Orange dragon - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: follow up

2024-05-31T01:40:35Z

follow up

Noisytoot: (dNetHack) they have free action and hallu res, are not speed 12, and have hallucinogenic breath

2024-05-31T00:29:38Z

(dNetHack) they have free action and hallu res, are not speed 12, and have hallucinogenic breath

Umbire the Phantom: finish the variant section

2024-05-30T23:04:40Z

finish the variant section

Umbire the Phantom: dragon revamp 4/? - might resume some SLASH'EM after this next set of passes

2024-05-30T21:28:45Z

dragon revamp 4/? - might resume some SLASH'EM after this next set of passes

Umbire the Phantom: chance to:opportunity::chance of:probability

2023-10-29T09:11:45Z

chance to:opportunity::chance of:probability

Netzhack: /* Encyclopedia entry */ Soften line breaks

2022-08-16T13:08:55Z

‎Encyclopedia entry: Soften line breaks

Netzhack: couple of words

2022-04-27T06:46:29Z

couple of words

Cathartes: it's just a 4d25 attack, no 4d4

2021-05-14T04:24:36Z

it's just a 4d25 attack, no 4d4

Umbire the Phantom: /* Variants */

2021-05-12T20:41:15Z

‎Variants

Umbire the Phantom at 20:35, 12 May 2021

2021-05-12T20:35:01Z

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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]], and [[notnotdNetHack]], orange dragons have their difficulty is slightly raised to 21, and their effective AC is boosted to -4. The orange 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. Orange dragons also gain free action and hallucination resistance both intrinsically and from their scales, and their breath is hallucinogenic, causing players lacking sleep resistance to hallucinate for the initial duration of their sleep (even if sleep is interrupted, hallucination isn't) and monsters lacking sleep resistance or hallucination resistance to become confused and berserked.
+In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]], and [[notnotdNetHack]], orange dragons have their difficulty is slightly raised to 21, and their effective AC is boosted to -4. The orange 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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 ===dNetHack===
-In [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]], and [[notnotdNetHack]], orange dragons have their speed raised to 12, their difficulty is slightly raised to 21, and their effective AC is boosted to -4. The orange 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]], orange dragons have their difficulty is slightly raised to 21, and their effective AC is boosted to -4. The orange 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. Orange dragons also gain free action and hallucination resistance both intrinsically and from their scales, and their breath is hallucinogenic, causing players lacking sleep resistance to hallucinate for the initial duration of their sleep (even if sleep is interrupted, hallucination isn't) and monsters lacking sleep resistance or hallucination resistance to become confused and berserked.
 ===EvilHack===

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 ==History==
-The blue dragon first appears in [[NetHack 2.3e]].
+The orange dragon first appears in [[NetHack 2.3e]].
 From [[NetHack 3.0.0]] to [[NetHack 3.0.10]], including variants based on those versions, polymorphing an orange dragon corpse produces regular [[dragon scale mail]]. [[NetHack 3.1.0]] introduces the current method of obtaining orange dragon scale mail.
 ==Variants==
-Variants of ''NetHack'' often subject dragons to extensive changes, including the orange dragon.
+Many variants alter the orange dragon and other dragons to make them more varied and/or threatening.
 ===SLASH'EM===
 {{Main|Dragon (SLASH'EM)}}
-As with all other dragons in SLASH'EM, baby orangedragons 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 orange dragons have a base level of 18 instead of 15.
+As with most other dragons in SLASH'EM, the orange 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]]. Tame orange dragons also have a chance of turning [[traitor]], and are the only lawful dragons that will do so.
-Baby orange dragons hit as a +1 weapon, and adult orange dragons hit as a +3 weapon.
+===NetHack brass===
-Adult orange dragons have a chance of turning [[traitor]] while tame; interestingly, it is the only lawful-aligned dragon that can do so.
+===GruntHack===
 ===UnNetHack===
-In [[UnNetHack]], all dragons have their breaths, resistances, and colors randomized, allowing any non-[[chromatic dragon (UnNetHack)|chromatic dragon]] to appear as orange.
+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 orange - the default '''sleep dragon''' is the sarkany.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 {{monster
   |difficulty=20
   |level=15
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   |resistances=Sleep
   |resistances conveyed=[[Sleep resistance]] (100%)
-  |attributes={{attributes|A orange dragon|fly=1|thick=1|nohands=1|seeinvis=1|oviparous=1|carnivore=1|hostile=1|strong=1|nasty=1|greedy=1|jewels=1|magic=1}}
+  |attributes={{attributes|An orange dragon|fly=1|thick=1|nohands=1|seeinvis=1|oviparous=1|carnivore=1|hostile=1|strong=1|nasty=1|greedy=1|jewels=1|magic=1}}
   |reference=[[monst.c#line1161]]
 }}
-The '''orange dragon''', {{monsym|orange dragon}}, is a [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It has a younger form in the '''baby orange dragon''', {{monsym|baby orange dragon}}. The orange dragon has [[sleep resistance]] both intrinsically and from its scales, and its breath weapon fires a [[ray]] of sleeping gas. Its corpse gives sleep resistance.
+An '''orange dragon''', {{monsym|orange dragon}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is an adult [[dragon]] associated with [[sleep]]. Like all dragons, orange 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.
 ==Generation==
-{{main|Dragon#Generation}}
+Randomly generated orange dragons are always created hostile. A [[baby orange dragon]] can [[grow up]] into an orange dragon.
-Players will not see baby orange 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 orange dragons start appearing around the middle depths of the dungeon; orange 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}} Orange dragons can be generated if a lawful spellcaster casts the [[summon nasties]] [[monster spell]].
-Orange dragons have a {{frac|3}} chance of dropping a set of +0 uncursed [[orange dragon scales]] along with their [[corpse]] ({{frac|20}} if the dragon was [[revive]]d).
+Orange dragons have a {{frac|3}} chance of dropping a set of uncursed +0 orange dragon scales upon death unless [[disintegrated]], and the chance is reduced to {{frac|20}} if the dragon was [[revived]].
 ==Strategy==
-:''See also: [[Dragon#Strategy]]''
+Orange dragons can be especially dangerous for characters without sleep resistance: unless they have [[reflection]], the breath attack may spell certain doom if the character is put to sleep in the midst of hostile territory. Conversely, a character with sleep resistance and/or [[reflection]] can approach the dragon at their leisure if they are otherwise capable of weathering the dragon's melee attacks.
-Orange dragons can be especially dangerous if you have not yet obtained sleep resistance - being hit by the breath attack can render you asleep for up to a maximum of 100 turns, but the dragon and any other monsters present may not need that long to tear into you. If you have sleep resistance and/or [[reflection]], however, you have nothing to fear from the attack and can use whatever ranged options you have at your disposal to bring the beast down.
 ==History==
-[[NetHack 2.3e]] introduces the orange dragon along with all of the other modern dragon types and their breath weapons, except for silver.
+The blue dragon first appears in [[NetHack 2.3e]].
-[[NetHack 3.1.0]] introduces orange 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 an orange dragon corpse produces regular [[dragon scale mail]]. [[NetHack 3.1.0]] introduces the current method of obtaining orange dragon scale mail.
 ==Variants==

