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#REDIRECT [[Dragon]]

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−	~~{{monster~~	+	#REDIRECT [[Silver dragon]]
−	~~\|name=dragon~~
−	~~\|symbol={{monsym\|silver dragon}}~~
−	~~\|tile=[[Image:Silver dragon.png\|Adult silver dragon]]~~
−	~~\|difficulty=20~~
−	~~\|level=15~~
−	~~\|experience=460~~
−	~~\|speed=9~~
−	~~\|AC=-1~~
−	~~\|MR=20~~
−	~~\|align=4~~
−	~~\|frequency=1~~
−	~~\|genocidable=Yes~~
−	~~\|attacks=Breath 4d6 cold, bite 3d8, claw 1d4, claw 1d4~~
−	~~\|weight=4500~~
−	~~\|nutr=1500~~
−	~~\|size=Gigantic~~
−	~~\|resistances=[[Cold]]~~
−	~~\|resistances conveyed=None~~
−	~~\|attributes={{attributes\|A silver 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]]~~
−	}}
−	~~{{monster~~
−	~~\|name=baby silver dragon~~
−	~~\|symbol={{monsym\|baby silver dragon}}~~
−	~~\|tile=[[Image:Baby silver dragon.png\|Baby silver dragon]]~~
−	~~\|difficulty=13~~
−	~~\|level=12~~
−	~~\|experience=200~~
−	~~\|speed=9~~
−	~~\|AC=2~~
−	~~\|MR=10~~
−	~~\|align=0~~
−	~~\|frequency=0~~
−	~~\|genocidable=Yes~~
−	~~\|attacks=Bite 2d6~~
−	~~\|weight=1500~~
−	~~\|nutr=500~~
−	~~\|size=Huge~~
−	~~\|resistances=[[Cold]]~~
−	~~\|resistances conveyed=None~~
−	~~\|attributes={{attributes\|A baby silver dragon\|fly=1\|thick=1\|nohands=1\|carnivore=1\|hostile=1\|strong=1\|greedy=1\|jewels=1}}~~
−	~~\|reference=[~~[~~monst.c#line1085]]~~
−	}}
−
−	~~The '''silver dragon''', {{monsym\|silver dragon}}, is a~~ [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It has a younger form in the '''baby silver dragon''', {{{monsym\|baby silver dragon}}. The silver dragon has intrinsic [[cold resistance]] and [[reflection]], and its breath weapon fires rays of cold.
−
−	~~==Generation==~~
−	~~{{main\|Dragon#Generation}}~~
−	Players will not see baby silver dragons through normal random [[monster creation]] outside of the [[Oracle]] and [[Sokoban]] levels; adult silver dragons start appearing around the midway depths of the dungeon. Silver dragons are among the [[throne room]] monsters that appear when a [[throne]] is [[loot]]ed, and and are eligible to appear in them as early as dungeon level 15.{{reffunc\|mkroom.c\|courtmon}} Silver ~~dragons can be summoned via the [[summon nasties]] spell.~~
−
−	~~Silver dragons have a {{frac\|3}} of dropping a set of +0 uncursed [[silver dragon scales]] along with their [[corpse]] ({{frac\|20}} if the dragon was [[revive]]d).~~
−
−	~~==Strategy==~~
−	The silver dragon's reflective scales protect it from the rays of spells and wands, severely reducing the amount of options ranged and otherwise that a player has against it. However, it has no other resistances besides cold resistance, and its low [[monster magic resistance]] can still be used to bring it down. Wielded or thrown potions such as [[potion of sleeping\|sleeping]] can immobilize them or else soften them up for melee or peppering with projectiles, but care should be taken not to have them destroyed by cold breath. The reflective power of their scales also makes them a common target for [[reverse genocide]] by players seeking [[silver dragon scale mail]], usually to complement a [[cloak of magic resistance]] or any [[magic resistance]] they possess or plan to gain, and/or protect their inventory from item-destroying rays.
−
−	As pets and steeds, silver dragons sometimes compete with [[gray dragon]]s - both possess flight, useful breath weapons and immunity to death rays. The silver dragon has the added perk of being completely immune to elemental rays by virtue of reflecting them, which can also kill the attacker if the ray came from a wand. Unfortunately, on top of low speed and lack of other resistances that can work against them, they can also fall victim to [[poison]] or [[polymorph trap]]s - the gray dragon's scales at least give it a means of protection against the latter. There are also many faster and/or stronger steed than dragons in general, though most such choices lack reflection of their own.
