Green dragon - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ wet towels

2026-03-10T00:49:50Z

‎Strategy: wet towels

Umbire the Phantom: character(s) => hero(es), other touch-ups

2024-12-02T10:20:11Z

character(s) => hero(es), other touch-ups

Umbire the Phantom: another quick one

2024-08-08T20:55:48Z

another quick one

Umbire the Phantom: adjust un to clarify randomization - the dragons use their vanilla stats and have their name/element/etc. shuffled

2024-05-30T22:58:55Z

adjust un to clarify randomization - the dragons use their vanilla stats and have their name/element/etc. shuffled

Umbire the Phantom: note knockback

2024-05-30T21:29:31Z

note knockback

Umbire the Phantom: dnh

2024-05-30T15:57:37Z

dnh

Umbire the Phantom: and knock it out

2024-05-30T15:52:56Z

and knock it out

Umbire the Phantom: dragon revamp 3/? - stop at variants again for sake of personal pace

2024-05-30T15:12:34Z

dragon revamp 3/? - stop at variants again for sake of personal pace

Netzhack: /* Encyclopedia entry */ Soften line breaks

2022-08-16T13:10:02Z

‎Encyclopedia entry: Soften line breaks

Actual-nh: Grammar/style

2021-05-24T22:08:10Z

Grammar/style

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 Leaving the poison clouds and curing the blindness as soon as possible (e.g., with a [[unicorn horn]]) is ideal, especially for heroes that lack [[telepathy]]. Since monsters that lack poison resistance are subjected to the same effects, the clouds can also be used against other monsters, especially with a source of [[conflict]]: poison gas can leave non-resistant monsters severely weakened from a few turns of exposure if they are not killed outright.
-{{upcoming|3.7.0|Green dragons gain extrinsic [[sickness resistance]] from their scales - though this is not likely to come up in practice when fighting them, this makes them possibly valuable targets for their scales if a hero plans to take on the likes of [[Demogorgon]] or else wants further insurance against [[Pestilence]] on the [[Astral Plane]].
+{{upcoming|NetHack 3.7.0|Green dragons gain extrinsic [[sickness resistance]] from their scales&mdash;though this is not likely to come up in practice when fighting them, this makes them possibly valuable targets for their scales if a hero plans to take on the likes of [[Demogorgon]] or else wants further insurance against [[Pestilence]] on the [[Astral Plane]].
 Green dragons and other large enough monsters can also inflict knockback with their melee attacks, making them exceedingly dangerous to fight near [[pool]]s or [[lava]] and capable of forcing heroes back into breath weapon range.
-Wearing a [[wet]] [[towel]] halves damage from poison clouds.}}
+Per {{commit|3e18804371413d9da397bacdd317dd06fe285998}}, wearing a wet towel halves damage from [[poison cloud]]s and poison gas [[breath]].}}
 ==History==

