
The reward for slaying them is the thrill of the adventure.Ī brilliant red, orange and yellow plumage covers this magnificent creature. Unless otherwise noted, boss monsters do not produce more loot than any other monster. If a boss monster is affected by a potion of exchange, the new monster will not have any extra abilities, and will not count as a boss monster kill. Killing a corrupted boss will still give the normal special line in the kill list. If a boss monster is corrupted and transformed, it will retain its extra abilities, but not those of the base monster. Huckree will drop a normal blue goblin corpse). If a boss monster leaves a corpse, it will be a standard corpse for that monster type (e.g. At least some wild animal (cat) boss monsters can be tamed, see below. flg (also accessible via the :k command): for each boss killed, the line 'Dispatched the legendary. A level 1 PC might encounter bosses with around 10 levels, while a level 50 PC might encounter bosses with around 90 levels.Īny boss monsters that the PC kills are noted in the list of killed monsters in the. It is then followed by a special description.īoss monsters are generated with additional levels depending on to PC's experience level.

As soon as the monster takes a turn within the PC's visible range, another message with a (more) prompt is generated: Boss monsters are displayed with the symbol of their corresponding monster type, but all share purple color. You sense an imminent and blood-chilling threat.Ī wand of monster detection/ scroll of monster detection may be used to check the location of the monster.

Boss monster mechanics Special messages and appearance Īs soon as a boss monster is generated on the level with the PC the following message is displayed:
