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 ==Variants==
-Some variants may give dwarves an AC bonus for wearing a dwarvish cloak, including dwarven characters.
+Some [[variant]]s of ''NetHack'' may give dwarves an AC bonus for wearing a dwarvish cloak, including dwarven characters.
 ===SLASH'EM===
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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], a dwarvish cloak grants 0 AC, 1 [[DR]] and MC2 while worn. [[Dwarf Knight]]s and dwarven [[Noble]]s start each game with a +1 dwarvish cloak, while dwarven [[Binder]]s start each game with a +0 [[burnt]] dwarvish cloak.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]], a dwarvish cloak grants 0 AC, 1 [[DR]] and MC2 while worn. [[Dwarf Knight]]s and dwarven [[Noble]]s start each game with a +1 dwarvish cloak, while dwarven [[Binder]]s start each game with a +0 [[burnt]] dwarvish cloak.
 Live dwarves and wizard driver [[Amm Kamerel]] may generate with dwarvish cloaks.

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 A '''dwarvish cloak''' is a type of [[cloak]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is made of [[cloth]], and appears as a '''hooded cloak''' when [[identification|unidentified]].
 ==Generation==
-[[Dwarf (starting race)|Dwarven]] characters start the game with knowledge of the dwarvish cloak.
+[[Barbarian]]s, [[Knight]]s, [[Monk]]s, [[Samurai]], [[Valkyrie]]s, and all [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarven]] [[hero]]es start each game with knowledge of the dwarvish cloak's appearance.
-In addition to random generation, armor [[shop]]s and general stores can stock dwarvish cloaks.
+Dwarvish cloaks make up {{frac|125}} (0.8%) of all randomly-generated armor created on the floor, in general [[shop]]s or as [[death drop]]s. Used armor dealerships and antique weapon outlets can also stock dwarvish cloaks.
-Hobbits have a {{frac|10}} chance of [[Monster starting inventory|being generated with]] a dwarvish cloak.{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|363|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+Hobbits have a {{frac|10}} chance of being [[generated with]] a dwarvish cloak.{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|363|version=NetHack 3.6.7}} Live [[Dwarf (monster attribute)|dwarves]] have a {{frac|6|7}} chance of being generated with a dwarvish cloak.{{refsrc|src/makemon.c|369|nethack=3.6.7}}
 ==Description==
-While [[worn]], a dwarvish cloak provides no base [[AC]] and [[MC1]]. Selling or buying a dwarvish cloak will [[auto-identify]] it.
+While [[worn]], a dwarvish cloak provides no base [[AC]] and [[MC1]]. Selling or buying a dwarvish cloak at a shop will [[auto-identify]] it.
 {{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|b98a70e3ecaa4cbb5eb18c99de61cf84a2b52213}}, dwarvish cloaks protect against inventory damage from fire and cold {{frac|9|10}} of the time.}}
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   AUTOPICKUP_EXCEPTION="<*hooded cloak"
-{{upcoming|3.7.0|The inventory protection from dwarvish cloaks makes them much more valuable assets in the early game, and they can compete for the cloak slot: a character can swap between the dwarvish cloak and a different cloak depending on their needs, while selling spare cloaks as normal, until they find a viable [[bag]] to carry vulnerable items in and/or other forms of inventory protection (e.g. extrinsic [[Cold resistance|cold]] and [[fire resistance]]).}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|The inventory protection from dwarvish cloaks makes them much more valuable assets in the early game, and they can compete for the cloak slot: a character can swap between the dwarvish cloak and a different cloak depending on their needs, while selling spare cloaks as normal, until they find a viable [[bag]] to carry vulnerable items in and/or other forms of inventory protection (e.g. extrinsic [[Cold resistance|cold]] and [[fire resistance]]).}}
 ==History==
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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], a dwarvish cloak grants 0 AC, 1 [[DR]] and MC2 while worn. Dwarven [[Noble]]s start each game with a +1 dwarvish cloak, while dwarven [[Binder]]s start each game with a +0 [[burnt]] dwarvish cloak.
+In [[dNetHack]], a dwarvish cloak grants 0 AC, 1 [[DR]] and MC2 while worn. [[Dwarf Knight]]s and dwarven [[Noble]]s start each game with a +1 dwarvish cloak, while dwarven [[Binder]]s start each game with a +0 [[burnt]] dwarvish cloak.
 Live dwarves and wizard driver [[Amm Kamerel]] may generate with dwarvish cloaks.

