Shimmering dragon (GruntHack)
D shimmering dragon 
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| Difficulty | 19 |
| Attacks |
Breath 4d6 Magic missile, claw 4d4 physical, claw 4d4 physical, bite 4d8 physical, engulf 2d10 digest |
| Base level | 15 |
| Base experience | 538 |
| Speed | 9 |
| Base AC | -1 |
| Base MR | 20 |
| Alignment | 4 (lawful) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 4500 |
| Nutritional value | 1500 |
| Size | Gigantic |
| Resistances | magic resistance |
| Resistances conveyed | None |
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A shimmering dragon:
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A shimmering dragon, D, is a type of monster that appears in GruntHack. It is an adult dragon that has displacement, causing images of the monster to project on nearby squares. Like all dragons, shimmering dragons are strong, carnivorous, oviparous, thick-skinned, can see invisible, and are capable of flight - they will also seek out gold, gems and magical items to pick up.
Shimmering dragons have a magic missile breath weapon, two claw attacks, a strong bite attack, and an engulfing attack that can digest targets. Shimmering dragons possess magic resistance due to their magic missile attack.
Generation
Randomly generated shimmering dragons are always created hostile. A baby shimmering dragon can grow up into a shimmering dragon.
Heroes and monsters that polymorph while wearing shimmering dragon scales or shimmering dragon scale mail will turn into shimmering dragons.
Shimmering dragons may appear among the hostile D generated in throne rooms, 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).
Shimmering dragons have a 1⁄3 chance of dropping a set of uncursed +0 shimmering dragon scales upon death unless disintegrated, and the chance is reduced to 1⁄20 if the dragon was revived.
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