Scale mail - Revision history

Regret-index: Add the other scale mail unrand.

2026-03-09T04:14:16Z

Add the other scale mail unrand.

Hordes at 20:45, 14 February 2026

2026-02-14T20:45:36Z

Hordes at 19:06, 12 February 2026

2026-02-12T19:06:08Z

Hordes at 19:03, 12 February 2026

2026-02-12T19:03:53Z

Patrick2011b: bump and add Kryia's mail coat

2024-10-23T01:37:37Z

bump and add Kryia's mail coat

Ge0ff: /* Desirability */ condense

2023-06-19T19:46:32Z

‎Desirability: condense

Hordes at 00:55, 18 June 2023

2023-06-18T00:55:20Z

Hordes: strategy

2023-06-18T00:52:16Z

strategy

Hordes at 04:25, 17 March 2022

2022-03-17T04:25:47Z

Bwijn: upd 0.24, saw it in game, no changes

2019-11-08T13:11:43Z

upd 0.24, saw it in game, no changes

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 | '''[[Kryia's mail coat]]''' || [[File:Kryia's mail coat.png]]

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 Scale mail is a medium-weight armour, offering moderate defense, but at a significant cost to evasion and spellcasting success. Early on, high-[[strength]] characters will prefer this over any lighter armour. Otherwise, its stats are not impressive: high strength melee characters will prefer heavier, while [[Dodging]] and casting characters typically prefer lighter.
-Scale mail is unique as it is the lightest armour that can receive the [[archery]], [[command]], and [[death (ego)|death]] [[ego]]s. Therefore, users of Ranged Weapons, Summonings, and Necromancy may prefer this armour if the appropriate ego is found. Other characters can benefit from a particularly well-enchanted set or a [[randart]] scale mail, too.
+Scale mail is unique as it is the lightest armour that can receive the [[archery]], [[command]], [[death (ego)|death]], and [[resonance]] [[ego]]s. Therefore, users of [[Ranged Weapons]], [[Summonings]], [[Necromancy]], and [[Forgecraft]], may prefer this armour if the appropriate ego is found. Other characters can benefit from a particularly well-enchanted set or a [[randart]] scale mail, too.
 A plain +0 scale mail is completely outclassed by [[acid dragon scales]] and [[swamp dragon scales]].

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	Scale mail is unique as it is the lightest armour that can receive the [[archery]], [[command]], and [[death (ego)\|death]] [[ego]]s. Therefore, users of Ranged Weapons, Summonings, and Necromancy may prefer this armour if the appropriate ego is found. Other characters can benefit from a particularly well-enchanted set or a [[randart]] scale mail, too.		Scale mail is unique as it is the lightest armour that can receive the [[archery]], [[command]], and [[death (ego)\|death]] [[ego]]s. Therefore, users of Ranged Weapons, Summonings, and Necromancy may prefer this armour if the appropriate ego is found. Other characters can benefit from a particularly well-enchanted set or a [[randart]] scale mail, too.

−	A plain +0 scale mail is completely outclassed by [[acid dragon scales]].	+	A plain +0 scale mail is completely outclassed by [[acid dragon scales]] and [[swamp dragon scales]].

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 {{armour
   |name = Scale Mail
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 ==Desirability==
-Scale mail is a medium-weight armour, offering moderate defense, but at a significant cost to evasion and spellcasting success. Early on, high-[[strength]] characters may be grateful to find a scale mail on the first few floors. With [[strength]] in the upper teens, many low-level spells should be castable.
+Scale mail is a medium-weight armour, offering moderate defense, but at a significant cost to evasion and spellcasting success. Early on, high-[[strength]] characters will prefer this over any lighter armour. Otherwise, its stats are not impressive: high strength melee characters will prefer heavier, while [[Dodging]] and casting characters typically prefer lighter.
-However, the stats of a scale mail aren't terribly impressive. Some EV-based melee fighters may like one, but most characters will prefer either lighter or heavier. Still, if found with a solid enchantment rating and [[ego]], or in the form of an excellent [[randart]], scale mail ''might'' be worth using for a while.
+Scale mail is unique as it is the lightest armour that can receive the [[archery]], [[command]], and [[death (ego)|death]] [[ego]]s. Therefore, users of Ranged Weapons, Summonings, and Necromancy may prefer this armour if the appropriate ego is found. Other characters can benefit from a particularly well-enchanted set or a [[randart]] scale mail, too.
 A plain +0 scale mail is completely outclassed by [[acid dragon scales]].
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 ==History==
-Prior to [[0.16]], scale mail had an encumbrance rating of 11.
+*Prior to [[0.16]], scale mail had an encumbrance rating of 11.
 {{armours}}
 [[Category:Body armour]]

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 {{armour
   |name = Scale Mail
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 {{flavour|A leather suit covered with metal plates attached to each other in overlapping rows to provide full protection, but at the cost of reduced freedom of movement.}}
-'''Scale mail''' is a medium [[body armour]], providing moderate physical defense coupled with a significant [[encumbrance rating]].
+'''Scale mail''' is a medium [[body armour]], providing moderate physical defense coupled with a significant [[encumbrance rating]]. [[Fighter]]s start with this armour, assuming their species can wear it.
 ==Desirability==
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 | '''Artefact''' || [[File:Scale mail3.png]]
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