Kobold lord
k kobold lord 
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| 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 |
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A kobold lord:
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| 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.
Contents
Generation
Randomly-generated kobold lords are always hostile. Kobold lords may appear among the various k generated in the courts of throne rooms and while looting thrones. 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.[1]
History
The kobold lord first appears in NetHack 3.0.0.
Origin
Kobolds are creatures that appear in many fantasy-themed works and media, which often borrow significantly from Germanic folklore - Germanic kobolds are a form of sprite that are generally benevolent if treated with kindness, but will respond to disrespect with anything ranging from pranks to even outright attacking and killing offenders.
Dungeons & Dragons in particular - and by extension, NetHack and many of its variants - depicts the kobold as a race of small reptilian humanoids with long tails, distantly related to dragons; earlier editions gave kobolds more dog-like features, which lead to many depictions of kobolds in Japanese media leaning harder in that direction after the popularity of the anime franchise Record of Lodoss War. Fantasy kobolds are often considered weak "cannon fodder" monsters that can be cunning and strong in groups, similar to goblins.
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.
