Hobgoblin

o hobgoblin
Difficulty	3
Attacks	Physical 1d4

o hobgoblin
Difficulty	3
Attacks	Physical 1d4
Base level	1
Base experience	13
Speed	9
Base AC	10
Base MR	0
Alignment	-4 (chaotic)
Frequency (by normal means)	Rare
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	1000
Nutritional value	200
Size	Medium
Resistances	None
Resistances conveyed	None

The hobgoblin, o, is a monster in NetHack. They are relatively weak and slow and not a significant threat.

Hobgoblins share orcish blood, and thus can be useful as same-race sacrifices when playing as an orc.

Encyclopedia entry

Hobgoblin.  Used by the Puritans and in later times for
wicked goblin spirits, as in Bunyan's "Hobgoblin nor foul
friend", but its more correct use is for the friendly spirits
of the brownie type.  In "A midsummer night's dream" a
fairy says to Shakespeare's Puck:
        Those that Hobgoblin call you, and sweet Puck,
        You do their work, and they shall have good luck:
        Are you not he?
and obviously Puck would not wish to be called a hobgoblin
if that was an ill-omened word.
Hobgoblins are on the whole, good-humoured and ready to be
helpful, but fond of practical joking, and like most of the
fairies rather nasty people to annoy.  Boggarts hover on the
verge of hobgoblindom.  Bogles are just over the edge.
One Hob mentioned by Henderson, was Hob Headless who haunted
the road between Hurworth and Neasham, but could not cross
the little river Kent, which flowed into the Tess.  He was
exorcised and laid under a large stone by the roadside for
ninety-nine years and a day.  If anyone was so unwary as to
sit on that stone, he would be unable to quit it for ever.
The ninety-nine years is nearly up, so trouble may soon be
heard of on the road between Hurworth and Neasham.
        [ A Dictionary of Fairies, by Katharine Briggs ]

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