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Actual-nh: From the text, baby gray dragons have magic resistance - but not through a magic missile breath weapon?

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From the text, baby gray dragons have magic resistance - but not through a magic missile breath weapon?

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 [[Hero]]es and monsters that [[polymorph]] while wearing [[gray dragon scales]] or [[gray dragon scale mail]] will turn into gray dragons.{{refsrc|src/mon.c|3520|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/muse.c|1761|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-Gray dragons may appear among the hostile {{white|D}} generated in [[throne room]]s at dungeon levels 15 and below, and can also appear among the monsters randomly generated by either [[sitting]] on a [[throne]] or [[looting]] it while the hero is [[confused]] and carrying gold (provided there is no [[chest]] on the level){{refsrc|src/mkroom.c|741|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/sit.c|205|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+Gray dragons may appear among the hostile {{white|D}} generated in [[throne room]]s at dungeon levels 15 and below, and can also appear among the monsters randomly generated by either [[sitting]] on a [[throne]] or [[looting]] it while the hero is [[confused]] and carrying gold (provided there is no [[chest]] on the level).{{refsrc|src/mkroom.c|741|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/sit.c|205|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 Gray dragons have a {{frac|3}} chance of dropping a set of uncursed +0 gray dragon scales upon death unless [[disintegrated]], and the chance is reduced to {{frac|20}} if the dragon was [[revived]]{{refsrc|src/mon.c|325|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}&mdash;if the dragon is [[Stoning|turned to stone]], their statue will contain scales with the same probabilities.

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 Randomly generated gray dragons are always created hostile. A [[baby gray dragon]] can [[grow up]] into a gray dragon.
-[[Hero]]es and monsters that [[polymorph]] while wearing [[gray dragon scales]] or [[gray dragon scale mail]] will turn into gray dragons.
+[[Hero]]es and monsters that [[polymorph]] while wearing [[gray dragon scales]] or [[gray dragon scale mail]] will turn into gray dragons.{{refsrc|src/mon.c|3520|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/muse.c|1761|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
 Gray dragons may appear among the hostile {{white|D}} generated in [[throne room]]s at dungeon levels 15 and below, and can also appear among the monsters randomly generated by either [[sitting]] on a [[throne]] or [[looting]] it while the hero is [[confused]] and carrying gold (provided there is no [[chest]] on the level){{refsrc|src/mkroom.c|741|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/sit.c|205|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-Gray dragons have a {{frac|3}} chance of dropping a set of uncursed +0 gray dragon scales upon death unless [[disintegrated]], and the chance is reduced to {{frac|20}} if the dragon was [[revived]]&mdash;if the dragon is [[Stoning|turned to stone]], their statue will contain scales with the same probabilities.
+Gray dragons have a {{frac|3}} chance of dropping a set of uncursed +0 gray dragon scales upon death unless [[disintegrated]], and the chance is reduced to {{frac|20}} if the dragon was [[revived]]{{refsrc|src/mon.c|325|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}&mdash;if the dragon is [[Stoning|turned to stone]], their statue will contain scales with the same probabilities.
 ==Strategy==

