Ruggo the Gnome King
G Ruggo the Gnome King 
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| Difficulty | 19 |
| Attacks |
Weapon 2d6 physical |
| Base level | 16 |
| Base experience | 520 |
| Speed | 10 |
| Base AC | 10 |
| Base MR | 10 |
| Alignment | −3 (chaotic) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | Unique |
| Genocidable | No |
| Weight | 750 |
| Nutritional value | 150 |
| Size | Small |
| Resistances | poison resistance, stoning resistance |
| Resistances conveyed | None |
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Ruggo the Gnome King:
In SlashTHEM and Hack'EM, Ruggo the Gnome King also:
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| Reference | SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line2502 |
- This article is about the monster in SLASH'EM and its derivatives. For the monster in dNetHack and its derivatives, see Ruggo the Gnome High King.
Ruggo the Gnome King, G, is a unique monster that appears in SLASH'EM, SlashTHEM and Hack'EM. Ruggo is a chaotic humanoid that has the highest monster level and difficulty of the gnomes in the gnome monster class and an overlord to them (despite lacking the gnome monster attribute in SLASH'EM), though he is still weaker than the gnolls that he shares a monster class with. Like other gnomes, Ruggo the Gnome King is omnivorous, has infravision, and can be seen via infravision—Ruggo will pick up gold, gems, magical items, and other objects that he comes across. Ruggo may turn traitor while he is tame.
Ruggo the Gnome King has a single weapon attack, hits as a +1 weapon and possesses both poison resistance and stoning resistance.
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Generation
Ruggo the Gnome King is always generated hostile, and is not a valid polymorph form.
In SLASH'EM, Ruggo is always generated on the Mine king level located below the (now-misnamed) Mine's End, where he is stationed on the throne, and a random weapon, a random piece of armor, a random wand, and two random potions are all placed on his square.
In SlashTHEM, the Mine king level uses a different map, which places Ruggo on its throne as before, but also supplies him with more potential items: two random potions, a random piece of armor, and varying chances of the following items: a 3⁄4 chance of a random wand, a 3⁄10 chance of a wand of sleep, a 1⁄10 chance of a wand of draining, a 1⁄20 chance of a wand of lightning, a 1⁄20 chance of a wand of create horde, a a 1⁄4 chance of a shield of reflection, a 1⁄4 chance of a blessed potion of full healing, a 3⁄20 chance of an amulet of life saving, a 7⁄20 chance of a blessed +2 dwarvish mattock, and a 1⁄10 chance of a blessed +4 silver short sword.
In Hack'EM, both map layouts are utilized and have an equal chance of appearing each game, including the items placed on Ruggo's square for each map—the silver short sword used for the SlashTHEM map is changed to a normal short sword, due to the object materials system.
Monster starting inventory
In SLASH'EM, Ruggo has a 5⁄8 chance of being generated with one of the seven default weapon sets, with an equal probability for each: 3-14 darts, a crossbow and 3-14 crossbow bolts, a bow and 3-14 arrows, a stack of 3-5 daggers, an aklys, a short sword, or a club.[1]
In SlashTHEM, Ruggo has a 4⁄5 chance of being generated with a gnomish helm, a 1⁄3 chance of being generated with gnomish boots, a 1⁄5 chance of being generated with a gnomish suit, and the same 5⁄8 chance of being generated with one of the seven default weapon sets, which behave as in SLASH'EM.
In Hack'EM, Ruggo has a 1⁄20 chance of generating with a candle, which will either be a tallow candle (3⁄4 chance) or a wax candle (1⁄4 chance), and a 5⁄8 chance of being generated with one of the five default weapon sets: 3-14 darts, a crossbow and 3-14 crossbow bolts, a bow and 3-14 arrows, a stack of 3-5 daggers, or an aklys.
Strategy
Ruggo the Gnome King is essentially a very high-HP gnome king: he has the same weapon attack, speed, and AC, but a far higher level and difficulty, and unlike most gnomes he resists poison and petrification (though his corpse will not grant either resistance). Due to his size, there is a chance he will not be able to wear the armor that generates on his square.
In SLASH'EM, while he is far less dangerous than the gnolls that frequently generate in his throne room and not a huge threat overall, Ruggo can still cause trouble if he generates with especially nasty potions or wands, including the potion of amnesia, wand of draining or wand of death.
History
Ruggo the Gnome King first appears in SLASH 6, where he acts as the quest leader of the Gnome quest, as then-current versions of NetHack did not yet separate races from roles—this is the reason for his high level, difficulty and resistances, which are usually given to quest leaders and nemeses. This may also be the basis for the apparent oversight regarding his lack of the gnome monster attribute.
Encyclopedia entry
The Nome King declared, "Cruelty is a thing I can't abide. So,
as slaves must work hard, and the Queen of Ev and her children
were delicate and tender, I transformed them all into articles of
ornament and bric-a-brac and scattered them around the various
rooms of my palace. Instead of being obliged to labor, they
merely decorate my apartments, and I really think I have treated
them with great kindness."
[ Ozma of Oz, by L. Frank Baum ]
References
- ↑ makemon.c in SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2, line 166: Default set of cases for monster weapon generation in SLASH'EM
