Dwarf lord
h dwarf lord 
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| Difficulty | 6 |
| Attacks |
Weapon 2d4, Weapon 2d4 |
| Base level | 4 |
| Base experience | 51 |
| Speed | 6 |
| Base AC | 10 |
| Base MR | 10 |
| Alignment | 5 (lawful) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 2 (Quite rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 900 |
| Nutritional value | 300 |
| Size | Medium |
| Resistances | None |
| Resistances conveyed |
None |
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A dwarf lord:
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| Reference | monst.c#line461 |
A dwarf lord, h, is a type of monster that appears in NetHack. A dwarf lord is a humanoid monster that is a stronger dwarf, possessing infravision and the ability to tunnel with a digging tool like other dwarves. A dwarf lord has two weapon attacks.
The following information pertains to an upcoming version (3.7.0). If this version is now released, please verify that it is still accurate, then update the page to incorporate this information.
Dwarf lords are now known as dwarf leaders, with "lord" and "lady" being gendered titles.Contents
Generation
Randomly-generated dwarf lords are always peaceful towards dwarven and gnomish characters, and will mostly be peaceful towards other lawful characters. A dwarf can grow up into a dwarf lord, and a dwarf lord can grow up into a dwarf king.
In addition to random generation, a dwarf lord may appear as the random h that is generated on level creation for each of the filler levels in the Gnomish Mines.
A dwarf lord can be generated with each of the following items:[1]
- A 6⁄7 chance of a pair of iron shoes and an independent 6⁄7 chance of a dwarvish cloak.
- A 1⁄4 chance of a dwarvish short sword and dwarvish iron helm, combined with an equal probability of either of the following:
- A dwarvish mattock, or
- A dwarvish roundshield paired with either a dwarvish spear or an axe, with an equal probability for each weapon., and a ; the other half receives a ** Dwarf lords that receive a dwarvish short sword and dwarvish iron helm also have a further 1⁄3 chance of receiving a dwarvish mithril-coat.
- Dwarf lords that are not given a dwarvish short sword and dwarvish iron helm will instead receive either a pick-axe (1⁄3 chance) or a dagger (2⁄3 chance).
Strategy
Dwarf lords have two weapon attacks, which makes them quite deadly when wielding a dwarvish mattock, and they can have excellent AC from their starting armor.
History
The dwarf lord first appears in NetHack 3.0.0. From this version to NetHack 3.0.3, the dwarf lord uses the h glyph; in NetHack 3.0.4, when color was introduced, it was given the h glyph. The dwarf lord is given its current glyph color in NetHack 3.0.7.
Variants
Some variants grant dwarves and other monsters AC bonuses for wearing racial equipment, and may additionally generate them with a potion of booze.
SLASH'EM
In SLASH'EM, the Gnomish Mines replaces dwarf lords with hostile dwarf mummies at level creation with the exception of bones, so that player dwarves and gnomes will have to deal with hostile monsters like other races[2] - this does not occur in practice, since dwarf lords are never specified for generation when creating any of the Mines levels.
Encyclopedia entry
Dwarfs have faces like men (ugly men, with wrinkled, leathery skins), but are generally either flat-footed, duck-footed, or have feet pointing backwards. They are of the earth, earthy, living in the darkest of caverns and venturing forth only with the cloaks by which they can make themselves invisible, and others disguised as toads. Miners often come across them, and sometimes establish reasonably close relations with them.... The miners of Cornwall were always delighted to hear a bucca busily mining away, for all dwarfs have an infallible nose for precious metals.
Among other things, dwarfs are rightly valued for their skill as blacksmiths and jewellers: they made Odin his famous spear Gungnir, and Thor his hammer; for Freya they designed a magnificent necklace, and for Frey a golden boar. And in their spare time they are excellent bakers. Ironically, despite their odd feet, they are particularly fond of dancing. They can also see into the future, and consequently are excellent meteorologists. They can be free with presents to people they like, and a dwarvish gift is likely to turn to gold in the hand. But on the whole they are a snappish lot.
