Hack

Hack is an ogre who, in its current state, is a stone statue in the bestiary room located on labyrinth level 3 below Durlag's Tower. It can be released from its predicament without the need for a Stone to Flesh Scroll and will serve Gorion's Ward for a while before becoming mutinous.
==Biography==
An ancient hero, Hack once undertook the unwise and foolish venture of looking for Durlag Trollkiller's treasures – only to end up standing vigil over the bestiary down in the dwarf's dungeons, forever frozen in stone.
==Involvement==
When entering the bestiary by way of the fireball room, the party will be greeted by a skeleton who introduces five "foolish men and women – ancient hero[s]" who "came to find Durlag's treasure" and now are "forever frozen in stone" and then offers a preview of the creatures to be encountered within the room. 
These statues can be released by clicking on each of them and they will help the party for a limited time to defeat those creatures the skeleton spoke of, but then turn against the person who dared to command them. 
Hack is one of these statues. Once turned back to flesh, it greets the party with an eagerness to smash and pulp Hack's enemies.
However, as the skeleton mentioned, the oath doesn't last long – only fifteen rounds, after which Hack turns hostile towards the party.
==Combat==
* In the original Tales of the Sword Coast, Hack cannot be detected as an evil-aligned creature present in the area.
*Hack moves slower than the party, at a scale of 6 opposed to 9.
*Despite obviously wielding a morning star, the weapon – and only item – he drops is a flail. It can also be stolen without affecting his combat abilities.
*The ogre attacks at 3 times per round at a range of 1 ft and a speed of 3 with a THAC0 of only 3, dealing 8 to 17 points of crushing damage with each hit, strength modifiers included. There's no bonus, however, from being a master with the weapon.
** In the Enhanced Edition, this counts as damage inflicted with an enchanted weapon.
==Notes==
*As with the other resurrected statue creatures, the party can choose to attack him before he turns hostile. He will not fight back, and will be easily killed.
*According to the script attached to Hack's statue, the ogre originally was intended to be named "Itach".
==See also==
*Bullrush
*Meiala the Sirine
*Moorlock
*Tarnor
==Gallery==
BGEE Hack NPC.png|Hack as an ally
BGEE Hack_statue NPC.png|The statue of Hack
==Bugs==
* Hack's alignment is true neutral in the original Tales of the Sword Coast. The Enhanced Edition changes it to chaotic evil which is in line with the Monstrous Manual, a sourcebook for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, the ruleset on which the is based.
* Hack is also of an unknown gender in the original add-on – which is changed to neither in the Enhanced Edition, though the Monstrous Manual distinguishes between male and female ogres.
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