Dragon hide - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: clarify this variant lede a bit more...

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Umbire the Phantom: /* Variants */ section lede

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‎Variants: section lede

Umbire the Phantom: nh5

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Umbire the Phantom: /* Description */ small correction also

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Umbire the Phantom: /* GruntHack */ copyedit

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 ==Variants==
-Some ''NetHack'' [[variants]] add new forms of dragon armor, while others that implement an [[object materials]] system make it possible for certain items, usually [[leather]] or [[cloth]]-based ones, to be made of dragonhide&mdash;though dragonhide-material items are distinct from dragon armor (i.e. a hero will not polymorph into a [[dragon]] if wearing non-dragon scale armor made of dragonhide), the material is the same for both.
+Some ''NetHack'' [[variants]] add new forms of dragon armor, while others that implement an [[object materials]] system make it possible for certain items, usually [[leather]] or [[cloth]]-based ones, to be made of dragonhide&mdash;dragon armor is generally treated as distinct from other dragonhide-material items, e.g. a hero will not polymorph into a [[dragon]] if they are wearing an item made of dragonhide that is not dragon armor.
 ''NetHack'' variants created prior to NetHack 5.0.0 often have dragonhide as an inherently fixed and erosion-proofed material (including variants with object materials systems), and they usually can only be deteriorated through specific means&mdash;as an object material, it is typically highly rare and expensive, and offers the most [[AC]] of non-metallic armor materials.

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 ==Variants==
-Some ''NetHack'' [[variants]] add new forms of dragon armor, while others that implement an [[object materials]] system make it possible for certain items, usually [[leather]] or [[cloth]]-based ones, to be made of dragonhide&mdash;though dragonhide-material items are distinct from dragon armor (i.e. a hero will not polymorph into a [[dragon]] if wearing non-dragon scale armor made of dragonhide), the material is the same for both. As an object material in this system, dragonhide is inherently fixed and [[erosion]]-proofed as in vanilla ''NetHack'', and can only be deteriorated through specific means&mdash;it is typically highly rare and expensive, and offers the most [[AC]] of non-metallic armor materials.
+Some ''NetHack'' [[variants]] add new forms of dragon armor, while others that implement an [[object materials]] system make it possible for certain items, usually [[leather]] or [[cloth]]-based ones, to be made of dragonhide&mdash;though dragonhide-material items are distinct from dragon armor (i.e. a hero will not polymorph into a [[dragon]] if wearing non-dragon scale armor made of dragonhide), the material is the same for both.
 Still other ''NetHack'' variants change dragon scale mail to [[dragon-scaled armor]], which removes dragon scale mail in favor of having the scales themselves meld into an existing [[suit]] of body armor (which does not change that body armor's material).

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 {{tocright}}
-'''Dragon hide''' (or '''dragonhide'''{{refsrc|src/decl.c|268|nethack=3.6.7}}) is a [[material]] for items that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''.
+'''Dragon hide''' (or '''dragonhide'''{{refsrc|src/decl.c|92|nethack=5.0.0}}) is a [[material]] for items that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''.
 ==Description==
-Dragon hide is a non-organic material that is inherently immune to [[erosion]].
+Dragon hide is a non-organic material that can be subjected to [[erosion]] through rot.
-All [[dragon scale]]s and [[dragon scale mail]] are made of dragon hide.{{refsrc|src/objects.c|375|nethack=3.6.7}}
+All [[dragon scale]]s and [[dragon scale mail]] are made of dragon hide.{{refsrc|include/objects.h|497-L499|nethack=5.0.0}}
-Though a [[gelatinous cube]] will not normally [[eat]] objects made of dragon hide upon engulfing them, a [[hero]] [[polymorph]]ed into a gelatinous cube can eat dragon hide objects, and doing so breaks [[vegetarian]] [[conduct]].{{refsrc|src/eat.c|2411|nethack=3.6.7}}
+Though a [[gelatinous cube]] will not normally [[eat]] objects made of dragon hide upon engulfing them, a [[hero]] [[polymorph]]ed into a gelatinous cube can eat dragon hide objects, and doing so breaks [[vegetarian]] [[conduct]].{{refsrc|src/eat.c|2712-L2717|nethack=5.0.0}}{{refsrc|src/eat.c|2773|nethack=5.0.0}}
-[[Polypiling]] enough dragon hide objects may result in the creation of a [[straw golem]], which acts as a fall-through for all unlisted material types when creating a golem by polypiling.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|1343|nethack=3.6.7}}
+[[Polypiling]] enough dragon hide objects may result in the creation of a [[straw golem]], which acts as a fall-through for all unlisted material types when creating a golem by polypiling.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|1616-L1620|nethack=5.0.0}}
 ==History==
 Dragon hide items first appear in [[NetHack 3.0.0]] with the addition of dragon scale mail, while dragon scales are introduced in [[NetHack 3.1.0]].
 ==Variants==
-Some ''NetHack'' [[variants]] add new forms of dragon armor, while others that implement an [[object materials]] system make it possible for certain items, usually [[leather]] or [[cloth]]-based ones, to be made of dragonhide&mdash;though dragonhide-material items are distinct from dragon armor (i.e. a hero will not polymorph into a [[dragon]] if wearing non-dragon scale armor made of dragonhide), the material is the same for both. As an object material in this system, dragonhide is inherently fixed and [[erosion]]-proofed as in vanilla ''NetHack'', and cannot be deteriorated through normal means&mdash;it is typically highly rare and expensive, and offers the most [[AC]] of non-metallic armor materials.
+Some ''NetHack'' [[variants]] add new forms of dragon armor, while others that implement an [[object materials]] system make it possible for certain items, usually [[leather]] or [[cloth]]-based ones, to be made of dragonhide&mdash;though dragonhide-material items are distinct from dragon armor (i.e. a hero will not polymorph into a [[dragon]] if wearing non-dragon scale armor made of dragonhide), the material is the same for both. As an object material in this system, dragonhide is inherently fixed and [[erosion]]-proofed as in vanilla ''NetHack'', and can only be deteriorated through specific means&mdash;it is typically highly rare and expensive, and offers the most [[AC]] of non-metallic armor materials.
-Still other ''NetHack'' variants change dragon scale mail to [[dragon-scaled armor]], which removes dragon scale mail in favor of having the scales themselves meld into existing body armor (which does not change their material).
+Still other ''NetHack'' variants change dragon scale mail to [[dragon-scaled armor]], which removes dragon scale mail in favor of having the scales themselves meld into an existing [[suit]] of body armor (which does not change that body armor's material).
 ===GruntHack===
-In [[GruntHack]], cloth or leather items can be made of dragonhide but will not occur as such randomly, though they can still be [[wish]]ed for as dragonhide or found in [[bones]] files.
+In [[GruntHack]], cloth or leather items can be made of dragonhide but will not occur as such randomly, though they can still be [[wished]] for as dragonhide or found in [[bones]] files.
 ===dNetHack===
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 ==References==
 <references/>
-{{nethack-367}}
+{{nethack-500}}
 [[Category:Materials]]

