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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{armor<br />
|top={{robe top}}<br />
|color=red<br />
|name=robe<br />
|appearance=''randomized''<br />
|cost=25<br />
|slot=body armor<br />
|ac=1<br />
|weight=40<br />
|material=leather<br />
}}<br />
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A '''robe''' is a type of [[body armor]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]], [[SlashTHEM]] and [[Hack'EM]], and is the basis for the [[robe]] cloak later introduced in ''[[NetHack]]''. It is made of [[leather]], and has the [[randomized appearance]] of a "colored robe" when unidentified.<br />
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==Generation==<br />
[[Monk]]s start the game with a +1 robe, while [[Priest]]s start the game with a +0 robe.{{refsrc|u_init.c|119|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}{{refsrc|u_init.c|152|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}<br />
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Several monsters can generate with a robe:<br />
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* [[Wraith (monster class)|Wraiths]] have a {{frac|2}} chance of generating with a robe.{{refsrc|mon.c|1099|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}<br />
* [[Aligned priest]]s, [[high priest]]s, the [[Arch Priest]], and [[player monster]] [[Priest (player monster)|priests]] may also generate with a robe.{{refsrc|mon.c|530|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}{{refsrc|mon.c|1066|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}} <br />
* [[Mind flayer]]s have a {{frac|2}} chance of [[Monster starting inventory|generating with]] a robe, while [[master mind flayer]]s have a {{frac|4|5}} chance of generating with a robe.{{refsrc|mon.c|776|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}{{refsrc|mon.c|781|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}<br />
* The [[Grand Master]] and [[Master Kaen]] have a {{frac|10|11}} chance of generating with a robe.{{refsrc|mon.c|1076|version=SLASH'EM 0.0.7E7F2}}<br />
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==Description==<br />
While worn, a robe confers 1 base [[AC]].<br />
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==Strategy==<br />
Robes are lighter than [[leather armor]] and do not interfere with spellcasting (unlike most other types of body armor in these variants) or a Monk's melee abilities and AC bonuses, though it will negate the AC bonuses specific to [[Doppelganger (starting race)|doppelganger]] characters. They can be trivially distinguished via [[price identification]] due to their base cost of 25[[zm]] (where all other robes have a base cost of 50), and are much more common compared to other robes.<br />
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==Encyclopedia entry==<br />
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Robes are the only garments, apart from Shirts, ever to have sleeves. They have three uses:<br />
1. As the official uniform of Priests, Priestesses, Monks, Nuns (see Nunnery), and Wizards. The OMT [ Official Management Term ] prescribed for the Robes of Priests and Nuns is that they _fall in severe folds_; of Priestesses that they _float_; and of Wizards that they _swirl_. You can thus see who you are dealing with.<br />
2. For Kings. The OMT here is _falling in stately folds_.<br />
3. As the garb of Desert Nomads. [...]<br />
|[ The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones ]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:SLASH'EM body armor]]<br />
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