Fire helmet
| [ fire helmet | |
|---|---|
| Appearance | random |
| Slot | helm |
| AC | 1 |
| Special | fire resistance |
| Base price | 50 zm |
| Weight | 50 |
| Material | iron |
A fire helmet is a type of helm that appears in SlashTHEM. It has a randomized appearance and is made of iron.
The Firefighter quest artifact, the Fire Chief Helmet, is an artifact fire helmet.
Generation
All Firefighters start the game with a +0 fire helmet.
Description
When worn, a fire helmet provides 1 AC and fire resistance.
Strategy
The fire helmet is one of two sources of fire resistance for a starting Firefighter, and offers protection from falling rock traps and piercers. Even after they find a better helm such as a dwarvish iron helm from the Mines, the fire helmet is worth keeping in inventory for the resistance until you reach experience level 15 and/or obtain the Fire Chief Helmet - other roles without intrinsic fire resistance will likely want this as a temporary source to tide them over until they can obtain it from a corpse, ring or other source. Intrinsic fire resistance from a corpse will also suffice, though it can be lost to gremlins and one of the adverse effects of sitting on a throne.
Players attempting both foodless and crownless conducts might want to hold on to any fire helmets they find if they cannot find and identify a ring - once they have the property, they can replace it with a helm of brilliance, helm of telepathy or other helm at their leisure.
As humanoid pets have very few items they can use that can provide resistances (such as the cornuthaum and zipper boots), they will appreciate being given your spare fire helmet.
Origin
References
- SLASH 6 objects.c line 252
- SlashTHEM u_init.c line 265