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 ==Description==
-While worn, a dwarvish cloak provides no base [[AC]] and [[MC1]]. Selling or buying a dwarvish cloak will [[auto-identify]] it.
+While [[worn]], a dwarvish cloak provides no base [[AC]] and [[MC1]]. Selling or buying a dwarvish cloak will [[auto-identify]] it.
 {{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|b98a70e3ecaa4cbb5eb18c99de61cf84a2b52213}}, dwarvish cloaks protect against inventory damage from fire and cold {{frac|9|10}} of the time.}}

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	Upgrading an orcish cloak will produce a dwarvish cloak, and upgrading a dwarvish cloak will produce an elven cloak.		Upgrading an orcish cloak will produce a dwarvish cloak, and upgrading a dwarvish cloak will produce an elven cloak.
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		+	==Encyclopedia entry==
		+	{{encyclopedia\|
		+	That's how they all came to start, jogging off from the inn one
		+	fine morning just before May, on laden ponies; and Bilbo was
		+	wearing a dark-green hood (a little weather-stained) and a
		+	dark-green cloak borrowed from Dwalin. They were too large for
		+	him, and he looked rather comic.
		+	\|[ The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]}}

	==References==		==References==

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 A '''dwarvish cloak''' is a type of [[cloak]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is made of [[cloth]], and appears as a '''hooded cloak''' when [[identification|unidentified]].
 ==Generation==
-Player [[Dwarf (starting race)|dwarves]] start the game with knowledge of the dwarvish cloak.
+[[Dwarf (starting race)|Dwarven]] characters start the game with knowledge of the dwarvish cloak.
 In addition to random generation, armor [[shop]]s and general stores can stock dwarvish cloaks.
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 ==Description==
-When worn, a dwarvish cloak provides no base [[AC]] and [[MC]]1.
+While worn, a dwarvish cloak provides no base [[AC]] and [[MC1]]. Selling or buying a dwarvish cloak will [[auto-identify]] it.
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|As of {{commit|b98a70e3ecaa4cbb5eb18c99de61cf84a2b52213}}, dwarvish cloaks provide 90% protection against inventory damage from fire and cold.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Per {{commit|b98a70e3ecaa4cbb5eb18c99de61cf84a2b52213}}, dwarvish cloaks protect against inventory damage from fire and cold {{frac|9|10}} of the time.}}
 ==Strategy==
-While any cloak is better than a dwarvish cloak, this cloak is still enough to protect armor underneath from damage, and the [[scroll of destroy armor]] and the [[Destroy armor (monster spell)|destroy armor]] [[monster spell]] will always target the outermost layer of armor first. If you test unknown [[scroll]]s by reading them, a dwarvish cloak can be useful as a throwaway cloak to catch destroy armor, after which you can put your regular cloak back on.
+While almost any cloak is better than a dwarvish cloak (minus the similar [[orcish cloak]]), the dwarvish cloak is still enough to protect armor underneath from damage, and the [[scroll of destroy armor]] and the [[Destroy armor (monster spell)|destroy armor]] [[monster spell]] will always target the outermost layer of armor first. If you test unknown [[scroll]]s by reading them, a dwarvish cloak can be useful as a throwaway cloak to catch destroy armor, after which you can put your regular cloak back on.
-Collecting and selling dwarvish cloaks provide some easy money relatively early in the game. Characters that are not lawful are much more likely to run across dozens of these cloaks while exploring the [[Gnomish Mines]]; lawful characters can also collect them from peaceful dwarves killed by their pet (or by their own hand if they are willing to risk alignment record penalties). The sample [[autopickup exception]] below is set so that Since it will turn itself off automatically after you cash in:
