Droven plate mail - Revision history

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	Droven plate mail is not randomly generated, though it can be [[wish]]ed for or found in [[bones]]. Droven plate mail can be forged by [[shadowsmith]]s.		Droven plate mail is not randomly generated, though it can be [[wish]]ed for or found in [[bones]]. Droven plate mail can be forged by [[shadowsmith]]s.
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		+	Droven plate mail can be generated in the [[Special room (dNetHack)#Magic item vault\|magic item vaults]] that appear within the [[Avatar of Lolth]]'s lair during level creation if it appears as the second Abyss level.

	Several [[Drow (monster attribute)\|drow]] and other monsters can be [[generated with]] droven plate mail:		Several [[Drow (monster attribute)\|drow]] and other monsters can be [[generated with]] droven plate mail:

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 * [[Deminymph]]s that are randomly generated outside of the Drow Healer quest or the [[Lost Cities]] have an effective {{frac|320}} chance of being given a Dreamlands noble kit with droven plate mail that has an enchantment ranging from +1 to +3, a random drow house's symbol and a {{frac|40}} chance of being made into an [[artifact]].<!--standard for dnh - armor and tools have halved odds--> The symbol has a {{frac|10}} chance of belonging to Pen'a, a {{frac|3|10}} chance of being Eilistraee's symbol, and will otherwise belong to a random fallen drow house.
 * [[Giant spider]]s and [[Cave lizard (dNetHack)|cave lizards]] have a {{frac|100}} chance of generating with droven plate mail fitted to their body shape, while [[Large cave lizard (dNetHack)|large cave lizards]] have a {{frac|3|100}} chance of generating with fitted droven plate mail.
-* [[Dokkalfar eternal matriarch]]s generated in the future (i.e. the [[Anachrononaut quest]] and [[Android quest]]) are generated with cursed +9 droven plate mail that has the symbol of their house engraved on it, while dokkalfar eternal matriarchs created elsewhere are generated with blessed +9 droven plate mail that is made of black [[mithril]] and has the symbol of their house engraved on it.
+* [[Dokkalfar eternal matriarch]]s generated in the future (i.e. the [[Anachrononaut quest]] and [[Android quest]]) are generated with cursed +9 droven plate mail that has the symbol of their house engraved on it, while dokkalfar eternal matriarchs created elsewhere are generated with blessed and black-colored +9 [[mithril]] droven plate mail that has the symbol of their house engraved on it.
 ==Description==

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 While [[worn]], droven plate mail grants 7 base [[AC]], 7 base [[DR]] and [[Magic cancellation (3.4.3)|MC3]], and wearing or [[removing]] droven plate mail takes five actions. Droven plate mail is medium armor and grants a halved [[dexterity]] bonus to AC.
-A hero [[reading]] droven plate mail in their inventory will inspect any symbols engraved on the armor: as drow armor, this symbol will usually be the crest of a drow family's house&mdash;a hero that 'reads' the armor while [[hallucinating]] will see symbols that are completely random and sometimes non-existent, and certain individual suits of droven plate mail have a chance of displaying specific hallucinatory [[Ward (dNetHack)|wards]] to a hallucinating hero.
+A hero '[[reading]]' droven plate mail in their inventory will inspect any symbols engraved on the armor: as drow armor, this symbol will usually be the crest of a drow family's house&mdash;a hero that 'reads' the armor while [[hallucinating]] will see symbols that are completely random and sometimes non-existent, and certain individual suits of droven plate mail have a chance of displaying specific hallucinatory [[Ward (dNetHack)|wards]] to a hallucinating hero.
 As shadowsteel armor, droven plate mail may gradually [[erode]] during each turn that the wearer spends in [[lit]] squares until it is destroyed, with the chance of erosion being significantly reduced if they have a [[cloak]] that grants MC3&mdash;erosion from light will not occur if the wearer has [[invisibility]], and erosion-proofed droven plate mail will gradually self-repair any evaporation from light while the wearer is not invisible and remains in an unlit square.

