Shadow ogre (Hack'EM)

O shadow ogre
Difficulty	13
Attacks	Weapon 3d5 physical, touch 3d5 drain life

O shadow ogre
Difficulty	13
Attacks	Weapon 3d5 physical, touch 3d5 drain life
Base level	10
Base experience	269
Speed	14
Base AC	0
Base MR	60
Alignment	-7 (chaotic)
Frequency (by normal means)	2 (Quite rare)
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	1700
Nutritional value	750
Size	Large
Resistances	None
Resistances conveyed	poison, drain
A shadow ogre: has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. is carnivorous. is an overlord to its kind. is male. is strong. likes gold. likes gems. can pick up weapons and food. has infravision. can be seen through infravision. appears only in Gehennom. resists death magic. requires a +1 weapon to hit. may turn against you when tame.

A shadow ogre, O, is a type of monster that appears in Hack'EM. The shadow ogre is a type of ogre that is even stronger than the ogre king, and is similarly treated as an overlord to his kind. Shadow ogres can darken their surroundings as they move. Tame shadow ogres may turn traitor.

A shadow ogre has a weapon attack and a life draining touch attack, and possesses poison resistance, death resistance and drain resistance along with a vulnerability to fire.

Generation

Shadow ogres may be generated as peaceful towards chaotic heroes.

Grund's Stronghold has a ¹⁄₂ chance of generating a shadow ogre within the room containing the throne at level creation.

Shadow ogres can appear among the random O that are part of the first quest monster class for Barbarians and make up ²⁴⁄₁₇₅ of the monsters randomly generated on the Barbarian quest.

A shadow ogre always generates with some gold and a weapon, which has a ¹⁄₁₂ chance of being a battle-axe and will otherwise be a club, and is eligible for offensive, defensive and miscellaneous items. As shadow ogres are overlords to their kind, any weapons they generate with will be at least +1.

Strategy

Shadow ogres can be fairly dangerous, since they move faster than an unhasted and unburdened hero and have a base AC of 0, and on top of their high weapon damage they can also devastate the hero with their life-draining touch, unless they possess drain resistance or at least MC3. Thankfully, shadow ogres lack any other defenses beyond a formidable MR score of 60, and a hero can use attack wands and enchanted projectiles to bring down an approaching shadow ogre before it can get within melee range.