Crystal plate mail
[ crystal plate mail 
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|---|---|
| Appearance | crystal plate mail |
| Slot | body armor |
| AC | 7 |
| Special | |
| Base price | 820 zm |
| Weight | 450 |
| Material | glass |
Crystal plate mail is one of the three types of plate mail in the dungeon (the other two being bronze plate mail and normal plate mail). It is the most expensive of the three, with a base cost of 820. Its armor class is 7, and it provides MC2.
Being made of crystal rather than metal, this armor does not inhibit spellcasting and is immune to rust. However, like all other plate mail, it is very heavy and thus cumbersome for low-strength spellcasters such as wizards. Although crystal plate mail is made of the same material as a mirror, it does not provide reflection, just easier spellcasting.
Crystal plate mail is fragile. It will shatter (be destroyed) if thrown against a wall, kicked, dropped down stairs, or dropped while levitating. It will also shatter if struck with force bolt or a wand of striking, but only if it is lying on the floor, or is worn or carried by a monster who you killed with the attack. Crystal plate mail that is in your inventory or in a container is safe from these attacks.
Be careful when using force bolt or striking in any shop where there is or may be crystal plate mail. Early characters are likely not to have enough gold to repay the shopkeeper.
Variants
In dNetHack, crystal plate mail is much more valuable. It provides 16 AC and doubles enchantment bonuses, so a +1 crystal plate mail will provide 2 more points of AC than a +0 crystal plate mail. It weighs 250 units, which is still heavy, but lighter than vanilla.
In the variant EvilHack, crystal plate mail is considerably different:
- its weight is reduced to 150 aum
- base material switched from glass to gemstone (no longer prone to shattering)
- immune to disintegration and the monster spell 'destroy armor'
- no spellcasting penalties incurred when worn (as EvilHack applies a spellcasting penalty for any worn body armor for all roles, this is significant)
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