Blue dragon - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ hmnyw-pharaoh

2026-02-27T13:27:23Z

‎dNetHack: hmnyw-pharaoh

Umbire the Phantom: some touch-ups while I'm in the area

2025-12-24T13:59:33Z

some touch-ups while I'm in the area

Umbire the Phantom: /* EvilHack */ detail

2024-06-27T14:02:59Z

‎EvilHack: detail

Umbire the Phantom: slashem + evil

2024-06-27T11:30:32Z

slashem + evil

Umbire the Phantom: un randomization

2024-05-30T23:00:25Z

un randomization

Umbire the Phantom: note knockback

2024-05-30T21:29:19Z

note knockback

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2024-05-30T15:09:44Z

pothole

Umbire the Phantom: template autofills in the tile, unlikely to need much futureproofing

2024-05-30T13:38:43Z

template autofills in the tile, unlikely to need much futureproofing

Umbire the Phantom: lede + correction

2024-05-30T03:55:10Z

lede + correction

Umbire the Phantom: /* dNetHack */ ty sciball

2024-05-30T00:21:13Z

‎dNetHack: ty sciball

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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]], and [[notnotdNetHack]], blue dragons have their speed raised to 12, their difficulty is slightly raised to 21, and their effective AC is boosted to -4. The blue dragon's attacks are made stronger, with an additional 4d10 tailslap attack that they will use once every global turn, and their breath attacks also ignore reflection, unless the source is from [[Dragon armor (dNetHack)|dragon armor]] or an artifact that grants dragonbreath reflection.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]], and [[notnotdNetHack]], blue dragons have their speed raised to 12, their difficulty is slightly raised to 21, and their effective AC is boosted to -4. The blue dragon's attacks are made stronger, with an additional 4d10 tailslap attack that they will use once every global turn, and their breath attacks also ignore reflection, unless the source is from [[Dragon armor (dNetHack)|dragon armor]] or an artifact that grants [[dragonbreath reflection]].
 Blue dragons may appear among the court of a [[Throne room#dNetHack|throne room]] ruled by an [[orc of the ages of stars]].

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   |nutr=1500
   |size=Gigantic
-  |resistances=Shock
+  |resistances=[[shock resistance]]
-  |resistances conveyed=Shock resistance (100%)
+  |resistances conveyed=[[shock resistance]] (100%)
   |attributes={{attributes|A blue dragon|fly=1|thick=1|nohands=1|seeinvis=1|oviparous=1|carnivore=1|hostile=1|strong=1|nasty=1|greedy=1|jewels=1|magic=1}}
   |reference=[[monst.c#line1161]]
 }}
+A '''blue dragon''', {{monsym|blue dragon}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is an adult [[dragon]] associated with the element of [[lightning]]. Like all dragons, blue dragons are [[strong]], [[carnivorous]], [[oviparous]], [[thick-skinned]], can [[see invisible]], and are capable of [[flight]]&mdash;they will also seek out [[gold]], [[gems]] and [[magical item]]s to pick up.
 Blue dragons have a lightning [[breath]] weapon, a strong bite attack, and two claw attacks, and possess [[shock resistance]].
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 ==Strategy==
-The blue dragon's lightning breath makes it incredibly dangerous for characters without [[reflection]] to carry [[wand]]s and [[ring]]s in open inventory: even with shock resistance preventing [[HP]] damage, there is a significant risk of those items being destroyed by [[shock]] damage unless they are dropped or stashed in a handy [[container]]. Characters that reflect the [[ray]]s will still be blinded as well making quickly-accessible cures such as [[unicorn horn]]s ideal. Eating a blue dragon after killing it is worthwhile for guaranteed shock resistance, though the corpse will take a while to fully consume unless [[tinned]].
+The blue dragon's lightning breath makes it incredibly dangerous for heroes without [[reflection]] to carry [[wand]]s and [[ring]]s in open inventory: even with shock resistance preventing [[HP]] damage, there is a significant risk of those items being destroyed by shock damage unless they are dropped or stashed in a handy [[container]]. Characters that reflect the [[ray]]s will still be blinded as well making quickly-accessible cures such as [[unicorn horn]]s ideal. Eating a blue dragon after killing it is worthwhile for guaranteed shock resistance, though the corpse will take a while to fully consume unless [[tinned]].
-{{upcoming|3.7.0|Blue dragons gain extrinsic [[speed]] from their scales, making them faster than other dragons - this also makes them slightly more ideal as a choice of steed among dragons. Blue dragons and other large enough monsters can also inflict knockback with their melee attacks, making them exceedingly dangerous to fight near [[pool]]s or [[lava]] and capable of forcing characters back into breath weapon range.
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Blue dragons gain extrinsic [[speed]] from their scales, making them faster than other dragons&mdash;this also makes them slightly more ideal as a choice of steed among dragons. Blue dragons and other large enough monsters can also inflict knockback with their melee attacks, making them exceedingly dangerous to fight near [[pool]]s or [[lava]] and capable of forcing characters back into breath weapon range.
 Extrinsic shock resistance will protect inventory from shock damage {{frac|99|100}} of the time, and blue dragon scale mail provides both this property and very fast speed, making it more desirable to seek out blue dragons for their scales.}}
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 ==Encyclopedia entry==
-{{encyclopedia|<poem>
+{{encyclopedia|
 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.
-{{right-align|[ Mythical Beasts by Deirdre Headon (The Leprechaun Library) ]}}
+|[ Mythical Beasts by Deirdre Headon (The Leprechaun Library) ]
 }}
 "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."
-{{right-align|[ The Tombs of Atuan, by Ursula K. Le Guin ]}}
+|[ The Tombs of Atuan, by Ursula K. Le Guin ]
-</poem>}}
+}}
 ==References==

