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 [[Grund's Stronghold]] has a {{frac|2|5}} chance of generating a two-headed troll at level creation.
-Two-headed trolls can generate among the random {{white|T}} that are part of the second quest [[monster class]] for [[Barbarian]]s, and make up {{frac|6|175}} of the monsters that randomly generate on the [[Barbarian quest]].{{refsrc|makemon.c|886|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
+Two-headed trolls can generate among the random {{white|T}} that are part of the second quest [[monster class]] for [[Barbarian]]s, and make up {{frac|6|175}} of the monsters that randomly generate on the [[Barbarian quest]].
-A two-headed troll has a {{frac|2}} chance of [[Monster starting inventory|being generated with]] a [[ranseur]], [[partisan]], [[glaive]], or [[spetum]], with an equal probability of each polearm.
+A two-headed troll has a {{frac|2}} chance of [[Monster starting inventory|being generated with]] a [[ranseur]], [[partisan]], [[glaive]], or [[spetum]], with an equal probability of each polearm.{{refsrc|makemon.c|886|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
 ==Strategy==

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	The second chapter of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] novel ''The Hobbit'' has a character comment on trolls as being slovenly and lacking table manners, "even those with only one head each", implying that the trolls of that world are often two-headed.		The second chapter of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] novel ''The Hobbit'' has a character comment on trolls as being slovenly and lacking table manners, "even those with only one head each", implying that the trolls of that world are often two-headed.
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		+	==Encyclopedia entry==
		+	{{encyclopedia\|
		+	The troll shambled closer. He was perhaps eight feet tall,
		+	perhaps more. His forward stoop, with arms dangling past
		+	thick claw-footed legs to the ground, made it hard to tell.
		+	The hairless green skin moved upon his body. His head was a
		+	gash of a mouth, a yard-long nose, and two eyes which drank
		+	the feeble torchlight and never gave back a gleam.
		+	[...]
		+	Like a huge green spider, the troll's severed hand ran on its
		+	fingers. Across the mounded floor, up onto a log with one
		+	taloned forefinger to hook it over the bark, down again it
		+	scrambled, until it found the cut wrist. And there it grew
		+	fast. The troll's smashed head seethed and knit together.
		+	He clambered back on his feet and grinned at them. The
		+	waning faggot cast red light over his fangs.
		+	\|[ Three Hearts and Three Lions, by Poul Anderson ]
		+	}}

	==References==		==References==

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 ==Origin==
 {{wikipedia|Troll}}
-A troll is a being that appears in Norse mythology and later Scandinavian folklore. In Old Norse sources, beings described as trolls dwell in isolated areas of rock, mountains, or caves, living together in small family units, and were rarely helpful to human beings - the Old Norse nouns ''troll'' and ''trǫll'' are variously used to mean "fiend", "demon", "werewolf", and "jötunn". The trolls of ''NetHack'' are derived from ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', whose portrayal of them is partly inspired by [[wikipedia:Poul Anderson|Poul Anderson]] novel ''[[wikipedia:Three Hearts and Three Lions|Three Hearts and Three Lions]]''.
+A troll is a being that appears in Norse mythology and later Scandinavian folklore. In Old Norse sources, beings described as trolls dwell in isolated areas of rock, mountains, or caves, living together in small family units, and were rarely even helpful to human beings - the Old Norse nouns ''troll'' and ''trǫll'' are variously used to mean "fiend", "demon", "werewolf", and "jötunn". The trolls of ''NetHack'' are derived from ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', whose portrayal of them is partly inspired by [[wikipedia:Poul Anderson|Poul Anderson]] novel ''[[wikipedia:Three Hearts and Three Lions|Three Hearts and Three Lions]]''.
-''Dungeons & Dragons'' introduces giant two-headed trolls, also known as "fell trolls", in the 1981 ''Fiend Folio'' for the 1st edition. Fell trolls are believed to be a cross-breed between troll and [[ettin]], and are one of the larges types of troll in the setting, standing taller than most hill giants at 15 feet (4.6 meters). A fell troll's two heads makes the use of spells that were mind-affecting or otherwise intended to deceive them difficult, and they possess the same regenerative abilities as other trolls; in earlier editions, their ability to regenerate is somewhat weaker, and they cannot reattach lost limbs.
+''Dungeons & Dragons'' introduces giant two-headed trolls, also known as "fell trolls", in the 1981 ''Fiend Folio'' for the 1st edition. Fell trolls are believed to be a cross-breed between troll and [[ettin]], and are one of the larges types of troll in the setting, standing taller than most hill giants at 15 feet (4.6 meters). A fell troll's two heads makes the use of spells that are mind-affecting or otherwise intended to deceive difficult, and they possess the same regenerative abilities as other trolls; in earlier editions, their ability to regenerate is somewhat weaker, and they cannot reattach lost limbs.
 The second chapter of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] novel ''The Hobbit'' has a character comment on trolls as being slovenly and lacking table manners, "even those with only one head each", implying that the trolls of that world are often two-headed.