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   |frequency=1
   |genocidable=Yes
-  |attacks=Breath 4d6 poison, bite 3d8, claw 1d4, claw 1d4
+  |attacks=Breath 4d6 poison, bite 3d8 physical, claw 1d4 physical, claw 1d4 physical
   |weight=4500
   |nutr=1500
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 ==Strategy==
-While most heroes will have poison resistance by the time they encounter green dragons, the poison gas clouds from their breath attacks present a different problem compared to most standard sources of poison. Without poison resistance, being caught in the stream of poison can kill characters alarmingly fast even before factoring in the chance of instadeath; ''with'' poison resistance (and/or a source of [[reflection]] to deflect the blast), the damage and threat of death is severely lowered, but the gas clouds can still [[blind]] the character, which can prove inconvenient at best in pitched combat situations.
+While most heroes will have poison resistance by the time they encounter green dragons, the poison gas clouds from their breath attacks present a different problem compared to most standard sources of poison. Without poison resistance, being caught in the stream of poison can kill heroes alarmingly fast even before factoring in the chance of instadeath; ''with'' poison resistance (and/or a source of [[reflection]] to deflect the blast), the damage and threat of death is severely lowered, but the gas clouds can still [[blind]] the hero, which can prove inconvenient at best in pitched combat situations.
-Leaving the poison clouds and curing the blindness as soon as possible (e.g., with a [[unicorn horn]]) is ideal, especially for characters that lack [[telepathy]]. Since monsters that lack poison resistance are subjected to the same effects, the clouds can also be used against other monsters, especially with a source of [[conflict]]: poison gas can leave non-resistant monsters severely weakened from a few turns of exposure if they are not killed outright.
+Leaving the poison clouds and curing the blindness as soon as possible (e.g., with a [[unicorn horn]]) is ideal, especially for heroes that lack [[telepathy]]. Since monsters that lack poison resistance are subjected to the same effects, the clouds can also be used against other monsters, especially with a source of [[conflict]]: poison gas can leave non-resistant monsters severely weakened from a few turns of exposure if they are not killed outright.
-{{upcoming|3.7.0|Green dragons gain extrinsic [[sickness resistance]] from their scales - though this is not likely to come up in practice when fighting them, this makes them possibly valuable targets for their scales if a character plans to take on the likes of [[Demogorgon]] or else wants further insurance against [[Pestilence]] on the [[Astral Plane]].
+{{upcoming|3.7.0|Green dragons gain extrinsic [[sickness resistance]] from their scales - though this is not likely to come up in practice when fighting them, this makes them possibly valuable targets for their scales if a hero plans to take on the likes of [[Demogorgon]] or else wants further insurance against [[Pestilence]] on the [[Astral Plane]].
-Green dragons and other large enough monsters can also inflict knockback with their melee attacks, making them exceedingly dangerous to fight near [[pool]]s or [[lava]] and capable of forcing characters back into breath weapon range.
+Green dragons and other large enough monsters can also inflict knockback with their melee attacks, making them exceedingly dangerous to fight near [[pool]]s or [[lava]] and capable of forcing heroes back into breath weapon range.
 Wearing a [[wet]] [[towel]] halves damage from poison clouds.}}

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 Randomly generated green dragons are always created hostile. A [[baby green dragon]] can [[grow up]] into a green dragon.
-Hostile green dragons can be generated by the [[summon nasties]] [[monster spell]]. Characters and monsters that [[polymorph]] while wearing [[green dragon scales]] or [[green dragon scale mail]] will turn into green dragons.
+Hostile green dragons can be generated by the [[summon nasties]] [[monster spell]]. A [[hero]] or monster that [[polymorph]]s while wearing [[green dragon scales]] or [[green dragon scale mail]] will turn into a green dragon.
 Green 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}}
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 ==Strategy==
-While most characters will have poison resistance by the time they encounter green dragons, the poison gas clouds from their breath attacks present a different problem. Without poison resistance, being caught in the stream of poison can kill characters alarmingly fast; ''with'' poison resistance (and/or a source of [[reflection]] to deflect the blast), the damage and threat of death is severely lowered, but the gas clouds can still [[blind]] the character, which can prove inconvenient at best in pitched combat situations.
+While most heroes will have poison resistance by the time they encounter green dragons, the poison gas clouds from their breath attacks present a different problem compared to most standard sources of poison. Without poison resistance, being caught in the stream of poison can kill characters alarmingly fast even before factoring in the chance of instadeath; ''with'' poison resistance (and/or a source of [[reflection]] to deflect the blast), the damage and threat of death is severely lowered, but the gas clouds can still [[blind]] the character, which can prove inconvenient at best in pitched combat situations.
 Leaving the poison clouds and curing the blindness as soon as possible (e.g., with a [[unicorn horn]]) is ideal, especially for characters that lack [[telepathy]]. Since monsters that lack poison resistance are subjected to the same effects, the clouds can also be used against other monsters, especially with a source of [[conflict]]: poison gas can leave non-resistant monsters severely weakened from a few turns of exposure if they are not killed outright.
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 {{upcoming|3.7.0|Green dragons gain extrinsic [[sickness resistance]] from their scales - though this is not likely to come up in practice when fighting them, this makes them possibly valuable targets for their scales if a character plans to take on the likes of [[Demogorgon]] or else wants further insurance against [[Pestilence]] on the [[Astral Plane]].
-Green dragons and other large enough monsters can also inflict knockback with their melee attacks, making them exceedingly dangerous to fight near [[pool]]s or [[lava]] and capable of forcing characters back into breath weapon range.}}
+Green dragons and other large enough monsters can also inflict knockback with their melee attacks, making them exceedingly dangerous to fight near [[pool]]s or [[lava]] and capable of forcing characters back into breath weapon range.
 ==History==
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 ==Variants==
-Many variants alter the green dragon and other dragons to make them more varied and/or threatening. Variants based on NetHack 3.4.3 may retain the green dragon's ray of poison as its breath weapon.
+Many variants alter the green dragon and other dragons to make them more varied and/or threatening. Variants based on NetHack 3.4.3 and earlier versions may retain the green dragon's ray of poison as its breath weapon.
 ===SLASH'EM===
 {{Main|Dragon (SLASH'EM)}}
-As with most other dragons in SLASH'EM, the green dragon's [[Monster level|base level]] is raised to 18, their [[Monster difficulty|difficulty]] is raised to 25, their [[AC]] is boosted to -4, their bite and claw attacks are stronger, and they [[Hits creatures as +x weapon|hit as a +3 weapon]].
+As with most other dragons in SLASH'EM, the green dragon's [[Monster level|base level]] is raised to 18, their [[Monster difficulty|difficulty]] is raised to 25, their [[AC]] is boosted to -4, their bite and claw attacks are stronger, and they [[Hits creatures as +x weapon|hit as a +3 weapon]]. Their breath weapon fires a ray of poison as in NetHack 3.4.3.
 Green dragons can appear in [[dragon lair]]s and [[the Wyrm Caves]].

