Executioner

@ Executioner
Difficulty	30
Attacks	Weapon 5d10, Weapon 5d10

@ Executioner
Difficulty	30
Attacks	Weapon 5d10, Weapon 5d10
Base level
Base experience
Speed	18
Base AC	-2
Base MR	60
Alignment	unaligned
Frequency (by normal means)	Unique
Genocidable	No
Weight	1450
Nutritional value	400
Size	Medium
Resistances	Cold, Fire, Poison, Stoning
Resistances conveyed	None
Executioner: can swim. has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. regenerates HP quickly. can see invisible creatures. is omnivorous. is not a valid polymorphable form. is a human. is an overlord to its kind. is male. is normally generated hostile. is nasty. is strong. can be seen through infravision.
Reference	[1]

The Executioner is a unique monster, found in UnNetHack at the lowest level of Sheol. He attacks fast, and his weapon of choice is the artefact double-headed battle-axe Cleaver. He is assisted in this aim by paralysing monsters such as blue slime. He presides over a hoard including the crystal ice pick. If given the freedom to strike, he is quite capable of eliminating an ascension-equipped adventurer in a couple of rounds.

Strategy

One weakness of the Executioner is that he does not have sleep resistance. A player was able to successfully anaesthetise and then despatch him by means of the sleep spell and a dagger.

Encyclopedia entry

Executioners like to immediately execute adventurers who get trapped in their icy lairs. Challenging them in direct hand-to-hand combat would be headlessly stupid.
'Executioners execute!' [ Adeon ]