# Lareth

@ Lareth 

Difficulty

25

Attacks

Weapon 4d8, weapon 2d5 (sleep), arcane spellcasting, arcane spellcasting

@ Lareth 

Difficulty

25

Attacks

Weapon 4d8, weapon 2d5 (sleep), arcane spellcasting, arcane spellcasting

Base level

Base experience

Speed

15

Base AC

0

Base MR

50

Alignment

20 (lawful)

Frequency (by normal means)

Unique

Genocidable

No

Weight

800

Nutritional value

350

Size

Medium

Resistances

Death, sleep

Resistances conveyed

Sleep

Lareth:

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

 can see invisible creatures.

 is omnivorous.

 is not a valid polymorphable form.

 is a human.
 is an elf.

 is male.

 is normally generated hostile.

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

 likes gems.
 can pick up weapons and food.
 can pick up magical items.

 wants your quest artifact.

 hits creatures as a +4 weapon.

Lareth was the quest nemesis for the defunct Gnome quest.

Origin
Lareth the Beautiful was the antagonist of the AD&amp;D module The Village of Hommlet, a cleric of Lolth known as "the dark hope of chaotic evil". As such, he refers to himself as the "Dark Hope" in one of his maledictions.