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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 green - the default type of dragon associated with the green dragon is the wyvern.
+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 green - the default '''poison dragon''' is the wyvern.
 ===dNetHack===

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 Leaving the poison clouds and curing the blindness as soon as possible (e.g., with a [[unicorn horn]]) is ideal, especially for characters that lack [[telepathy]]. Since monsters that lack poison resistance are subjected to the same effects, the clouds can also be used against other monsters, especially with a source of [[conflict]]: poison gas can leave non-resistant monsters severely weakened from a few turns of exposure if they are not killed outright.
-{{upcoming|3.7.0|Green dragons gain extrinsic [[sickness resistance]] from their scales - though this is not likely to come up in practice when fighting them, this makes them possibly valuable targets for their scales if a character plans to take on the likes of [[Demogorgon]] or else wants further insurance against [[Pestilence]] on the [[Astral Plane]].}}
+{{upcoming|3.7.0|Green dragons gain extrinsic [[sickness resistance]] from their scales - though this is not likely to come up in practice when fighting them, this makes them possibly valuable targets for their scales if a character plans to take on the likes of [[Demogorgon]] or else wants further insurance against [[Pestilence]] on the [[Astral Plane]].
 ==History==

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	Green dragons may appear among the court of a [[Throne room#dNetHack\|throne room]] ruled by an [[orc of the ages of stars]].		Green dragons may appear among the court of a [[Throne room#dNetHack\|throne room]] ruled by an [[orc of the ages of stars]].
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		+	{{frac\|10}} of the monsters randomly generated on the second Nightmare Temple level of the [[Chaos Temple Quest]] will be green dragons.

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 {{monster
   |difficulty=20
   |level=15
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 ==Variants==
-Variants of ''NetHack'' often subject dragons to extensive changes, including the green dragon.
+Many variants alter the green dragon and other dragons to make them more varied and/or threatening. Variants based on NetHack 3.4.3 may retain the green dragon's ray of poison as its breath weapon.
 ===SLASH'EM===
 {{Main|Dragon (SLASH'EM)}}
-As with all other dragons in SLASH'EM, baby green dragons have a base level of 4 instead of 12, and can be encountered via random generation in ordinary levels with a frequency of 2; they are also eligible for creation on many levels that generate random {{white|D}} on level creation. Adult green dragons have a base level of 18 instead of 15.
+As with most other dragons in SLASH'EM, the green dragon's [[Monster level|base level]] is raised to 18, their [[Monster difficulty|difficulty]] is raised to 25, their [[AC]] is boosted to -4, their bite and claw attacks are stronger, and they [[Hits creatures as +x weapon|hit as a +3 weapon]].
-Baby green dragons hit as a +1 weapon, and adult green dragons hit as a +3 weapon. Adult green dragons will not turn [[traitor]] while tame.
+===GruntHack===
 ===UnNetHack===
-In [[UnNetHack]], all dragons have their breaths, resistances, and colors randomized, allowing any non-[[chromatic dragon (UnNetHack)|chromatic dragon]] to appear as green.
+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 green - the default type of dragon associated with the green dragon is the wyvern.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==
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 ==References==
 <references/>
-{{nethack-366}}
+{{nethack-367}}
 [[Category:Monsters]]

