Monster
Black Knight
- Resistance (RES)
- 2
- Reluctance to negotiate (RN)
- 5
- Agility (AGI)
- 5
- Strength (dice)
- 1K6+4
- Weapon
- sword
- Spells
- –
- Treasure
- J/C
- Tiles
- 2
- Special ability
- +1K6 sword
RES: Resistance, RN: Reluctance to Negotiate, AGI: Agility, Strength: K6 dice rolled in combat, Tiles: monster tile count. Treasure codes refer to the Treasure table.
How it plays
A swordsman whose 1K6 sword bonus, rolled when you meet him, makes him hit harder than most monsters on the early levels. Put your sturdiest character opposite him. With resistance 2, two spells in three get through. A reluctance of 5 makes talking him round a real gamble, and he guards decent treasure (type J when he lairs, C when he wanders).
- It resists a spell on a 1K6 roll of 1–2, so about 33% of your spells fail against it.
- Its attacks wound 100% of the time and average 2.4 wounds per attack at maze level 1, counting its 1K6 sword bonus.
- Reluctance to negotiate 5: you can try negotiation, then a bribe, before you fight.
- It lairs in 2 of the 36 resident-monster outcomes and wanders in 1 of the 18 wandering outcomes.
- Group size on the encounter tables: 1.
Figures are for maze level 1 and come straight from the rulebook tables. Deeper levels add strength, agility and reluctance to negotiate (table 6.7).
In Citadel of Blood
Known in Citadel of Blood as Evil Hero.
Full rules: 8.0 Monsters, Negotiation, and Bribery· 9.0 Combat· 15.0 Special Abilities of Certain Monsters· Monster stats table (8.2)