Kite shield

[   kite shield
Appearance	kite shield
Slot	shield
AC	2
Special	MC1
Base price	10 zm
Weight	100
Material	iron

A kite shield is a type of shield that appears in dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack. It is large-sized and has a base material of iron.

The kite shield is the equivalent of the large shield from NetHack, as dNetHack and its variants allow armor to occur in several sizes.

Generation

Knights start the game with a +0 kite shield, except for dwarf Knights.

General stores, used armor dealerships and antique weapons outlets can sell kite shields. Sea garden shops within Elshava in the Mithardir variant of the Chaos Quest can sell kite shields.

Several monsters can generate with kite shields:

• Corvian knights have a ¹⁄₈ chance of generating with a kite shield.
• Pararsitized knights always generate with kite shields.
• Doom knights always generate with black-colored kite shields.
• Y-cultist fighters have an effective ¹⁄₆ chance of generating with a kite shield.
• Drow matrons, drow matron-mothers, Y-cultist matrons, and yochlol generated in unearthly drow form have a ¹⁹⁄₂₀ chance of generating with a kite shield.
• Anulo dancers have an effective ¹⁄₆ chance of generating with a kite shield.
• Sir Aljanor always generates with a blessed kite shield that has an enchantment of at least +3.
• Alliance vanguards always generate with kite shields.
• King Arthur always generates with a blessed +3 kite shield.
• The Rebel Ringleader and militant cleric always generates with a kite shield.
• Mercenaries have an effective ¹⁄₆ chance of generating with a kite shield whose total base AC is counted towards their target AC.
• Plumach Rilmani that generate with a mace have a ¹⁄₃ chance of generating with a kite shield.
• Argenach Rilmani that generate with a broadsword have a ⁵⁄₆ chance of generating with an uncursed and fixed silver kite shield that has an enchantment of at least +3.
• Justice Archons always generate with kite shields, with the exception of those generated in the Drow Healer quest.
• Shield Archons always generate with kite shields.
• Coure Eladrin have a ¹⁄₄ chance of generating with a kite shield.
• Angels and minions that are lawful, neutral or chaotic, do not have monster-specific rules governing their inventory, are not a lord or overlord to their kind, and are generated with a weapon that is not two-handed have a ³⁄₄ chance of generating with a non-cursed +0 silver kite shield.
• Deminymphs have two different chances of generating with a kite shield.
  • They have a ¹⁄₁₆ chance of generating with a knight kit that includes a kite shield with an enchantment ranging from +0 to +3.
  • They also have an effective ³⁄₆₄₀ chance of generating with a drow-themed madperson kit that includes a kite shield with an enchantment ranging from +1 to +3 (with equal probability) - the kite shield has an equal chance of being made of mithril, silver or metal.
• Bright walkers always generate with kite shields.
• Undead knights always generate with uncursed +0 kite shields that have 1 level of erosion.
• Warriors of sunlight always generate with uncursed +3 kite shields.
• Erinyes generated in Gehennom have a ¹⁄₅ chance of generating with a kite shield.
• Fallen angels generated in Gehennom have a ¹⁄₆ chance of generating with a black-colored iron kite shield, and a ¹⁄₆ chance of generating with a silver kite shield.
• Alrunes has a ¹⁄₂ chance of generating with a kite shield.

Description

While worn, a kite shield grants 2 base AC, 0 base DR and MC1.

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