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 Randomly generated gray dragons are always created hostile. A [[baby gray dragon]] can [[grow up]] into a gray dragon.
-Characters and monsters that [[polymorph]] while wearing [[gray dragon scales]] or [[gray dragon scale mail]] will turn into gray dragons.
+[[Hero]]es and monsters that [[polymorph]] while wearing [[gray dragon scales]] or [[gray dragon scale mail]] will turn into gray dragons.
-Gray dragons may appear among the hostile {{white|D}} generated in [[throne room]]s at dungeon levels 15 and below, and can also appear among the monsters randomly generated by [[looting]] a [[throne]] while [[confused]] and carrying gold (provided there is no [[chest]] on the level).{{refsrc|src/mkroom.c|741|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
+Gray dragons may appear among the hostile {{white|D}} generated in [[throne room]]s at dungeon levels 15 and below, and can also appear among the monsters randomly generated by either [[sitting]] on a [[throne]] or [[looting]] it while the hero is [[confused]] and carrying gold (provided there is no [[chest]] on the level){{refsrc|src/mkroom.c|741|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}{{refsrc|src/sit.c|205|version=NetHack 3.6.7}}
-Gray dragons have a {{frac|3}} chance of dropping a set of uncursed +0 gray dragon scales upon death unless [[disintegrated]], and the chance is reduced to {{frac|20}} if the dragon was [[revived]].
+Gray dragons have a {{frac|3}} chance of dropping a set of uncursed +0 gray dragon scales upon death unless [[disintegrated]], and the chance is reduced to {{frac|20}} if the dragon was [[revived]]&mdash;if the dragon is [[Stoning|turned to stone]], their statue will contain scales with the same probabilities.
 ==Strategy==
-The gray dragon's intrinsic magic resistance compensates for its low [[Magic resistance (monster)|MR score]] in a few areas, but does not protect it from elemental damage or other forms of magic such as a [[wand of sleep]], preserving most of a [[hero]]'s options when in combat against one. Most characters encountering a gray dragon under normal circumstances will usually not have much to fear from their breath weapon in terms of damage.
+The gray dragon's intrinsic magic resistance compensates for its low [[Magic resistance (monster)|MR score]] in a few areas, but does not protect it from elemental damage or other forms of magic such as a [[wand of sleep]], preserving most of a hero's options when in combat against one. Most heroes encountering a gray dragon under normal circumstances will usually not have much to fear from their breath weapon in terms of damage.
-Gray dragons are often sought out by characters looking to procure gray dragon scale mail and complement an existing or future source of [[reflection]]: they are a somewhat common target of [[reverse genocide]] for characters observing [[wishless]] [[conduct]], those that have not yet obtained a [[wish]] or else those looking to save on one.
+Gray dragons are often sought out by heroes looking to procure gray dragon scale mail and complement an existing or future source of [[reflection]]: they are a somewhat common target of [[reverse genocide]] for heroes observing [[wishless]] [[conduct]], those that have not yet obtained a [[wish]] or else those looking to save on one.
 {{upcoming|3.7.0|Gray dragons are one of the few dragons whose scales do not gain an additional extrinsic property.
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 ==Variants==
-Many variants alter the gray dragon and other dragons to make them more varied and/or threatening.
+Many [[variant]]s of ''NetHack'' alter the gray dragon and other dragons to make them more varied and/or threatening.
 ===SLASH'EM===
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 ===GruntHack===
-In [[GruntHack]], the gray dragon's difficulty is slightly lowered to 19, their bite and claw attacks are stronger, and they are given an additional 2d10 engulfing attack that can [[digest]] targets.
+In [[GruntHack]], the gray dragon's difficulty is slightly lowered to 19, their claw attacks are stronger, and they are given an additional 2d10 engulfing attack that can [[digest]] targets.
 ===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 gray - the default type of '''magic dragon''' is the tatzelworm.
+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 gray - the default type of '''magic dragon''' is the tatzelworm.
 Magic dragons may appear in [[The Dragon Caves]], in addition to generation rules from ''NetHack''.
 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]], and [[notnotdNetHack]], gray dragons have their difficulty slightly raised to 21, and their effective AC is boosted to -4. The gray 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]], gray dragons have their difficulty slightly raised to 21, and their effective AC is boosted to -4. The gray 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.
 ===EvilHack===

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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 gray - the default type of '''magic dragon''' is the tatzelworm.
 ===dNetHack===

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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]], and [[notnotdNetHack]], gray dragons have their difficulty 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]], gray dragons have their difficulty slightly raised to 21, and their effective AC is boosted to -4. The gray 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.
 ===EvilHack===

