Deep dragon (SLASH'EM)

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For the monster in other variants, see deep dragon.

A deep dragon, D, is a type of monster that appears in SLASH'EM and SlashTHEM. It is an adult dragon associated with life draining. Like all dragons, deep dragons are strong, carnivorous, oviparous, thick-skinned, can see invisible, and are capable of flight - they will also seek out gold, gems and magical items to pick up. Tame deep dragons may turn traitor.

Deep dragons have a poison breath weapon, a strong bite attack that can drain levels, and two claw attacks. Deep dragons possess drain resistance and poison resistance, and hit as a +3 weapon.

Deep dragon corpses are poisonous to eat, but eating a deep dragon corpse or tin always grans poison resistance.

Generation

Randomly generated deep dragons are always created hostile. A baby deep dragon can grow up into a deep dragon.

Heroes and monsters that polymorph while wearing deep dragon scales or deep dragon scale mail will turn into deep dragons.

Deep dragons may appear among the hostile D generated in throne rooms, and can also appear among the monsters randomly generated by looting a throne while confused and carrying gold (provided there is no chest on the level).[1] Deep dragons may also appear in dragon lairs and the Wyrm Caves.[2]

Deep dragons have a 13 chance of dropping a set of uncursed +0 deep dragon scales upon death unless disintegrated, and the chance is reduced to 120 if the dragon was revived.

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