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| − | Players will not see baby silver dragons through normal random [[monster creation]] outside of the [[Oracle]] and [[Sokoban]] levels; adult silver dragons start appearing around the midway depths of the dungeon. Silver dragons | + | Players will not see baby silver dragons through normal random [[monster creation]] outside of the [[Oracle]] and [[Sokoban]] levels; adult silver dragons start appearing around the midway depths of the dungeon. Silver dragons can be generated in [[throne room]]s as early as dungeon level 15, and may appear when a [[throne]] at this depth or lower is [[loot]]ed.{{reffunc|mkroom.c|courtmon}} Silver dragons can be created if a lawful spellcaster casts the [[summon nasties]] [[monster spell]]. |
Silver dragons have a {{frac|3}} of dropping a set of +0 uncursed [[silver dragon scales]] along with their [[corpse]] ({{frac|20}} if the dragon was [[revive]]d). | Silver dragons have a {{frac|3}} of dropping a set of +0 uncursed [[silver dragon scales]] along with their [[corpse]] ({{frac|20}} if the dragon was [[revive]]d). | ||
Revision as of 05:48, 8 May 2021
D dragon 
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| Difficulty | 20 |
| Attacks |
Breath 4d6 cold, 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 | Cold |
| Resistances conveyed |
None |
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A silver dragon:
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| Reference | monst.c#line1161 |
D baby silver 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 | Cold |
| Resistances conveyed |
None |
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A baby silver dragon:
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| Reference | monst.c#line1085 |
The silver dragon, D, is a monster that appears in NetHack. It has a younger form in the baby silver dragon, D. The silver dragon has intrinsic cold resistance and reflection, and its breath weapon fires rays of cold. Its corpse does not convey any intrinsics.
Generation
Players will not see baby silver dragons through normal random monster creation outside of the Oracle and Sokoban levels; adult silver dragons start appearing around the midway depths of the dungeon. Silver dragons can be generated in throne rooms as early as dungeon level 15, and may appear when a throne at this depth or lower is looted.[1] Silver dragons can be created if a lawful spellcaster casts the summon nasties monster spell.
Silver dragons have a 1⁄3 of dropping a set of +0 uncursed silver dragon scales along with their corpse (1⁄20 if the dragon was revived).
Strategy
The silver dragon's reflective scales protect it from the rays of spells and wands, severely reducing the amount of options ranged and otherwise that a player has against it. However, it has no other resistances besides cold resistance, and its low monster magic resistance can still be used to bring it down. Wielded or thrown potions such as sleeping can immobilize them or else soften them up for melee or peppering with projectiles, but care should be taken not to have them destroyed by cold breath. The reflective power of their scales also makes them a common target for reverse genocide by players seeking silver dragon scale mail, usually to complement a cloak of magic resistance or any magic resistance they possess or plan to gain, and/or protect their inventory from item-destroying rays.
As pets and steeds, silver dragons sometimes compete with gray dragons - both possess flight, useful breath weapons and immunity to death rays. The silver dragon has the added perk of being completely immune to elemental rays by virtue of reflecting them, which can also kill the attacker if the ray came from a wand. Unfortunately, on top of low speed and lack of other resistances that can work against them, they can also fall victim to poison or polymorph traps - the gray dragon's scales at least give it a means of protection against the latter. There are also many faster and/or stronger steed than dragons in general, though most such choices lack reflection of their own.
History
The silver dragon, its baby form and silver dragon scales were introduced to the vanilla series in NetHack 3.3.0. Before that, it first appeared in the 3.1.3 variant SLASH 6.
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."
