# Shadow ogre

O shadow ogre 

Difficulty

13

Attacks

Weapon 3d5, Touch 3d5 drain life

O shadow ogre 

Difficulty

13

Attacks

Weapon 3d5, Touch 3d5 drain life

Base level

10

Base experience

269

Speed

14

Base AC

0

Base MR

60

Alignment

-7 (chaotic)

Frequency (by normal means)

0 (Not randomly generated)

Genocidable

Yes

Weight

1700

Nutritional value

750

Size

Large

Resistances

None

Resistances conveyed

None

A shadow ogre:

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

 is carnivorous.

 is an overlord to its kind.

 is male.

 is strong.

 likes gold.
 likes gems.
 can pick up weapons and food.

 has infravision.
 can be seen through infravision.

 appears only in Gehennom.

 requires a +1 weapon to hit.

 may turn against you when tame.

Reference

SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line2931

The shadow ogre is a monster added in SLASH'EM. They normally only appear in Grund's Stronghold. They are similar to ogre kings, but have a slightly higher base level and possess a drain life attack.

Generation
Shadow ogres are not randomly generated; they appear only in Grund's Stronghold or possibly via polymorph.  This may be due to an oversight, as they are not actually marked as not being generated, but lack a frequency altogether.[1] Normally, monsters that lack a frequency but do not have the "not randomly generated" flag can still appear in aligned branches of the dungeon; however, shadow ogres are also marked as appearing only in Gehennom, which is unaligned, so they will not appear there either.

Strategy
Shadow ogres can be fairly dangerous: they are faster than an unhasted player, and hit fairly hard.  If you lack magic cancellation, their life-draining touch can be devastating, although less so than those of a star vampire.  They lack any resistances, so attack wands are a good option if you feel threatened.

↑ monst.c in SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2, line 2931