It isn't, and I can't work out why that should be. Once the combat starts it treats him as a troll (it just sets him up in a more specific way on the adventure).
How did it not work? You bashed him and he still got moves?
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It might be an issue with bashing with a flaming weapon. At least in this version, I basically only attack when flaming. It doesn't seem like bash is working (blocking moves) against anything in that scenario. FYI using a swift club, and all the bash text seems to correctly appear when hitting
edit: tried bashing some more without flaming, and it doesn't seem to work regardless