Ogre lord
O ogre lord 
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| Difficulty | 9 |
| Attacks |
Weapon 2d6 physical |
| Base level | 7 |
| Base experience | 97 |
| Speed | 12 |
| Base AC | 3 |
| Base MR | 30 |
| Alignment | -5 (chaotic) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 2 (Quite rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 1700 |
| Nutritional value | 700 |
| Size | Large |
| Resistances | None |
| Resistances conveyed |
None |
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An ogre lord:
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| Reference | monst.c#line1803 |
An ogre lord, O, is a type of monster that appears in NetHack. It is a stronger type of ogre.
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.
Ogre lords are now known as ogre leaders, with "lord" and "lady" being gendered titles.Contents
Generation
Ogre lords may be peaceful towards chaotic characters. They are generated with some gold and either a club (5⁄6 chance) or a battle-axe (1⁄6 chance), and can generate with offensive, defensive and miscellaneous items.[1] An ogre can grow up into an ogre lord, and ogre lords can grow up into ogre kings.
Ogre lords may appear among the random O that make up 14% of randomly generated monsters on the Barbarian quest and are placed at level creation on floors below the home level.
Strategy
By themselves, ogre lords are not much more threatening than standard ogres, though they may appear among a group if one of the ogres generates with a potion of gain level. They also have an MR score of 30, which is enough to let them potentially resist effects from spells and items such as wands. Beyond that, ogre lords are usually not too much trouble for a player that can handle themselves in combat, although they do have a small chance of generating with a wand of death among their starting inventory.
Variants
SLASH'EM
In SLASH'EM, an ogre lord appears in the throne room of Grund's Stronghold.
GruntHack
In GruntHack, ogres are an eligible race for the various racial monsters that appear in the dungeon, including lords and kings.
dNetHack
In dNetHack, ogre lords may appear in the court of a throne room ruled by an ogre king.
Encyclopedia entry
Anyone who has met a gluttonous, nude, angry ogre, will not
easily forget this encounter -- if he survives it at all.
Both male and female ogres can easily grow as tall as three
metres. Build and facial expressions would remind one of a
Neanderthal. Its small, pointy, keen teeth are striking.
Since ogres avoid direct sunlight, their ragged, unfurry
skin is as white as a sheet. They enjoy coating their body
with lard and usually wear nothing but a loin-cloth. An elf
would smell its rancid stench at ten metres distance.
Ogres are solitary creatures: very rarely one may encounter
a female with two or three young. They are the only real
carnivores among the humanoids, and its favourite meal is --
not surprisingly -- human flesh. They sometimes ally with
orcs or goblins, but only when they anticipate a good meaty
meal.
