Dragonskin cloak

Version 0.31: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.

An opalescent cloak gleaming with the colours of all kinds of dragons. It imbues the wearer with draconic resistances, although somewhat unreliably.

the +4 dragonskin cloak

+4 cloak

Each time the wearer takes damage from one of the following elements, there is a 50% chance to temporarily receive one rank of resistance against it:

• Fire
• Steam
• Cold
• Electricity
• Poison
• Acid
• Negative energy

Desirability

The dragonskin cloak can only be acquired by killing Tiamat. It has a great enchantment and occasionally gives you resistance to virtually any element. Against serious elemental threats, don't rely on this cloak as your only resistance; taking multiple unresisted attacks from an orb of fire stings. Regardless, if you can kill Tiamat, it's a very nice cloak - if only for the AC.

History

• Prior to 0.25, the dragonskin cloak occasionally provided resistance to Sticky Flame instead of acid.
• The dragonskin cloak was added in 0.10.