Kobold lord

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A kobold lord, k, is a type of monster that appears in NetHack. It has the strongest weapon among kobolds, and possesses poison resistance.

A kobold lord's corpse is poisonous to eat.

Generation

Randomly-generated kobold lords are always hostile. A large kobold can grow up into a kobold lord.

A kobold lord has a 14 chance of generating with a stack of darts.[1]

History

The kobold lord first appears in NetHack 3.0.0.

Variants

SLASH'EM

In SLASH'EM, two kobold lords appear alongside Kroo the Kobold King on his special level.

dNetHack

In dNetHack, a kobold lord may appear as the ruler of a randomly-generated throne room.

Encyclopedia entry

The race of kobolds are reputed to be an artificial creation
of a master wizard (demi-god?). They are about 3' tall with
a vaguely dog-like face. They bear a violent dislike of the
Elven race, and will go out of their way to cause trouble
for Elves at any time.


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