Kobold lord

k kobold lord
Difficulty	3
Attacks	Weapon 2d4

k kobold lord
Difficulty	3
Attacks	Weapon 2d4
Base level	2
Base experience	22
Speed	6
Base AC	10
Base MR	0
Alignment	-4 (chaotic)
Frequency (by normal means)	1 (Very rare)
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	500
Nutritional value	200
Size	Small
Resistances	Poison
Resistances conveyed	None
A kobold lord: has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. is poisonous to eat. is omnivorous. is a lord to its kind. is male. is normally generated hostile. can pick up weapons and food. has infravision. can be seen through infravision.
Reference	monst.c#line583

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. Kobold lords may appear among the various k generated in throne rooms. A large kobold can grow up into a kobold lord.

A kobold lord has a ¹⁄₄ chance of generating with a stack of darts.

History

The kobold lord first appears in NetHack 3.0.0.

Variants

SLASH'EM

In SLASH'EM, two kobold lords are generated alongside Kroo the Kobold King in the maze-and-corridors variant of his special level on level creation.

GruntHack

In GruntHack, kobold lords are replaced by racial monster lords and ladies, which kobolds are eligible to generate as.

UnNetHack

In UnNetHack, kobold lords and other kobolds have a mutual grudge with elves.

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.