to get the treasure he guards.
- The Executioner is devastating in melee, but has no ranged or spellcasting abilities. If you block off his path to you with pits or boulders (with a scroll of earth), he will be unable to hurt you and you can fire daggers and arrows at him until he dies.
- A spider web or bear trap also achieves this by catching him in place, but only temporarily.
- This will NOT work with magic or attack wands, due to his cloak and intrinsic resistances to fire and ice.
- The Executioner has no sleep resistance and is just as vulnerable to paralysis as every other monster. If you can survive a round or two in melee and have the appropriate resistance, you can hit him with a potion of sleep or paralysis to immobilize him long enough for a highly-enchanted artifact weapon to kill him.
- A player was able to successfully anesthetise and then despatch him by means of the sleep spell and a high quality dagger. This led to the suggested t-shirt message "I knocked off the Executioner and all I got was this lousy crystal pick".[1]
- His cloak of magic resistance protects him from death rays, but not disintegration. Polymorphing into a black dragon lets you destroy his cloak and either hit him with magic afterward to kill him or, if you don’t care for his axe, disintegrate him with another blast. Make sure you have sufficient power to use the breath attack.
- The wand of teleportation ignores his cloak of magic resistance and is a good way of getting him away from you in an emergency.
- If you’re only interested in the crystal pick and magic marker, you can run past him by being very fast and with the help of tools mentioned above, loot the pick and marker (they’re always in the chests furthest from the staircase), and then level teleport out; his level permits it.
(Boo!!!)
Bad move there, Dudley.
Encyclopedia entry
Executioners like to immediately execute adventurers who get trapped in their icy lairs. Challenging them in direct hand-to-hand combat would be headlessly stupid.
'Executioners execute!' [ Adeon ]
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