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 A hero [[reading]] droven plate mail in their inventory will inspect any symbols engraved on the armor: as drow armor, this symbol will usually be the crest of a drow family's house&mdash;a hero that 'reads' the armor while [[hallucinating]] will see symbols that are completely random and sometimes non-existent, and certain individual suits of droven plate mail have a chance of displaying specific hallucinatory [[Ward (dNetHack)|wards]] to a hallucinating hero.
-As shadowsteel armor, droven plate mail may gradually [[erode]] during each turn that the wearer spends in [[lit]] squares until it is destroyed, with the chance of erosion being significantly reduced if they have a [[cloak]] that grants [[Magic cancellation (3.4.3)|MC3]]&mdash;erosion from light will not occur if the wearer has [[invisibility]], and erosion-proofed droven plate mail will gradually self-repair any evaporation from light while the wearer is not invisible and remains in an unlit square.
+As shadowsteel armor, droven plate mail may gradually [[erode]] during each turn that the wearer spends in [[lit]] squares until it is destroyed, with the chance of erosion being significantly reduced if they have a [[cloak]] that grants MC3&mdash;erosion from light will not occur if the wearer has [[invisibility]], and erosion-proofed droven plate mail will gradually self-repair any evaporation from light while the wearer is not invisible and remains in an unlit square.
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    |mc=3
    |special=<ul><li>gradually evaporates in [[light]]</li><li>bears a drow house's crest</li></ul>
-   |cost=100
+   |cost=2000
-   |weight=5
+   |weight=85
    |material=shadowsteel
 }}
-'''Droven plate mail''' is a type of [[body armor]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is [[Item size (dNetHack)|huge-sized]] with a [[Object materials (dNetHack)|base material]] of [[shadowsteel]], and appears as '''crested black plate''' when [[Identification|unidentified]] or '''crested plate mail''' if the [[hero]] is also [[blind]].
+'''Droven plate mail''' is a type of [[body armor]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is [[Item size (dNetHack)|huge-sized]] armor with a [[Object materials (dNetHack)|default material]] of [[shadowsteel]], and appears as '''crested black plate''' when [[Identification|unidentified]] or '''crested plate mail''' if the [[hero]] is also [[blind]].
 ==Generation==
-[[Drow (starting race)#dNetHack|Drow]] heroes start with knowledge of droven plate mail's appearance&mdash;[[drow Priest]]s start each game with +0 droven plate mail that bears the symbol of their house, and drow [[Ranger/dNetHack|Rangers]] will receive droven plate mail bearing their house's symbol in place of the role's standard [[cloak of displacement]].
+[[Drow Priest]]s start each game with +0 droven plate mail that bears the symbol of their house if they are hedrow and bears the symbol of [[Lolth (dNetHack)|Lolth]] otherwise. [[Drow (starting race)#dNetHack|Drow]] [[Ranger/dNetHack|Rangers]] will receive droven plate mail in place of the role's standard [[cloak of displacement]], and the mail bears the symbol of their house if they are hedrow and bears the symbol of Lolth otherwise. All other drow heroes that are not [[Madpeople]] start with knowledge of droven plate mail's appearance.
 Droven plate mail is not randomly generated, though it can be [[wish]]ed for or found in [[bones]]. Droven plate mail can be forged by [[shadowsmith]]s.
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 A hero [[reading]] droven plate mail in their inventory will inspect any symbols engraved on the armor: as drow armor, this symbol will usually be the crest of a drow family's house&mdash;a hero that 'reads' the armor while [[hallucinating]] will see symbols that are completely random and sometimes non-existent, and certain individual suits of droven plate mail have a chance of displaying specific hallucinatory [[Ward (dNetHack)|wards]] to a hallucinating hero.
-As shadowsteel armor, droven plate mail has a chance of gradually evaporating in [[lit]] squares, with the chance being reduced if the wearer has MC3 or [[invisibility]]&mdash;erosion-proofed droven plate mail will self-repair partial evaporation while the wearer remains in unlit squares.
