Deep dragon (SLASH'EM)
D deep dragon 
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| Difficulty | 27 |
| Attacks |
Breath 4d10 poisonous, bite 4d8 drain life, claw 3d4, claw 3d4 |
| Base level | 18 |
| Base experience | 720 |
| Speed | 9 |
| Base AC | -4 |
| Base MR | 20 |
| Alignment | -6 (chaotic) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 3 (Rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 4500 |
| Nutritional value | 1500 |
| Size | Gigantic |
| Resistances | level drain, poison |
| Resistances conveyed | poison (100%) |
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A deep dragon:
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| Reference | SLASH'EM_0.0.7E7F2/monst.c#line2252 |
- 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 1⁄3 chance of dropping a set of uncursed +0 deep dragon scales upon death unless disintegrated, and the chance is reduced to 1⁄20 if the dragon was revived.
