Lord Sato

@ Lord Sato
Difficulty	24
Attacks	Weapon 4d10 physical, weapon 4d10 physical

@ Lord Sato
Difficulty	24
Attacks	Weapon 4d10 physical, weapon 4d10 physical
Base level	20
Base experience	588
Speed	15
Base AC	0
Base MR	90
Alignment	20 (lawful)
Frequency (by normal means)	Unique
Genocidable	No
Weight	1450
Nutritional value	400
Size	Medium
Resistances	None
Resistances conveyed	None
Lord Sato: has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. is omnivorous. is not a valid polymorphable form. is a human. is male. is normally generated peaceful. is strong. can pick up weapons and food. can pick up magical items. lets you close unless attacked. can be seen through infravision.
Reference	monst.c#line3150

Lord Sato, @, is the Samurai quest leader. He is a strong, omnivorous human that can be seen via infravision.

Lord Sato has two weapon attacks.

Generation

Lord Sato resides within the Castle of the Taro Clan on the Samurai quest home level, where occupies the throne room square with a chest. Lord Sato is always generated with +5 splint mail and a +4 katana.

History

Lord Sato is introduced with most other quest leaders in NetHack 3.1.0. NetHack 5.0.0 updates all quest leaders to be fiercer opponents, granting Lord Sato his more robust starting equipment.

Variants

Some variants make Lord Sato and other quest leaders stronger to accommodate changes to the Quest and its entry mechanics, and these changes may be incorporated into upcoming versions of NetHack or else be borrowed from them.

SporkHack

In SporkHack, Lord Sato's difficulty is increased to 24. His speed is increased to 15, his MR score becomes 90, and he has two 4d10 weapon attacks. He also gains flight, sleep resistance, poison resistance, and stoning resistance.

dNetHack

In dNetHack, Lord Sato's difficulty is lowered to 22. He has an effective AC of 10, with no points in any type of AC.

Lord Sato always generates with a blessed +4 katana, a blessed +4 wakizashi, blessed +4 splint mail, a blessed +0 war hat, and blessed +0 high boots. He has stealth similar to player Samurai.

xNetHack

In xNetHack, Lord Sato's stats and difficulty are improved as in SporkHack, minus the flight and resistances.

SpliceHack

In SpliceHack, Lord Sato's stats are improved as in xNetHack, excluding difficulty.

EvilHack

In EvilHack, Lord Sato's stats and resistances are improved as in SporkHack, minus the flight.

Lord Sato always generates with +4 splint mail and a +4 katana. If The Tsurugi of Muramasa is successfully wished for by a non-Samurai, there is a ^x⁄_x+1 chance (where x is the amount of previous artifact wishes) of a hostile Lord Sato generating adjacent to the character with the artifact in his possession.

All of the above information also applies to Hack'EM.

Encyclopedia entry

Lord Sato was the family head of the Taro Clan, and a mighty
daimyo. He is a loyal servant of the Emperor, and will do
everything in his power to further the imperial cause.