Dragon (SpliceHack)
The Dragon monsters in SpliceHack are more powerful than in NetHack.
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Notable changes
- Dragons have adjectives that describe their age categories. The level of a dragon determines its age category.
- These categories are: "young", "very young", "juvenile", "adult", "mature", "old", "very old", "venerable", "eternal", "antediluvian", and "primeval".
- Dragons encountered in the dungeon have an age-category-based chance of being given a cool name, like "Buzaulax".
- The higher level a dragon is, the more damage its breath weapon will deal.
- Different color dragons have slightly different anatomies:
- Blue dragons butt with a horn rather than using claws, and are slightly faster. Black dragons are treated as having a pair of horns, which they can butt with. Green dragons stalk the player.
- Dragons occasionally roar at the player. This can inflict the afraid status effect, making the player flee from the dragon.
- If you can see or hear the dragon, it will frighten you, so you'll need to be both blind and deaf in order to prevent this effect.
- Drinking liquid courage dispels the Afraid condition.
- In order to offset their powerful abilities, dragons periodically slumber. Running from a dragon and hoping it decides to rest is a valid strategy.
Shimmering dragon
D baby shimmering dragon 
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| Difficulty | 6 |
| Attacks |
Bite 2d6 |
| Base level | 4 |
| Base experience | ? |
| Speed | 9 |
| Base AC | -4 |
| Base MR | 10 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 2 (Quite rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 500 |
| Nutritional value | 500 |
| Size | Huge |
| Resistances | None |
| Resistances conveyed | None |
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A baby shimmering dragon:
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| Reference | SpliceHack 1.1.0 monst.c L1914 |
D shimmering dragon 
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| Difficulty | 25 |
| Attacks |
Breath 4d6 magic missiles, bite 3d8, claw 1d4, claw 1d4 |
| Base level | 18 |
| Base experience | ? |
| Speed | 9 |
| Base AC | -8 |
| Base MR | 20 |
| Alignment | 4 (lawful) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 3 (Rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 4500 |
| Nutritional value | 1500 |
| Size | Gigantic |
| Resistances | None |
| Resistances conveyed | None |
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A shimmering dragon:
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| Reference | SpliceHack 1.1.0 monst.c L1996 |
Shimmering dragons in SpliceHack are similar to those in SLASH'EM. They have displacement. The adult form of the shimmering dragon breathes magic missiles and has player-style magic resistance, but the baby shimmering dragon does not.
Violet dragon
| D baby violet dragon (No tile) | |
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| Difficulty | 13 |
| Attacks |
Bite 2d6 |
| Base level | 12 |
| Base experience | 200 |
| Speed | 9 |
| Base AC | 2 |
| Base MR | 10 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 0 (Not randomly generated) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 1500 |
| Nutritional value | 500 |
| Size | Large |
| Resistances | sonic |
| Resistances conveyed | None |
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A baby purple dragon:
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| D violet dragon (No tile) | |
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| Difficulty | 20 |
| Attacks |
Breath 4d6 sonic, Bite 3d8, Claw 1d4, Claw 1d4 |
| Base level | 15 |
| Base experience | 460 |
| Speed | 9 |
| Base AC | -1 |
| Base MR | 20 |
| Alignment | -5 (chaotic) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 4500 |
| Nutritional value | 1500 |
| Size | Gigantic |
| Resistances | sonic |
| Resistances conveyed | None |
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A purple dragon:
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Violet dragons are affiliated with sonic energy. The breath of a violet dragon deals sonic damage, and can shatter glass items, making them dangerous to player inventories. Their scales are one of the few sources of sonic resistance in the game.
Ooze dragon
D ooze dragon 
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| Difficulty | 31 |
| Attacks |
Breath 4d6 acid, Bite 3d8, Engulfing 3d6 acid, Claw 1d4, Claw 1d4 |
| Base level | 25 |
| Base experience | 1041 |
| Speed | 9 |
| Base AC | -10 |
| Base MR | 20 |
| Alignment | -7 (chaotic) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 4500 |
| Nutritional value | 1500 |
| Size | Gigantic |
| Resistances | acid,poison |
| Resistances conveyed | poison (100%), Cures stoning |
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A ooze dragon:
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Ooze dragons are one of the elder dragons of SpliceHack. Although somewhat slow, their powerful attacks, ability to engulf enemies, and amorphous nature make them an excellent polymorph form.
Razor dragon
D razor dragon 
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| Difficulty | 29 |
| Attacks |
Bite 4d6, Claw 10d4, Claw 10d4 |
| Base level | 25 |
| Base experience | 963 |
| Speed | 18 |
| Base AC | -10 |
| Base MR | 20 |
| Alignment | 7 (lawful) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 4500 |
| Nutritional value | 1500 |
| Size | Gigantic |
| Resistances | cold |
| Resistances conveyed | None |
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A razor dragon:
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Razor dragons are an extremely dangerous variety of elder dragon. They are very fast, can deal massive amounts of damage, and take a very long time to kill. Their scales grant speed.
Filth dragon
D filth dragon 
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| Difficulty | 31 |
| Attacks |
Breath 4d6 poison, Bite 3d8, Claw 1d4 disease, Claw 1d4 disease |
| Base level | 25 |
| Base experience | 1038 |
| Speed | 9 |
| Base AC | -10 |
| Base MR | 20 |
| Alignment | -7 (chaotic) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 4500 |
| Nutritional value | 1500 |
| Size | Gigantic |
| Resistances | poison |
| Resistances conveyed | poison (100%) |
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A filth dragon:
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Filth dragons are elder dragons that are notable for their ability to spread disease. Their scales grant sickness resistance, and are often a target of wishes.
Hex dragon
D hex dragon 
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| Difficulty | 31 |
| Attacks |
Spell-casting 4d6, Bite 3d8 intrinsic-stealing, Claw 1d4, Claw 1d4 |
| Base level | 25 |
| Base experience | 995 |
| Speed | 9 |
| Base AC | -10 |
| Base MR | 80 |
| Alignment | -6 (chaotic) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
| Genocidable | Yes |
| Weight | 4500 |
| Nutritional value | 1500 |
| Size | Gigantic |
| Resistances | None |
| Resistances conveyed | causes teleportitis (100%) |
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A hex dragon:
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Hex dragons are dangerous spellcasters, and possess the ability to phase through walls. Their scales grant magic resistance.
Void dragon
D void dragon 
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| Difficulty | 31 |
| Attacks |
Breath 4d6 cold, Bite 3d8, Claw 2d4 disintegration, Claw 2d4 disintegration |
| Base level | 25 |
| Base experience | 1038 |
| Speed | 9 |
| Base AC | -10 |
| Base MR | 20 |
| Alignment | 0 (neutral) |
| Frequency (by normal means) | 0 (Not randomly generated) |
| Genocidable | No |
| Weight | 4500 |
| Nutritional value | 1500 |
| Size | Gigantic |
| Resistances | disintegration,petrification,cold |
| Resistances conveyed | None |
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A void dragon:
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Void dragons are arguably the most deadly monsters in SpliceHack. Their claw attacks can disintegrate items, as well as monsters without disintegration resistance. They do not generate randomly, however.
Void dragons make excellent pets due to their offensive capabilities. Their scales grant disintegration resistance.
