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| + | If the player wears dragon armor (scales or scale mail) together with a matching dragon scale shield, then they gain the ability to use a matching [[breath weapon]], usable via the #ability command. e.g. if you wear both red dragon scale mail and a red dragon scale shield, then you can breathe fire. This deals the same damage as what the corresponding dragon would deal at the same level - note that in dNetHack breath attacks gain 1 damage dice per 3 levels of the attacker (maximum 10 bonus dice at level 30+). This costs 15 [[energy]], and sets a [[rnz]](100) turn cooldown on both your armor and your shield, during which time you cannot use the breath weapon. This cooldown is reduced by 20% if you are a [[Caveman]]. The cooldown is rolled independently for the armor and the shield, and you cannot use the breath while either remains on cooldown. Artifact dragon body armors have no cooldown, but artifact dragon shields still do. | ||
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| + | Some artifact dragon scales count as additional types of dragon/breath for the purpose of matching. The breath weapon type used via matching dragon armor and shields is based on the base type of the shield. | ||
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| + | Worn dragon armor and shields can enhance the innate breath weapons of [[half-dragon]] characters and monsters. The damage dice size is increased by 50% for each dragon armor piece worn that matches their innate breath weapon, for 150% damage if wearing one, or 200% damage if wearing both matching mail and shield (in which case they do not get a second breath weapon from their armor). | ||
==Artifacts== | ==Artifacts== | ||
Revision as of 12:48, 25 March 2024
In dNetHack and notdNetHack, dragon armor and dragon scales are significantly altered from NetHack and SLASH'EM, with both scales and armor being given additional properties while worn. dNetHack and notdNetHack also include dragon scale shields in addition to dragon scale mail. All forms of dragon armor have a default object material of dragonhide.
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Description
Dragon scale mail is created via the standard method of reading a scroll of enchant armor and having it target worn scales in the body armor slot. Dragon scales and dragon scale mail weigh 150 aum compared to vanilla NetHack.
Dragon scale shields
If the process to create dragon scale mail is done while confused, the scales will instead be made into a dragon scale shield. Dragon scale shields weigh 75 aum.
List of properties
Below is a list of the base resistances and additional properties conferred by each color of dragon scales or scale armor:
| Color | Extrinsic | dNetHack additional extrinsics |
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| Blue | shock resistance | speed |
| Black | disintegration resistance | drain resistance |
| Deep | drain resistance | unchanging |
| Gray | magic resistance | half spell damage |
| Green | poison resistance | sickness resistance |
| Orange | sleep resistance | free action, hallucination resistance |
| Red | fire resistance | flying (scales and mail only), protects from sliming |
| Shimmering | displacement | infinite range see invisible |
| Silver | dragonbreath reflection (improved over normal reflection) | none |
| White | cold resistance | magical breathing, swimming, wetproofed inventory |
| Yellow | acid resistance | stoning resistance |
Armor breath weapons
If the player wears dragon armor (scales or scale mail) together with a matching dragon scale shield, then they gain the ability to use a matching breath weapon, usable via the #ability command. e.g. if you wear both red dragon scale mail and a red dragon scale shield, then you can breathe fire. This deals the same damage as what the corresponding dragon would deal at the same level - note that in dNetHack breath attacks gain 1 damage dice per 3 levels of the attacker (maximum 10 bonus dice at level 30+). This costs 15 energy, and sets a rnz(100) turn cooldown on both your armor and your shield, during which time you cannot use the breath weapon. This cooldown is reduced by 20% if you are a Caveman. The cooldown is rolled independently for the armor and the shield, and you cannot use the breath while either remains on cooldown. Artifact dragon body armors have no cooldown, but artifact dragon shields still do.
Some artifact dragon scales count as additional types of dragon/breath for the purpose of matching. The breath weapon type used via matching dragon armor and shields is based on the base type of the shield.
Worn dragon armor and shields can enhance the innate breath weapons of half-dragon characters and monsters. The damage dice size is increased by 50% for each dragon armor piece worn that matches their innate breath weapon, for 150% damage if wearing one, or 200% damage if wearing both matching mail and shield (in which case they do not get a second breath weapon from their armor).
Artifacts
There are also artifact sets of dragon scales and dragon scale mail, each of which can safely be converted to scale, mail and shield form as with other dragon armor:
- The Steel Scales of Kurtulmak are an artifact set of grey dragon scales that are made of iron rather than dragonhide. They can be converted into dragon scale mail or a dragon scale shield as usual.
- The Chromatic Dragon Scales are an artifact set of black dragon scales. They can be converted into dragon scale mail or a dragon scale shield as usual.
- The Platinum Dragon Plate is an artifact set of silver dragon scale mail. It can be converted into dragon scales by cancelling it, and back into dragon scale mail or a dragon scale shield as usual.
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