# Kostchtchie

&amp; Kostchtchie File:Kostchtchie.png

Difficulty

28

Attacks

Weapon 2d12 physical, Weapon 2d12 physical, Breath weapon 5d12 cold

&amp; Kostchtchie File:Kostchtchie.png

Difficulty

28

Attacks

Weapon 2d12 physical, Weapon 2d12 physical, Breath weapon 5d12 cold

Base level

50

Base experience

3454

Speed

12

Base AC

-13

Base MR

10

Alignment

-15 (chaotic)

Frequency (by normal means)

0 (Not randomly generated)

Genocidable

No

Weight

2250

Nutritional value

750

Size

huge

Resistances

cold, poison

Resistances conveyed

fire, cold

Kostchtchie:

 has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso.

 can see invisible creatures.

 is poisonous to eat.
 is carnivorous.

 is not a valid polymorphable form.

 is a demon.

 is a lord to its kind.

 is a giant.
 is male.

 is normally generated hostile.

 can follow you to other levels.
 is nasty.
 is strong.
 can throw boulders.

 likes gems.
 can pick up weapons and food.

 waits for you to come.

 wants the Amulet of Yendor, the Bell of Opening, the Book of the Dead, the Candelabrum of Invocation, and your quest artifact.
 has infravision.

 appears only in Gehennom.

 never leaves a corpse.

 resists death magic.

 may turn against you when tame.

Kostchtchie is a demon lord that appears in dNetHack.

Origin

Wikipedia has an article about:
Koschei

Kostchtcie appears as a demon lord in many Dungeons &amp; Dragons settings such as Greyhawk and Pathfinder. His moniker is the Prince of Wrath, and he is the demon lord of giants, cold and revenge.
He was once a mortal man who was born severely deformed, and being ostracized from the people he lived around caused him to become just as 'ugly' inside as he was considered outside. In Pathfinder, this drove him to go on a brutal murder spree that claimed the lives of his family; Forgotten Realms extends this to every woman who ever mocked him, as well as his former tribe's chieftain.
He is based on Koschei, as most versions have him attain immortality from a deal with Baba Yaga in some form, and some of them involve him sealing his soul in the core of a nested object such as a set of skulls.
Upon attaining immortality, he transformed into a monstrous giant and continued wreaking vengeance upon those who scorned him until he was struck down by the celestial paragon Gwynharwyf, after which he reincarnated in the Abyss as a demon lord.

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