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 Baby orange dragons hit as a +1 weapon, and adult orange dragons hit as a +3 weapon.
-Adult orange dragons have a chance to turn [[traitor]] while tame; interestingly, it is the only lawful-aligned dragon that can do so.
+Adult orange dragons have a chance of turning [[traitor]] while tame; interestingly, it is the only lawful-aligned dragon that can do so.
 ===UnNetHack===

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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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   |frequency=1
   |genocidable=Yes
-  |attacks=Breath 4d4 sleep (4d25), bite 3d8, claw 1d4, claw 1d4
+  |attacks=Breath 4d25 sleep, bite 3d8, claw 1d4, claw 1d4
   |weight=4500
   |nutr=1500

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 ===Biodiversity patch===
 In the [[biodiversity patch]], the orange dragon is renamed to the '''lung dragon'''.
 ===SLASH'EM===
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 Adult orange dragons have a chance to turn [[traitor]] while tame; interestingly, it is the only lawful-aligned dragon that can do so.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==

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 ==Generation==
 {{main|Dragon#Generation}}
-Players will not see baby orange dragons through normal random [[monster creation]] outside of the [[Oracle]] and [[Sokoban]] levels, and they can also be hatched from dragon [[egg]]s; adult orange dragons start appearing around the midway depths of the dungeon. Orange 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}} Orange dragons can be generated if a lawful spellcaster casts the [[summon nasties]] [[monster spell]].
+Players will not see baby orange 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 orange dragons start appearing around the midway depths of the dungeon; orange 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}} Orange dragons can be generated if a lawful spellcaster casts the [[summon nasties]] [[monster spell]].
 Orange dragons have a {{frac|3}} of dropping a set of +0 uncursed [[orange dragon scales]] along with their [[corpse]] ({{frac|20}} if the dragon was [[revive]]d).
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 ==History==
-[[NetHack 2.3e]] introduces the white dragon along with all of the other modern dragon types and their breath weapons, except for silver.
+[[NetHack 2.3e]] introduces the orange dragon along with all of the other modern dragon types and their breath weapons, except for silver.
-[[NetHack 3.0.0]] introduces baby white dragons alongside the other baby dragons. This version also distinguishes all color dragons, their younger stages and their corpses, and introduces dragon scale mail.
+[[NetHack 3.0.0]] introduces baby orange dragons alongside the other baby dragons. This version also distinguishes all color dragons, their younger stages and their corpses, and introduces dragon scale mail.
-[[NetHack 3.1.0]] introduces white dragon scales along with the other colors, as well as the current method of obtaining dragon scale mail.
+[[NetHack 3.1.0]] introduces orange dragon scales along with the other colors, as well as the current method of obtaining dragon scale mail.
 ==Encyclopedia entry==