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 {{tocright}}
-'''Dragon hide''' (or '''dragonhide'''){{refsrc|src/decl.c|268|nethack=3.6.7}} is a [[material]] for items that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''.
+'''Dragon hide''' (or '''dragonhide'''{{refsrc|src/decl.c|268|nethack=3.6.7}}) is a [[material]] for items that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''.
 ==Description==

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 All [[dragon scale]]s and [[dragon scale mail]] are made of dragon hide.{{refsrc|src/objects.c|375|nethack=3.6.7}}
-Though a [[gelatinous cube]] will not normally [[eat]] objects made of dragon hide upon engulfing them, a [[hero]] [[polymorph]]ed into a gelatinous cube can eat dragon hide objects, and doing so breaks [[vegan]] [[conduct]].{{refsrc|src/eat.c|2411|nethack=3.6.7}}
+Though a [[gelatinous cube]] will not normally [[eat]] objects made of dragon hide upon engulfing them, a [[hero]] [[polymorph]]ed into a gelatinous cube can eat dragon hide objects, and doing so breaks [[vegetarian]] [[conduct]].{{refsrc|src/eat.c|2411|nethack=3.6.7}}
 [[Polypiling]] enough dragon hide objects may result in the creation of a [[straw golem]], which acts as a fall-through for all unlisted material types when creating a golem by polypiling.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|1343|nethack=3.6.7}}

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 [[Polypiling]] enough dragon hide objects may result in the creation of a [[straw golem]], which acts as a fall-through for all unlisted material types when creating a golem by polypiling.{{refsrc|src/zap.c|1343|nethack=3.6.7}}
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|f2a958e7e8e6acfdbf397057a5a6144b445a39fd}}, dragonhide is no longer immune to erosion and can be affected by rotting, although rotted dragonhide can only occur as a result of [[brown pudding]] attacks.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 5.0.0|Per {{commit|f2a958e7e8e6acfdbf397057a5a6144b445a39fd}}, dragonhide is no longer immune to erosion and can be affected by rotting, e.g. from [[brown pudding]] attacks.}}
 ==History==

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 The following artifacts are made of dragonhide:
-* [[Dragonbane]] is an artifact pair of dragonhide [[Leather gloves|gloves]].
+* [[Dragonbane (EvilHack)|Dragonbane]] is an artifact pair of dragonhide [[Leather gloves|gloves]].
 * The [[Bag of the Hesperides]] is an artifact dragonhide [[bag of holding]].

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	[[Polypiling]] enough dragon hide objects may result in the creation of a [[straw golem]], which acts as a fall-through for all unlisted material types when creating a golem by polypiling.{{refsrc\|src/zap.c\|1343\|nethack=3.6.7}}		[[Polypiling]] enough dragon hide objects may result in the creation of a [[straw golem]], which acts as a fall-through for all unlisted material types when creating a golem by polypiling.{{refsrc\|src/zap.c\|1343\|nethack=3.6.7}}
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		+	{{upcoming\|NetHack 3.7.0\|Per {{commit\|f2a958e7e8e6acfdbf397057a5a6144b445a39fd}}, dragonhide is no longer immune to erosion and can be affected by rotting, although rotted dragonhide can only occur as a result of [[brown pudding]] attacks.}}

	==History==		==History==