Lord Surtur
H Lord Surtur 
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|---|---|
| Difficulty | 19 |
| Attacks |
Physical 2d10, physical 2d10, claw quest-artifact-stealing 2d6 |
| Base level | 15 |
| Base experience | 487 |
| Speed | 12 |
| Base AC | 2 |
| Base MR | 50 |
| Alignment | 12 (lawful) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | Not randomly generated; unique |
| Genocidable | No |
| Weight | 2250 |
| Nutritional value | 850 |
| Size | Huge |
| Resistances | Fire, stoning |
| Resistances conveyed |
Fire (50%)
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Lord Surtur, H, is the Valkyrie quest nemesis. He is generally considered one of the easier to defeat. Lord Surtur is one of the few quest nemeses who respects Elbereth. Novice players should still beware, however, as Lord Surtur may be the first enemy they encounter who teleports to the upstairs to heal. He is generated asleep at the center of his lair, surrounded by fire giants and a handful of squeaky board traps. A valkyrie becomes stealthy at level 7, so if she doesn't wake the nemesis by stepping on a squeaky trap or in any other way, she can clear out the fire giants before facing Lord Surtur in single combat. The player should stay on Elbereth on the upstairs themselves to keep Lord Surtur from teleporting away or from escaping upstairs. He has fire resistance but not cold resistance, so any cold attacks will do 50% extra damage. A wand of death is also effective. He is not a spellcaster, so magic resistance is not necessary, but the Orb of Fate does not grant it, either.
It is popular to tin Lord Surtur's corpse, whether to eat for the strength gain or simply to keep as a trophy.
Encyclopedia entry
Yet first was the world in the southern region, which was
named Muspell; it is light and hot; that region is glowing
and burning, and impassable to such as are outlanders and
have not their holdings there. He who sits there at the
land's-end, to defend the land, is called Surtr; he brandishes
a flaming sword, and at the end of the world he shall go forth
and harry, and overcome all the gods, and burn all the
world with fire.
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