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Not only is he capable of [[summon nasties|summoning more]], but he also does the "[[covetous|teleport away]]" defense, like demon lords in [[Gehennom]] and other [[Quest]] nemeses. If you can go toe-to-toe with him (which, by level 14, you should have decent armor AC -15 and good weapon) you should engage him, then go stand on the up staircase. [[Elbereth]] may also come in handy. | Not only is he capable of [[summon nasties|summoning more]], but he also does the "[[covetous|teleport away]]" defense, like demon lords in [[Gehennom]] and other [[Quest]] nemeses. If you can go toe-to-toe with him (which, by level 14, you should have decent armor AC -15 and good weapon) you should engage him, then go stand on the up staircase. [[Elbereth]] may also come in handy. | ||
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Revision as of 21:52, 14 July 2014
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| Difficulty | 23 |
| Attacks |
Weapon 8d4, weapon 4d6, spell-casting, claw quest-artifact-stealing 2d6 |
| Base level | 16 |
| Base experience | 585 |
| Speed | 12 |
| Base AC | -2 |
| Base MR | 85 |
| Alignment | -127 (unaligned) [1] |
| Frequency (by normal means) | Unique |
| Genocidable | No |
| Weight | 1450 |
| Nutritional value | 400 |
| Size | Large |
| Resistances | Fire, poison, stoning |
| Resistances conveyed |
None |
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Nalzok:
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| Reference | monst.c#line3267 |
Nalzok, &, is the Priest quest nemesis. He is almost identical to the Archeologist quest nemesis. The only differences are that he is unaligned [2] (which allowes Priests of all alignments to boost their alignment record by killing him) and his slightly higher MR. As a major demon, Nalzok hates silver and respects Elbereth.
Strategy
A user has suggested improving this page or section as follows:
"Most of the information is adapted from the Arc quest nemesis article. Could do with better adaptation."
Since Nalzok is almost identical to the Archeologist quest nemesis, some of the strategies that apply there will also apply to him. Since he is a demon, wielding a blessed silver weapon is very effective.
Not only is he capable of summoning more, but he also does the "teleport away" defense, like demon lords in Gehennom and other Quest nemeses. If you can go toe-to-toe with him (which, by level 14, you should have decent armor AC -15 and good weapon) you should engage him, then go stand on the up staircase. Elbereth may also come in handy.
Encyclopedia entry
Nalzok is Moloch's cunning and unfailingly loyal battle
lieutenant, to whom he trusts the command of warfare when he
does not wish to exercise it himself. Nalzok is a major
demon, known to command the undead. He is hungry for power,
and secretly covets Moloch's position. Moloch doesn't trust
him, but, trusting his own power enough, chooses to allow
Nalzok his position because he is useful.
- ↑ makemon.c#line1628
- ↑ His alignment is -127, which is a "magic number" for unaligned (makemon.c#line1628 ), in a similar vein like the Wizard of Yendor or Priests/Minions of Moloch. A stethoscope will wrongly report him as chaotic, because it just checks the sign of the alignment. The reason for this is probably, that priests can be of any alignment, so their quest nemesis must worship Moloch to be always crossaligned.