+Collecting and selling dwarvish cloaks provide some easy money early in the game: most characters are likely to run across dozens of these cloaks while exploring the [[Gnomish Mines]] and fighting off [[Dwarf (monster attribute)|dwarves]], and lawful characters can collect them from peaceful dwarves killed by their pet (or by their own hand if they are willing to risk alignment record penalties). The sample [[autopickup exception]] below is set so that it will turn itself off automatically after you cash in:
   # #raise cash for speed runners, on the way down to mine town
   AUTOPICKUP_EXCEPTION="<*hooded cloak"
-{{upcoming|3.7.0|The inventory protection from dwarvish cloaks makes them much more valuable assets in the early game, and they can compete for the cloak slot: a character can swap between the dwarvish cloak and a different cloak depending on their needs, while selling spare cloaks as normal, until they find a viable [[bag]] to carry vulnerable items in and/or other forms of inventory protection (e.g. extrinsic cold and [[fire resistance]]).}}
+{{upcoming|3.7.0|The inventory protection from dwarvish cloaks makes them much more valuable assets in the early game, and they can compete for the cloak slot: a character can swap between the dwarvish cloak and a different cloak depending on their needs, while selling spare cloaks as normal, until they find a viable [[bag]] to carry vulnerable items in and/or other forms of inventory protection (e.g. extrinsic [[Cold resistance|cold]] and [[fire resistance]]).}}
 ==History==
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 ==Variants==
-Some variants may give dwarves (including the player) an AC bonus for wearing a dwarvish cloak.
+Some variants may give dwarves an AC bonus for wearing a dwarvish cloak, including dwarven characters.
 ===SLASH'EM===
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 ===UnNetHack===
-In [[UnNetHack]], the dwarvish cloak grants a +1 AC bonus to dwarves that wear them, including player dwarves.
+In [[UnNetHack]], the dwarvish cloak grants a +1 AC bonus to dwarves that wear them, including dwarven characters.
 ===dNetHack===
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 ===EvilHack===
-In [[EvilHack]], the dwarvish cloak grants a +1 AC bonus to dwarves that wear them, including player dwarves.
+In [[EvilHack]], the dwarvish cloak grants a +1 AC bonus to dwarves that wear them, including dwarven characters.
 ===Hack'EM===
-In [[Hack'EM]], the dwarvish cloak grants a +1 AC bonus to dwarves that wear them, including player dwarves.
+In [[Hack'EM]], the dwarvish cloak grants a +1 AC bonus to dwarves that wear them, including dwarven characters.
 Upgrading an orcish cloak will produce a dwarvish cloak, and upgrading a dwarvish cloak will produce an elven cloak.

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 [[Upgrading]] a dwarvish cloak will produce either an [[oilskin cloak]] or an [[elven cloak]].
 ===dNetHack===
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 Live dwarves and wizard driver [[Amm Kamerel]] may generate with dwarvish cloaks.
 ===Hack'EM===
-In [[Hack'EM]], upgrading an orcish cloak will produce a dwarvish cloak, and upgrading a dwarvish cloak will produce an elven cloak.
+In [[Hack'EM]], the dwarvish cloak grants a +1 AC bonus to dwarves that wear them, including player dwarves.
 ==References==

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 Selling or buying a dwarvish cloak will auto-identify it.
-{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|As of {{commit|b98a70e3ecaa4cbb5eb18c99de61cf84a2b52213}}, dwarvish cloaks provide 90% protection against inventory damage by fire and cold.}}
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|As of {{commit|b98a70e3ecaa4cbb5eb18c99de61cf84a2b52213}}, dwarvish cloaks provide 90% protection against inventory damage from fire and cold.}}
 ==Strategy==

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	Selling or buying a dwarvish cloak will auto-identify it.		Selling or buying a dwarvish cloak will auto-identify it.
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		+	{{upcoming\|NetHack 3.7.0\|As of {{commit\|b98a70e3ecaa4cbb5eb18c99de61cf84a2b52213}}, dwarvish cloaks provide 90% protection against inventory damage by fire and cold.}}

	==Strategy==		==Strategy==