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 Players will not see baby gray dragons through normal random [[monster creation]] outside of [[Monster frequency|aligned branches]] and levels such as the [[Oracle]] and [[Sokoban]], and they can also be hatched from dragon [[egg]]s. Adult gray dragons start appearing around the midway depths of the dungeon; gray dragons can be generated in [[throne room]]s as early as dungeon level 15, and may appear when a [[throne]] at this depth or lower is [[loot]]ed.{{reffunc|mkroom.c|courtmon}} Gray dragons can be created if a lawful spellcaster casts the [[summon nasties]] [[monster spell]].
-Gray dragons have a {{frac|3}} of dropping a set of +0 uncursed [[gray dragon scales]] along with their [[corpse]] ({{frac|20}} if the dragon was [[revive]]d).
+Gray dragons have a {{frac|3}} chance of dropping a set of +0 uncursed [[gray dragon scales]] along with their [[corpse]] ({{frac|20}} if the dragon was [[revive]]d).
 ==Strategy==

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 ==Encyclopedia entry==
 {{encyclopedia|<poem>
-In the West the dragon was the natural enemy of man.  Although
+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) ]}}
-"One whom the dragons will speak with," he said, "that is a
+"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 ]}}
 </poem>}}

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   |nutr=500
   |size=Huge
-  |resistances=
+  |resistances=[[Magic resistance]]
   |resistances conveyed=None
   |attributes={{attributes|A baby gray dragon|fly=1|thick=1|nohands=1|carnivore=1|hostile=1|strong=1|greedy=1|jewels=1}}

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 ==Strategy==
 :''See also: [[Dragon#Strategy]]''
-Among a monster class of powerful fighters, the gray dragon is the only one with intrinsic [[magic resistance]], which compensates for its low [[monster magic resistance|MR stat]] in a few areas. However, their does not stop elemental damage, nor does it fully protect them from a [[wand of sleep]] [[ray]] - this thankfully leaves the player with quite a few options when dealing with them. Its scales also provide magic resistance, making them desirable targets of [[reverse genocide]] for characters seeking [[gray dragon scale mail]] to complement their [[reflection]] (e.g., from a [[shield of reflection|shield]] or [[amulet of reflection|amulet]]).
+Among a monster class of powerful fighters, the gray dragon is the only one with intrinsic [[magic resistance]], which compensates for its low [[monster magic resistance|MR stat]] in a few areas. However, this does not stop elemental damage, nor does it fully protect them from a [[wand of sleep]] [[ray]] - this thankfully leaves the player with quite a few options when dealing with them. Its scales also provide magic resistance, making them desirable targets of [[reverse genocide]] for characters seeking [[gray dragon scale mail]] to complement their [[reflection]] (e.g., from a [[shield of reflection|shield]] or [[amulet of reflection|amulet]]).
-Taming does not factor in player-style magic resistance, and as such the [[spell of charm monster]] is a good way to obtain one as a [[pet]]. Gray dragons compete with [[silver dragons]] as a choice of pet or steed: both possess flight, breath weapons and immunity to [[wand of death|death]] [[Finger of death|rays]]. The gray dragon's magic resistance additionally stops them being transformed by [[polymorph trap]]s (especially when [[riding]]), and it is somewhat common for the gray dragon or its baby form to be the end result of leading pets onto the trap repeatedly. However, its low speed and lack of elemental resistances can still be a major drawback, and the silver dragon's reflection provides additional immunity to elemental rays. In addition, a gray dragon can still [[polymorph]] if it eats a [[chameleon]] or [[doppelganger]] corpse.
+Taming does not factor in player-style magic resistance, and as such the [[spell of charm monster]] is a good way to obtain one as a [[pet]]. Gray dragons compete with [[silver dragons]] as a choice of pet or steed: both possess flight, breath weapons, and immunity to [[wand of death|death]] [[Finger of death|rays]]. The gray dragon's magic resistance additionally stops them being transformed by [[polymorph trap]]s (especially when [[riding]]), and it is somewhat common for the gray dragon or its baby form to be the end result of leading pets onto the trap repeatedly. However, its low speed and lack of elemental resistances can still be a major drawback, and the silver dragon's reflection provides additional immunity to elemental rays. In addition, a gray dragon can still [[polymorph]] if it eats a [[chameleon]] or [[doppelganger]] corpse.
 {{upcoming|3.7.0|Pets will no longer eat corpses that make them polymorph, unless they are starving or on the verge of becoming untame.}}