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Revision as of 18:41, 7 May 2021
D gray dragon 
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| Difficulty | 20 |
| Attacks |
Breath 4d6 magic missile, bite 3d8, claw 1d4, claw 1d4 |
| Base level | 15 |
| Base experience | 460 |
| Speed | 9 |
| Base AC | -1 |
| Base MR | 20 |
| Alignment | 4 (lawful) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 4500 |
| Nutritional value | 1500 |
| Size | Gigantic |
| Resistances | |
| Resistances conveyed |
none |
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A gray dragon:
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| Reference | monst.c#line1161 |
D baby gray dragon 
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| Difficulty | 13 |
| Attacks |
Bite 2d6 |
| Base level | 12 |
| Base experience | 200 |
| Speed | 9 |
| Base AC | 2 |
| Base MR | 10 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 0 (Not randomly generated) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 1500 |
| Nutritional value | 500 |
| Size | Huge |
| Resistances | |
| Resistances conveyed |
None |
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A baby gray dragon:
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| Reference | monst.c#line1085 |
The gray dragon, D, is a monster that appears in NetHack. It has a younger form in the baby gray dragon, {D. The gray dragon has magic resistance both intrinsically and from its scales, and its breath weapon fires magic missiles; these missiles are not affected by the half spell damage property. Its corpse does not give any intrinsics.
Generation
Players will not see baby gray dragons through normal random monster creation outside of the Oracle and Sokoban levels; adult gray dragons start appearing around the midway depths of the dungeon. Gray dragons are among the throne room monsters that appear when a throne is looted, and and are eligible to appear in them as early as dungeon level 15.[1] Gray dragons can be summoned via the summon nasties spell.
Gray dragons have a 1⁄3 of dropping a set of +0 uncursed gray dragon scales along with their corpse (1⁄20 if the dragon was revived).
Strategy
Among a monster class of powerful fighters, the gray dragon is the only one with intrinsic magic resistance, which compensates for its low MR stat in a few areas. Its scales also provide magic resistance, making them desirable targets of reverse genocide for characters seeking gray dragon scale mail to complement their reflection (e.g., from a shield or amulet). Their magic resistance does not stop elemental damage, though.
Taming does not factor in player-style magic resistance, and as such the spell of charm monster is a good way to obtain one as a pet. Gray dragons are among the more desirable pet candidates for their flight and magic resistance - it renders them immune to death rays and stops them being transformed by polymorph traps (especially when riding), and it is somewhat common for the gray dragon or its baby form to be the end result of leading pets onto the trap repeatedly. However, its low speed can still be a major drawback.
History
NetHack 2.3e introduces the gray dragon along with all of the other modern dragon types and their breath weapons, except for silver.
NetHack 3.0.0 introduces baby gray dragons alongside the other baby dragons. This version also distinguishes all color dragons, their younger stages and their corpses, and introduces dragon scale mail (including GDSM).
NetHack 3.1.0 introduces gray dragon scales along with the other colors, as well as the current method of obtaining dragon scale mail.
Encyclopedia entry
In the West the dragon was the natural enemy of man. Although
preferring to live in bleak and desolate regions, whenever it
was seen among men it left in its wake a trail of destruction
and disease. Yet any attempt to slay this beast was a perilous
undertaking. For the dragon's assailant had to contend
not only with clouds of sulphurous fumes pouring from its fire
breathing nostrils, but also with the thrashings of its tail,
the most deadly part of its serpent-like body.
"One whom the dragons will speak with," he said, "that is a
dragonlord, or at least that is the center of the matter. It's
not a trick of mastering the dragons, as most people think.
Dragons have no masters. The question is always the same, with
a dragon: will he talk to you or will he eat you? If you can
count upon his doing the former, and not doing the latter, why
then you're a dragonlord."
