Dragon (SpliceHack) - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2026-05-19T00:31:44Z

pothole

2024-06-30T06:23:37Z

Did I say no purple dragons? Did I?!

2023-10-29T10:01:55Z

chance to:opportunity::chance of:probability

2023-08-22T14:42:26Z

category capitalisation

2022-04-30T16:57:07Z

‎Shimmering dragon

2022-04-30T16:53:50Z

Shimmering dragons

2022-04-27T16:26:31Z

‎Purple dragon

2021-10-14T12:11:44Z

‎Violet dragon

2021-10-14T02:45:03Z

Formatting, move stuff around

2021-10-10T19:37:36Z

added dragon info to reflect changes from SpliceHack-Rewrite. stat blocks have not been looked at.

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   |reference=[https://github.com/NullCGT/SpliceHack/blob/Spl-R-1.1.0/src/monst.c#L1996 SpliceHack 1.1.0 monst.c L1996]
 }}
-'''Shimmering dragons''' in SpliceHack are similar to [[Dragon (SLASH'EM)|those in SLASH'EM]]. They have [[displacement]]. The adult form of the shimmering dragon breathes [[magic missile]]s and has player-style [[magic resistance]], but the baby shimmering dragon does not.
+'''Shimmering dragons''' in SpliceHack are similar to [[Dragon (SLASH'EM)|those in SLASH'EM]]. They have [[Displacement (property)|displacement]]. The adult form of the shimmering dragon breathes [[magic missile]]s and has player-style [[magic resistance]], but the baby shimmering dragon does not.
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   |weight=4500
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-'''Violet dragons''' are affiliated with sonic energy. The breath of a purple dragon deals sonic damage, and can shatter glass items, making them dangerous to player inventories. Their scales are one of the few sources of sonic resistance in the game.
+'''Violet dragons''' are affiliated with sonic energy. The breath of a violet dragon deals sonic damage, and can shatter glass items, making them dangerous to player inventories. Their scales are one of the few sources of sonic resistance in the game.
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 * Dragons have adjectives that describe their age categories. The level of a dragon determines its age category.
 ** These categories are: "young", "very young", "juvenile", "adult", "mature", "old", "very old", "venerable", "eternal", "antediluvian", and "primeval".
-* Dragons encountered in the dungeon have an age-category-based chance to have a cool name, like "Buzaulax".
+* Dragons encountered in the dungeon have an age-category-based chance of being given a cool name, like "Buzaulax".
 * The higher level a dragon is, the more damage its breath weapon will deal.
 * Different color dragons have slightly different anatomies:

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   |reference=[https://github.com/NullCGT/SpliceHack/blob/Spl-R-1.1.0/src/monst.c#L1996 SpliceHack 1.1.0 monst.c L1996]
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-'''Shimmering dragon'''s in SpliceHack are similar to [[Dragon (SLASH'EM)|those in SLASH'EM]]. They have [[displacement]]. The adult form of the shimmering dragon breathes [[magic missile]]s and has player-style [[magic resistance]], but the baby shimmering dragon does not.
+'''Shimmering dragons''' in SpliceHack are similar to [[Dragon (SLASH'EM)|those in SLASH'EM]]. They have [[displacement]]. The adult form of the shimmering dragon breathes [[magic missile]]s and has player-style [[magic resistance]], but the baby shimmering dragon does not.
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 == Violet dragon ==
 {{ monster

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 * In order to offset their powerful abilities, dragons periodically slumber. Running from a dragon and hoping it decides to rest is a valid strategy.
-== Purple dragon ==
+== Violet dragon ==
 {{ monster
-  |name=baby purple dragon
+  |name=baby violet dragon
   |symbol={{brightmagenta|D}}
   |difficulty=13
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 }}
 {{ monster
-  |name=purple dragon
+  |name=violet dragon
   |symbol={{brightmagenta|D}}
   |difficulty=20
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   |weight=4500
 }}
-'''Purple dragons''' are affiliated with sonic energy. The breath of a purple dragon deals sonic damage, and can shatter glass items, making them dangerous to player inventories. Their scales are one of the few sources of sonic resistance in the game.
+'''Violet dragons''' are affiliated with sonic energy. The breath of a purple dragon deals sonic damage, and can shatter glass items, making them dangerous to player inventories. Their scales are one of the few sources of sonic resistance in the game.
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-The '''Dragon''' class of monsters in SpliceHack contains a number of powerful monsters. Unlike in [[NetHack]], dragons in SpliceHack are capable of using and manipulating items as if they had hands. Additionally, [[shimmering dragons]] are not [[Deferred features|deferred]], and can be encountered in normal play.
+The '''Dragon''' monsters in SpliceHack are more powerful than in [[NetHack]]. Notable changes:
-SpliceHack also has '''elder dragons''', a subset of dragons. Elder dragons are high level and possess very dangerous abilities, capable of threatening even [[ascension]]-ready characters.
+== Violet dragon ==
 {{ monster
   |name=baby purple dragon