−
−	~~==History==~~
−	~~The silver dragon, its baby form and silver dragon scales were introduced to the vanilla series in [[NetHack 3.3.0]]. Before that, it first appeared in the [[3.1.3]] variant [[SLASH 6]].~~
−
−	~~==Encyclopedia entry==~~
−	~~{{encyclopedia\|<poem>~~
−	~~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~~
−	~~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>}}~~
−
−	~~==References==~~
−	~~<references/>~~
−	~~{{nethack-366}}~~
−	~~[[Category:Monsters~~]]

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−	#~~REDIRECT~~ [[Dragon]]	+	{{monster
		+	\|name=dragon
		+	\|symbol={{monsym\|silver dragon}}
		+	\|tile=[[Image:Silver dragon.png\|Adult silver dragon]]
		+	\|difficulty=20
		+	\|level=15
		+	\|experience=460
		+	\|speed=9
		+	\|AC=-1
		+	\|MR=20
		+	\|align=4
		+	\|frequency=1
		+	\|genocidable=Yes
		+	\|attacks=Breath 4d6 cold, bite 3d8, claw 1d4, claw 1d4
		+	\|weight=4500
		+	\|nutr=1500
		+	\|size=Gigantic
		+	\|resistances=[[Cold]]
		+	\|resistances conveyed=None
		+	\|attributes={{attributes\|A silver 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]]
		+	}}
		+	{{monster
		+	\|name=baby silver dragon
		+	\|symbol={{monsym\|baby silver dragon}}
		+	\|tile=[[Image:Baby silver dragon.png\|Baby silver dragon]]
		+	\|difficulty=13
		+	\|level=12
		+	\|experience=200
		+	\|speed=9
		+	\|AC=2
		+	\|MR=10
		+	\|align=0
		+	\|frequency=0
		+	\|genocidable=Yes
		+	\|attacks=Bite 2d6
		+	\|weight=1500
		+	\|nutr=500
		+	\|size=Huge
		+	\|resistances=[[Cold]]
		+	\|resistances conveyed=None
		+	\|attributes={{attributes\|A baby silver dragon\|fly=1\|thick=1\|nohands=1\|carnivore=1\|hostile=1\|strong=1\|greedy=1\|jewels=1}}
		+	\|reference=[[monst.c#line1085]]
		+	}}
		+
		+	The '''silver dragon''', {{monsym\|silver dragon}}, is a [[monster]] that appears in ''[[NetHack]]''. It has a younger form in the '''baby silver dragon''', {{{monsym\|baby silver dragon}}. The silver dragon has intrinsic [[cold resistance]] and [[reflection]], and its breath weapon fires rays of cold.
		+
		+	==Generation==
		+	{{main\|Dragon#Generation}}
		+	Players will not see baby silver dragons through normal random [[monster creation]] outside of the [[Oracle]] and [[Sokoban]] levels; adult silver dragons start appearing around the midway depths of the dungeon. Silver dragons are among the [[throne room]] monsters that appear when a [[throne]] is [[loot]]ed, and and are eligible to appear in them as early as dungeon level 15.{{reffunc\|mkroom.c\|courtmon}} Silver dragons can be summoned via the [[summon nasties]] spell.
		+
		+	Silver dragons have a {{frac\|3}} of dropping a set of +0 uncursed [[silver dragon scales]] along with their [[corpse]] ({{frac\|20}} if the dragon was [[revive]]d).
		+
		+	==Strategy==
		+	The silver dragon's reflective scales protect it from the rays of spells and wands, severely reducing the amount of options ranged and otherwise that a player has against it. However, it has no other resistances besides cold resistance, and its low [[monster magic resistance]] can still be used to bring it down. Wielded or thrown potions such as [[potion of sleeping\|sleeping]] can immobilize them or else soften them up for melee or peppering with projectiles, but care should be taken not to have them destroyed by cold breath. The reflective power of their scales also makes them a common target for [[reverse genocide]] by players seeking [[silver dragon scale mail]], usually to complement a [[cloak of magic resistance]] or any [[magic resistance]] they possess or plan to gain, and/or protect their inventory from item-destroying rays.
		+
		+	As pets and steeds, silver dragons sometimes compete with [[gray dragon]]s - both possess flight, useful breath weapons and immunity to death rays. The silver dragon has the added perk of being completely immune to elemental rays by virtue of reflecting them, which can also kill the attacker if the ray came from a wand. Unfortunately, on top of low speed and lack of other resistances that can work against them, they can also fall victim to [[poison]] or [[polymorph trap]]s - the gray dragon's scales at least give it a means of protection against the latter. There are also many faster and/or stronger steed than dragons in general, though most such choices lack reflection of their own.
		+
		+	==History==
		+	The silver dragon, its baby form and silver dragon scales were introduced to the vanilla series in [[NetHack 3.3.0]]. Before that, it first appeared in the [[3.1.3]] variant [[SLASH 6]].
		+
		+	==Encyclopedia entry==
		+	{{encyclopedia\|<poem>
		+	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
		+	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>}}
		+
		+	==References==
		+	<references/>
		+	{{nethack-366}}
		+	[[Category:Monsters]]