+As shadowsteel armor, droven plate mail may gradually [[erode]] during each turn that the wearer spends in [[lit]] squares until it is destroyed, with the chance of erosion being significantly reduced if they have a [[cloak]] that grants [[Magic cancellation (3.4.3)|MC3]]&mdash;erosion from light will not occur if the wearer has [[invisibility]], and erosion-proofed droven plate mail will gradually self-repair any evaporation from light while the wearer is not invisible and remains in an unlit square.
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-{{armor
+{{dNetHack armor
    |color=black
    |name=droven plate mail
    |appearance=crested black plate
    |slot=body armor
    |ac=7
-   |special=<ul><li>[[Magic cancellation (3.4.3)|MC3]]</li><li>7 [[DR]]</li></ul>
+  |dr=7
-   |cost=2000
+  |mc=3
-   |weight=85
+   |special=<ul><li>gradually evaporates in [[light]]</li><li>bears a drow house's crest</li></ul>
    |material=shadowsteel
-}}<!--this'll have to do until we can prep a formal dnh armor template-->
+}}
 '''Droven plate mail''' is a type of [[body armor]] that appears in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]]. It is [[Item size (dNetHack)|huge-sized]] with a [[Object materials (dNetHack)|base material]] of [[shadowsteel]], and appears as '''crested black plate''' when [[Identification|unidentified]] or '''crested plate mail''' if the [[hero]] is also [[blind]].
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 A hero [[reading]] droven plate mail in their inventory will inspect any symbols engraved on the armor: as drow armor, this symbol will usually be the crest of a drow family's house&mdash;a hero that 'reads' the armor while [[hallucinating]] will see symbols that are completely random and sometimes non-existent, and certain individual suits of droven plate mail have a chance of displaying specific hallucinatory [[Ward (dNetHack)|wards]] to a hallucinating hero.
-As shadowsteel armor, droven plate mail has a chance of evaporating in lit squares, with the chance being reduced if the wearer has MC3 or [[invisibility]]&mdash;erosion-proofed droven plate mail will self-repair partial evaporation while the wearer remains in unlit squares.
+As shadowsteel armor, droven plate mail has a chance of gradually evaporating in [[lit]] squares, with the chance being reduced if the wearer has MC3 or [[invisibility]]&mdash;erosion-proofed droven plate mail will self-repair partial evaporation while the wearer remains in unlit squares.
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 ==Description==
-While [[worn]], droven plate mail grants 7 base [[AC]], 7 base [[DR]] and [[Magic cancellation|MC3]], and wearing or [[removing]] droven plate mail takes five actions. Droven plate mail is medium armor and grants a halved [[dexterity]] bonus to AC.
+While [[worn]], droven plate mail grants 7 base [[AC]], 7 base [[DR]] and [[Magic cancellation|MC3]], and wearing or [[removing]] droven plate mail takes five actions. Droven plate mail is medium armor and grants a halved [[dexterity]] bonus to AC. A hero [[reading]] droven plate mail in their inventory will inspect any symbols engraved on the armor: as drow armor this symbol will usually be the crest of a drow family's house, though [[hallucination]] will naturally display symbols that are completely random and sometimes non-existent, and certain individual suits of droven plate mail also have a chance of displaying specific hallucinatory [[Ward (dNetHack)|wards]] to a hallucinating hero.
 As shadowsteel armor, droven plate mail has a chance of evaporating in lit squares, with the chance being reduced if the wearer has MC3 or [[invisibility]]&mdash;erode-proofed droven plate mail will automatically repair partial evaporation while the wearer remains in an unlit square.

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 [[Drow (starting race)#dNetHack|Drow]] heroes start with knowledge of droven plate mail's appearance&mdash;[[drow Priest]]s start each game with +0 droven plate mail that bears the symbol of their house, and drow [[Ranger/dNetHack|Rangers]] will receive droven plate mail bearing their house's symbol in place of the role's standard [[cloak of displacement]].
-Droven plate mail is not randomly generated, though it can be [[wish]]ed for or found in [[bones]]. Droven plate mail can be forged by [[shadow smith]]s.
+Droven plate mail is not randomly generated, though it can be [[wish]]ed for or found in [[bones]]. Droven plate mail can be forged by [[shadowsmith]]s.
 Several [[Drow (monster attribute)|drow]] and other monsters can be [[generated with]] droven plate mail: