Grand Master

@ Grand Master
Difficulty	30
Attacks	Claw 4d10, kick 2d8, spell-casting (clerical), spell-casting (clerical)

@ Grand Master
Difficulty	30
Attacks	Claw 4d10, kick 2d8, spell-casting (clerical), spell-casting (clerical)
Base level	25
Base experience	1053
Speed	12
Base AC	0
Base MR	70
Alignment	0 (neutral)
Frequency (by normal means)	Unique
Genocidable	No
Weight	1450
Nutritional value	400
Size	Medium
Resistances	Fire, shock, sleep, poison
Resistances conveyed	None
The Grand Master: has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. can see invisible creatures. is herbivorous. is not a valid polymorphable form. is a human. is normally generated peaceful. is nasty. is strong. can pick up magical items. lets you close unless attacked. can be seen through infravision.
Reference	monst.c#line3110

For the skill level, see Skill and Martial arts.

The Grand Master, @, is the Monk quest leader. Like his abbots, he is capable of clerical spell-casting, and his melee attacks are more powerful than other quest leaders, reflecting the monk's affinity towards martial arts. Interestingly, he has fire resistance, shock resistance, sleep resistance and poison resistance, much like a highly experienced player monk would.

Generation

Unlike other quest leaders, and like abbots and player monster monks, he is generated without a weapon.

Encyclopedia entry

The Grand Master shares his encyclopedia entry with the monk.

One day, an army general invited the Buddhist monk I-Hsiu
(literally, "One Rest") to his military head office for a
dinner. I-Hsiu was not accustomed to wearing luxurious
clothings and so he just put on an old ordinary casual
robe to go to the military base. To him, "form is void".

As he approached the base, two soldiers appeared before him
and shouted, "Where does this beggar came from? Identify
yourself! You do not have permission to be around here!"

"My name is I-Hsiu Dharma Master. I am invited by your
general for a supper."

The two soldiers examined the monk closely and said, "You
liar. How come my general invites such a shabby monk to
dinner? He invites the very solemn venerable I-Hsiu to our
base for a great ceremony today, not you. Now, get out!"

I-Hsiu was unable to convince the soldiers that he was
indeed the invited guest, so he returned to the temple
and changed to a very formal solemn ceremonial robe for
the dinner. And as he returned to the military base, the
soldiers observed that he was such a great Buddhist monk,
let him in with honour.

At the dinner, I-Hsiu sat in front of the table full of
food but, instead of putting the food into his mouth, he
picked up the food with his chopsticks and put it into
his sleeves. The general was curious, and whispered to
him, "This is very embarrassing. Do you want to take
some food back to the temple? I will order the cook to
prepare some take out orders for you." "No" replied the
monk. "When I came here, I was not allowed into the
base by your soldiers until I wear this ceremonial robe.
You do not invite me for a dinner. You invite my robe.
Therefore, my robe is eating the food, not me."

[ Dining with a General - a Zen Buddhism Koan ]

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