Chromatic dragon scale mail
| [ chromatic dragon scale mail | |
|---|---|
| Appearance | chromatic dragon scale mail |
| Slot | body armor |
| AC | 5 |
| Special | |
| Base price | 2400 zm |
| Weight | 40 |
| Material | dragon hide |
| [ chromatic dragon scales | |
|---|---|
| Appearance | chromatic dragon scales |
| Slot | body armor |
| AC | 1 |
| Special | |
| Base price | 1500 zm |
| Weight | 40 |
| Material | dragon hide |
Chromatic dragon scale mail is one of two new dragon scale mails added in UnNetHack. The scales are dropped by generic chromatic dragons.
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Chromatic dragon scale armor confers the extrinsic resistances of almost all dragon scale armors: fire, cold, sleep, disintegration, shock, poison, acid, stone, and even the reflection conferred by silver dragon scale mail. It does not confer magic resistance[1].
In spite of this limitation, chromatic dragon scale armor is a valuable find, even for a player who has already acquired all intrinsic resistances. It provides reflection and two resistances that cannot be obtained intrinsically, petrification and acid. Having these extrinsics supplied by a single piece of equipment frees up other slots, such as the off-hand (shield of reflection), neck (amulet of reflection), and cloak (alchemy smock), for other items.
Balancing chromatic dragon scale's utility is its scarcity. Neither the scales nor the armor can be wished for, so they can only be obtained from chromatic dragons, which are only generated in the new Dragon Caves branch off Gehennom. Even then those dragons are not guaranteed to leave scales, so no player is guaranteed to get this armor in any game.
Before commit r1580 it was possible to bypass the prohibition on wishing for chromatic dragon scale armor by wishing for one or more chromatic dragon eggs, which would hatch into full-grown chromatic dragons. Since this version, however, chromatic dragon eggs have also been made non-wishable.
