Cloak of magic resistance

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Appearance random
Slot cloak
AC 1
Special (none)
Base price 60 zm
Weight 10
Material cloth

A cloak of magic resistance (CoMR) provides MC3 and magic resistance. Wear this, and you can stop worrying about the nastier traps, and become immune to any wand of striking or magic missiles fired by an enemy.

A Wizard's starting inventory always contains a cloak of magic resistance, but all other characters must identify the item during the course of the game.

Identification

If you are not invisible, then the cloak of magic resistance is the only randomized cloak that does not self-identify when you wear it, so if you wear it and it does not self-identify, then you know you have a cloak of magic resistance.

For invisible characters, the cloak of magic resistance is difficult to distinguish from a cloak of invisibility because neither one will self-identify when worn. The two cloaks have different base prices, which helps for price identification. The cloak of magic resistance can also be identified by wearing it and stepping onto an anti-magic field, polymorph trap, teleportation trap, or being subject to a wand of striking. If you have magic resistance, the effect will be nullified. Beware, though, that your character will suffer the effect if you lack magic resistance.

Even if you observe a cloak of magic resistance nullifying an effect, the cloak will not self-identify.