Erolcha

Version 0.27: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.

For a list of all ogres, see list of ogres.

Erolcha O
HP	35-72
HD	6
XP	1004
Speed	10 (atk: 150%)
AC	3
EV	7
Will	60
Attack¹	30 (hit: plain)
Resistances	None
Vulnerabilities	None
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Human
Uses	Weapons & armour Starting equipment Open doors
Holiness	Natural
Size	Large
Type	ogre, ogre
Flags	See invisible Speaks Warm-blooded Unique Female

An especially cunning ogre-mage.

Useful Info

Erolcha the Cunning is a unique ogre mage notorious for sending players with low willpower to the Abyss.

If you see Erolcha, buff up your willpower -- characters who first meet Erolcha are unlikely to be prepared to survive in the Abyss.
You can block her line of fire with summons or other monsters; she might still be able to hit you with a Fireball, but that's often better than being sent to the Abyss.
Erolcha has only modest HP and poor defenses. Hit her hard and she'll fall quickly, but be aware that she can have decent melee damage output if she's carrying a giant spiked club.
Despite her description as an "especially cunning ogre-mage", she actually has considerably less HD than an actual ogre mage, and a generally less-dangerous spell set, since she lacks Haste Other. She does appear considerably earlier than normal ogre mages, though.
Although she has the same spell set as wizards, her spells do slightly less damage because she has lower hit dice.

Prior to 0.27, Erolcha could have one of several spell sets:
- Stone Arrow (3d12), Lightning Bolt (3d14), Banishment, Invisibility
- Force Lance (3d10), Fireball (3d14), Paralyse, Blink
- Bolt of Cold (3d14), Lehudib's Crystal Spear (3d23), Slow, Haste
Prior to 0.25, Erolcha could have Iskenderun's Mystic Blast instead of Force Lance.
Prior to 0.19, Erolcha could cast Bolt of Fire, Confuse, Magic Dart, Throw Flame, Sting, and Venom Bolt. Also, she had five spell sets instead of three.
Prior to 0.17, Erolcha could cast Teleport Self and Teleport Other.