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 Two-headed trolls may appear among the hostile {{white|T}} that generate in [[throne room]]s, as well the monsters randomly generated by [[looting]] a [[throne]] while [[confused]] and carrying gold (provided there is no [[chest]] on the level).{{refsrc|mkroom.c|785|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}
-[[Grund's Stronghold]] has a {{frac|2|5}} chance of generating a rock troll at level creation.
+[[Grund's Stronghold]] has a {{frac|2|5}} chance of generating a two-headed troll at level creation.
 Two-headed trolls can generate among the random {{white|T}} that are part of the second quest [[monster class]] for [[Barbarian]]s, and make up {{frac|6|175}} of the monsters that randomly generate on the [[Barbarian quest]].{{refsrc|makemon.c|886|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}

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 A two-headed troll has two claw attacks and two bite attacks, owing the latter attacks to its second head. In SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM, two-headed trolls [[Hits creatures as +x weapon|hit as a +2 weapon]].
 ==Generation==
-Randomly generated two-headed trolls are always generated hostile.
+Randomly generated two-headed trolls are always generated hostile. Two-headed trolls do not generate in [[Gehennom]].
 Two-headed trolls may appear among the hostile {{white|T}} that generate in [[throne room]]s, as well the monsters randomly generated by [[looting]] a [[throne]] while [[confused]] and carrying gold (provided there is no [[chest]] on the level).{{refsrc|mkroom.c|785|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}

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 ==Strategy==
 Though a two-headed troll has worse [[AC]] than most other trolls and its attacks are individually slightly weaker than the base troll, they still move at the same speed as an unhasted and unburdened character, and the extra bite attack gives it a higher damage range that makes it more dangerous to fight in melee. Damage reduction from negative AC can make their attacks much easier to weather - much of the same strategies that apply to other trolls also apply here, including disposing of a two-headed troll corpse.
 ==References==

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-The '''two-headed troll''' is a monster added in [[SLASH'EM]]. Like all [[troll]]s, it is capable of resurrecting if any part of its [[corpse]] is left.
+A '''two-headed troll''', {{monsym|two-headed troll}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]], [[SlashTHEM]] and [[Hack'EM]]. It is somewhat stronger than a normal [[Troll (monster class)|troll]], and can [[revive]] from its [[corpse]] like all trolls.
 ==Strategy==
-In addition to the usual methods for handling trolls, beware that the second head means an additional bite attack, making two-headed trolls more dangerous to face in melee.
+Though a two-headed troll has worse [[AC]] than most other trolls and its attacks are individually slightly weaker than the base troll, they still move at the same speed as an unhasted and unburdened character, and the extra bite attack gives it a higher damage range that makes it more dangerous to fight in melee. Damage reduction from negative AC can make their attacks much easier to weather - much of the same strategies that apply to other trolls also apply here, including disposing of a two-headed troll corpse.
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+==References==
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