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   |reference=[[monst.c#line1161]]
 }}
-{{monster
+A '''green dragon''', {{monsym|green dragon}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is an adult [[dragon]] associated with the element of [[poison]]. Like all dragons, green dragons are [[strong]], [[carnivorous]], [[oviparous]], [[thick-skinned]], can [[see invisible]], and are capable of [[flight]] - they will also seek out [[gold]], [[gems]] and [[magical item]]s to pick up.
-The '''green dragon''', {{monsym|green dragon}}, is a [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It has a younger form in the '''baby green dragon''', {{monsym|baby green dragon}}. The green dragon has [[poison resistance]] both intrinsically and from its scales, and its [[breath]] weapon fires rays of poison that leave behind [[poison cloud|clouds of gas]]. Its corpse is [[poisonous]] to eat, but grants poison resistance.
+Green dragons have a poisonous [[breath]] weapon that leaves a trail of [[poison cloud]]s, a strong bite attack, and two claw attacks. A green dragon possesses [[poison resistance]].
 ==Generation==
-{{main|Dragon#Generation}}
+Randomly generated green dragons are always created hostile. A [[baby green dragon]] can [[grow up]] into a green dragon.
-Players will not see baby green dragons through normal random [[monster creation]] outside of the [[Oracle]] and [[Sokoban]] levels, although they can be hatched from dragon [[egg]]s; adult green dragons start appearing around the midway depths of the dungeon. Green 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}} Green dragons can also be generated if a lawful spellcaster casts the [[summon nasties]] [[monster spell]].
-Green dragons have a {{frac|3}} of dropping a set of +0 uncursed [[green dragon scales]] along with their [[corpse]] ({{frac|20}} if the dragon was [[revive]]d).
+Green dragons have a {{frac|3}} chance of dropping a set of uncursed +0 green dragon scales upon death unless [[disintegrated]], and the chance is reduced to {{frac|20}} if the dragon was [[revived]].
 ==Strategy==
-:''See also: [[Dragon#Strategy]]''
+While most characters will have poison resistance by the time they encounter green dragons, the poison gas clouds from their breath attacks present a different problem. Without poison resistance, being caught in the stream of poison can kill characters alarmingly fast; ''with'' poison resistance (and/or a source of [[reflection]] to deflect the blast), the damage and threat of death is severely lowered, but the gas clouds can still [[blind]] the character, which can prove inconvenient at best in pitched combat situations.
-However, it is possible to use the poison gas against other monsters, especially if you have a source of [[conflict]]. Monsters lacking poison resistance that are caught in the clouds are subjected to the same effects, and will be left severely weakened from a few turns of exposure if they are not killed outright, potentially making for easier targets.
+Leaving the poison clouds and curing the blindness as soon as possible (e.g., with a [[unicorn horn]]) is ideal, especially for characters that lack [[telepathy]]. Since monsters that lack poison resistance are subjected to the same effects, the clouds can also be used against other monsters, especially with a source of [[conflict]]: poison gas can leave non-resistant monsters severely weakened from a few turns of exposure if they are not killed outright.
 ==History==
-[[NetHack 2.3e]] introduces the green dragon along with all of the other modern dragon types and their breath weapons, except for silver.
+The green dragon first appears in [[NetHack 2.3e]].
-[[NetHack 3.1.0]] introduces green dragon scales along with the other colors, as well as the current method of obtaining dragon scale mail.
+From [[NetHack 3.0.0]] to [[NetHack 3.0.10]], including variants based on those versions, polymorphing a green dragon corpse produces regular [[dragon scale mail]]. [[NetHack 3.1.0]] introduces the current method of obtaining green dragon scale mail.
-The green dragon's breath leaving trails of poison gas behind is a feature introduced in [[NetHack 3.6.1]].
+In [[NetHack 3.6.0]] and previous versions, including variants based on those versions, the green dragon's breath weapon is simply a ray of poison - the breath weapon's ability to create trails of poison gas is introduced in [[NetHack 3.6.1]].
 ==Variants==

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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>}}