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 ===EvilHack===
-In [[EvilHack]], blue dragons are buffed similarly to GruntHack: their attacks are made stronger as in GruntHack and reordered, including the addition of the digestion attack; their base speed is raised to 14, and they are immune to slowing effects.
+In [[EvilHack]], blue dragons are buffed similarly to GruntHack: their attacks are made stronger as in GruntHack and reordered, including the addition of the digestion attack; they are also given a base speed of 14 and immunity to slowing effects, similar to the speed and slowing immunity granted from blue [[dragon-scaled armor]].
 ===SlashTHEM===

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 ===SLASH'EM===
 {{Main|Dragon (SLASH'EM)}}
-As with most other dragons in SLASH'EM, the blue dragon's [[Monster level|base level]] is raised to 18, their [[Monster difficulty|difficulty]] is raised to 25, their [[AC]] is boosted to -4, their bite and claw attacks are stronger, and they [[Hits creatures as +x weapon|hit as a +3 weapon]]. Tame blue dragons also have a chance of turning [[traitor]].
+As with most other dragons in [[SLASH'EM]], the blue dragon's stats are improved: their [[Monster level|base level]] is raised to 18, their [[Monster difficulty|difficulty]] is raised to 25, their [[AC]] is boosted to -4, their bite and claw attacks are stronger, and they [[Hits creatures as +x weapon|hit as a +3 weapon]]. Tame blue dragons also have a chance of turning [[traitor]].
 Blue dragons can appear in [[dragon lair]]s and [[the Wyrm Caves]].
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 ===EvilHack===
-In [[EvilHack]], blue dragons are buffed similarly to GruntHack: their attacks are made stronger as in GruntHack and reordered, including the addition of the digestion attack, and their base speed is raised to 14. Blue dragons also gain fast speed and immunity to slowing effects from their scales.
+In [[EvilHack]], blue dragons are buffed similarly to GruntHack: their attacks are made stronger as in GruntHack and reordered, including the addition of the digestion attack; their base speed is raised to 14, and they are immune to slowing effects.
 ===SlashTHEM===

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 ===UnNetHack===
-In [[UnNetHack]] and [[DynaHack]], all dragons have their breath weapons, resistances, and names randomized each game, allowing any non-[[Chromatic dragon (UnNetHack)|chromatic dragon]] to appear as blue - the default type of dragon associated with the blue dragon is the leviathan.
+In [[UnNetHack]] and [[DynaHack]], all dragons have their breath weapons, resistances, and names randomized each game, allowing any non-[[Chromatic dragon (UnNetHack)|chromatic dragon]] to appear as blue - the default '''electric dragon''' is the leviathan.
 ===dNetHack===

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 The blue dragon first appears in [[NetHack 2.3e]].
-From [[NetHack 3.0.0]] to [[NetHack 3.0.10]], including variants based on those versions, polymorphing a blue dragon corpse produces regular dragon scale mail. [[NetHack 3.1.0]] introduces the current method of obtaining blue dragon scale mail.
+From [[NetHack 3.0.0]] to [[NetHack 3.0.10]], including variants based on those versions, polymorphing a blue dragon corpse produces regular [[dragon scale mail]]. [[NetHack 3.1.0]] introduces the current method of obtaining blue dragon scale mail.
 ==Variants==

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 {{monster
   |name=blue dragon
   |difficulty=20
   |level=15

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 }}
-A '''blue dragon''', {{monsym|blue dragon}}, is a [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is an adult [[dragon]] associated with the element of [[lightning]]. Like all dragons, blue dragons are [[strong]], [[carnivorous]], [[oviparous]], [[thick-skinned]], can [[see invisible]], and are capable of [[flight]] - they will also seek out [[gold]], [[gems]] and [[magical item]]s to pick up.
+A '''blue dragon''', {{monsym|blue dragon}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is an adult [[dragon]] associated with the element of [[lightning]]. Like all dragons, blue dragons are [[strong]], [[carnivorous]], [[oviparous]], [[thick-skinned]], can [[see invisible]], and are capable of [[flight]] - they will also seek out [[gold]], [[gems]] and [[magical item]]s to pick up.
 Blue dragons have a lightning [[breath]] weapon, a strong bite attack, and two claw attacks, and possess [[shock resistance]].
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 ==History==
-The blue dragon first appears in [[NetHack 2.3e]]. From this version to [[NetHack 3.0.10]], including variants based on those versions, polymorphing a blue dragon corpse produces blue dragon scale mail. [[NetHack 3.1.0]] introduces the current method of obtaining dragon scale mail.
+The blue dragon first appears in [[NetHack 2.3e]].
 ==Variants==