Shadow ogre
O shadow ogre 
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| Difficulty | 13 |
| Attacks |
Weapon 3d5, Touch 3d5 drain life |
| Base level | 10 |
| Base experience | 269 |
| Speed | 14 |
| Base AC | 0 |
| Base MR | 60 |
| Alignment | -7 (chaotic) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 0 (Not randomly generated) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 1700 |
| Nutritional value | 750 |
| Size | Large |
| Resistances | None |
| Resistances conveyed |
None |
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A shadow ogre:
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| Reference | SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line2931 |
The shadow ogre is a monster added in SLASH'EM. They normally only appear in Grund's Stronghold. They are similar to ogre kings, but have a slightly higher base level and possess a drain life attack.
Generation
Shadow ogres are not randomly generated; they appear only in Grund's Stronghold or possibly via polymorph. This may be due to an oversight, as they are not actually marked as not being generated, but lack a frequency altogether.[1] Normally, monsters that lack a frequency but do not have the "not randomly generated" flag can still appear in aligned branches of the dungeon; however, shadow ogres are also marked as appearing only in Gehennom, which is unaligned, so they will not appear there either.
Strategy
Shadow ogres can be fairly dangerous: they are faster than an unhasted player, and hit fairly hard. If you lack magic cancellation, their life-draining touch can be devastating, although less so than those of a star vampire. They lack any resistances, so attack wands are a good option if you feel threatened.
