Death knight

L death knight
Difficulty	26
Attacks	Weapon 3d8 physical, Weapon 3d8 physical, Touch 3d6 cold

L death knight
Difficulty	26
Attacks	Weapon 3d8 physical, Weapon 3d8 physical, Touch 3d6 cold
Base level	17
Base experience	596
Speed	9
Base AC	-4
Base MR	45
Alignment	-15 (chaotic)
Frequency (by normal means)	1 (Very rare)
Genocidable	Yes
Weight	1200
Nutritional value	100
Size	medium
Resistances	fire resistance, cold resistance, sleep resistance, poison resistance
Resistances conveyed	fire resistance, cold resistance
A death knight: can survive underwater. does not breathe. has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. regenerates HP quickly. is poisonous to eat. does not eat. (*) is undead. is normally generated hostile. is strong. can pick up weapons and food. can pick up magical items. wants the Amulet of Yendor. wants the Book of the Dead. wants the Amulet of Yendor, the Bell of Opening, the Book of the Dead, the Candelabrum of Invocation, and your quest artifact. has infravision. appears only in Gehennom. never leaves a corpse. resists death magic.

A death knight, L, is a type of monster that appears in dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack. The death knight is a form of lich that is strong, has enhanced regeneration, has infravision, and will pick up weapons, magical items and other objects that they come across. A death knight is covetous and capable of warping, and desires the Amulet of Yendor, the Book of the Dead and the other invocation items, and the quest artifact of the hero's current role.

Death knights have two weapon attacks along with a touch attack that can deal cold damage similar to other liches. Death knights possess fire resistance, cold resistance, sleep resistance, and poison resistance, along with drain resistance and death resistance like other undead.

Death knights are poisonous to eat and can grant fire resistance or cold resistance when eaten, which primarily comes up if they are subjected to the spirit Ahazu (whose abduction ability ignores detrimental effects of eaten monsters).

Generation

Death knights are only randomly generated in Gehennom, and normally created ones are always hostile.

A death knight and three skeletons appear within one of the rooms in the lair of Demogorgon if his dwelling appears as the third Abyss level.

Death knights do not leave a corpse upon death.

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