Troll (monster)

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This page is about the typical troll monster. For a list of trolls, see List of trolls. For the player race, see troll.

troll T [[File:{{{tile_name}}}.png|32px]]
HP 21 - 56
HD 7
XP 305
Speed 10
AC 3
EV 10
Will 28
Attack1 20 (bite: plain)
Attack2 15 (claw: plain)
Attack3 15 (claw: plain)
Resistances None
Vulnerabilities None
Habitat land
Intelligence Normal
Uses Open doors
Holiness Natural
Size Large
Type troll, troll
Flags Warm-blooded
Speaks
The common troll is a huge and physically powerful humanoid creature. Short on brains but long on brawn, its thick knobbly hide heals rapidly from most wounds.

You feel a lump in the pit of your stomach.

Useful Info

Trolls are hulking brutes that lumber into melee, tearing apart their opponents with powerful attacks. Although they lack resistances, they regenerate HP quickly and are fairly durable for early monsters. They can be encountered as early as Dungeon:5 and are often found in the Orcish Mines. More powerful trolls will harass you throughout most of the game.

Tips & Tricks

  • Use caution when you first encounter trolls; low-level melee fighters may not be able to survive long enough in melee to land a killing blow, and trollish regeneration makes it so they always win wars of attrition. Use wands or some other form of ranged attack to soften them up before engaging.
  • Mephitic Cloud can render them fit for nuking from afar, but stabbing still has risks. They may still land a hit or two in melee, so don't move in for the kill unless you've got full health.
  • Butchering a troll corpse sometimes produces a troll hide. You can turn this into a superior troll leather armour by using a scroll of enchant armour on it. This provides you with slightly better defense than leather armour and a source of health regeneration, but at a cost to your satiation.