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| + | On NetHackWiki, a '''mithril-coat''' may refer to any of the following armor found in ''[[NetHack]]'' and some of its variants: |
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| − | |name=dwarvish mithril-coat
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| − | |slot=body armor
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| − | |ac=6
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| − | |special=<ul><li>[[magic cancellation|MC2]]</li></ul>
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| − | |cost=240
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| − | |weight=150
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| − | |material=mithril}}
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| − | {{armor
| + | * The [[dwarvish mithril-coat]]. |
| − | |color=metal color
| + | * The [[elven mithril-coat]]. |
| − | |name=elven mithril-coat
| + | * The [[dark elven mithril-coat]] of [[SLASH'EM]] and its variants. |
| − | |slot=body armor
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| − | |ac=5
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| − | |special=<ul><li>[[magic cancellation|MC2]]</li></ul>
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| − | |cost=240
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| − | |weight=150
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| − | |material=mithril
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| − | The '''dwarvish mithril-coat''' and '''elven mithril-coat''' are two types of [[body armor]] found in ''NetHack''. While neither is as effective as a good suit of [[dragon scale mail]], they are both much lighter than other [[armor class|high-AC]] suits. | |
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| − | Being made of [[mithril]], they are immune to [[erosion]], but they still hinder [[spellcasting]].
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| − | While the dwarvish mithril-coat has one higher natural AC than its elven counterpart, it cannot be safely [[scroll of enchant armor|enchanted]] if above +3, while the elven mithril-coat can be enchanted even at +5. Thus, a dwarvish coat is slightly superior when unenchanted, but an elven coat is slightly superior when fully enchanted.
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| − | Equipping or unequipping mithril-coats takes only 1 turn, which is much faster than the 5 turns that it takes for most other body armor.{{refsrc|src/objects.c|417|nethack=3.6.6}}
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| − | == Strategy ==
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| − | Mithril-coats are very helpful in the early game because of their high AC and low weight. They will often provide as much AC as the rest of the adventurer's armor combined, and the extra carrying capacity is particularly useful for early characters with low strength and no [[bag of holding]].
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| − | Players will usually exchange their mithril for [[dragon scale mail]] when it becomes available, which makes them reluctant to spend [[scroll of enchant armor|scrolls of enchant armor]] on their mithril-coats. For this reason the dwarvish variety is usually considered better, though the difference between the two is small.
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| − | Because mithril-coats are metallic, characters proficient in combat spellcasting (such as [[Wizard]]s) will often ignore them and wear [[studded leather armor]] instead. If this is not available, it might be a good idea to temporarily sacrifice spellcasting for the increased protection afforded by mithril. Since mithril-coats can be quickly equipped or unequipped, a property not shared by any other metallic body armor, a spellcaster (especially one not wearing a cloak) may still find it useful to wear a mithril-coat, quickly removing it as necessary to cast spells.
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| − | == Generation ==
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| − | * All [[elf (monster attribute)|elven monsters]] (except [[elf mummy|elf mummies]] and [[elf zombie]]s) have a 1/4 chance of being generated with an elven mithril-coat.<ref>{{function|makemon.c|m_initweap}}</ref> | |
| − | * [[Hobbit]]s have a 1/10 chance of being generated with an elven mithril-coat.
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| − | * All [[Dwarf (monster attribute)|dwarven]] monsters (except [[dwarf mummies]] and [[dwarf zombie]]s) have a 1/12 chance of being generated with a dwarvish mithril-coat. | |
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| − | ==Variants==
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| − | Many variants, particularly those based off [[NetHack 3.4.3]], give mithril-coats an [[MC]] of 3. Other variants that employ [[object materials]] may replace it entirely with a different item.
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| − | ===SLASH'EM===
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| − | In [[SLASH'EM]], both the elven and dwarven mithril-coat have an MC of 3, and SLASH'EM adds the [[dark elven mithril-coat]], which has stats identical to the dwarven mithril coat. They are the only suits of body armor that provide MC3.
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| − | ===xNetHack===
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| − | In [[xNetHack]], mithril-coats are removed and replaced with '''elven ring mail''' and '''dwarven ring mail'''; mithril-coats are material specific, but were not left as such by the integration of object materials. Mithril body armor will always grant at least MC2.
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| − | The elven ring mail grants 2 AC and uses a base material of [[copper]], while dwarvish ring mail grants 4 AC and has a base material of [[iron]] as usual; each of these will behave identically to an elven/dwarven mithril-coat if they generate made of mithril. Hobbits that get elven ring mail will always be given one made of mithril, and dwarf lords and kings that get a dwarvish ring mail have an increased chance of it being mithril.
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| − | ===EvilHack===
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| − | [[EvilHack]] takes a similar approach to xNetHack above, but instead uses '''elven chain mail''' and '''dwarven chain mail'''; when made of mithril, they act similarly to the mithril-coats of vanilla. Mithril body armor grants MC2 when worn, and elves wearing mithril armor are granted MC3; both elves and dwarves gain MC3 from wearing their respective chain mails.
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| − | == Encyclopedia entry==
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| − | _Mithril_! All folk desired it. It could be beaten like
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| − | copper, and polished like glass; and the Dwarves could make
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| − | of it a metal, light and yet harder than tempered steel.
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| − | Its beauty was like to that of common silver, but the beauty
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| − | of _mithril_ did not tarnish or grow dim.
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| − | |[ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]
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| − | == References ==
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| − | {{nethack-360}} | |
| − | [[Category:Body armor]] [[Category:Dwarvish items|Mithril-coat]] [[Category:Elven items|Mithril-coat]]
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