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{{flavour|The scales of a gold dragon. It is much heavier than most dragon scale armours, and grants its wearer resistance to poison, fire and cold.}}
 
{{flavour|The scales of a gold dragon. It is much heavier than most dragon scale armours, and grants its wearer resistance to poison, fire and cold.}}
  
'''Gold dragon scales''' are one of the heaviest body armours in the game (tied with [[crystal plate armour]]), providing excellent physical defense as well as resistance to [[fire]], [[cold]], and [[poison]]. Unfortunately, they require very high [[strength]] to wear effectively, and the armour's [[encumbrance rating]] is massive enough to make magic very difficult and the [[Dodging]] skill much less effective.  
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'''Gold dragon scales''' are one of the heaviest body armours in the game (tied with [[crystal plate armour]]), providing excellent physical defense as well as resistance to [[fire]], [[cold]], and [[poison]]. Unfortunately, they require very high [[strength]] to wear effectively, and the armour's [[encumbrance rating]] is massive enough to make casting spells, [[dodging]], and [[stealth]] very difficult, if not outright impossible.  
  
 
This item may randomly generate when you slay a [[golden dragon]].
 
This item may randomly generate when you slay a [[golden dragon]].
  
 
==Desirability==
 
==Desirability==
Although three guaranteed resistances and excellent [[AC]] and [[GDR]] may sound tempting, realize that few [[species]] can naturally have enough strength to wear this armour comfortably, and that ruining your [[ev]]asion and spellcasting often isn't worth the tradeoff. These armours are however absolutely useful to [[troll]]s and [[ogre]]s. Those avatars have difficulty finding resistances elsewhere and their evasion score is already heavily penalized. Others can frequently find better performance elsewhere, though high-strength races such as [[hill orc]]s and [[minotaur]]s can still consider it.
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Although three guaranteed resistances and excellent [[AC]] and [[GDR]] may sound tempting, realize that few [[species]] can naturally have enough strength to wear this armour comfortably, and that ruining your [[ev]]asion and spellcasting often isn't worth the tradeoff. These armours are however well-suited to [[troll]]s and [[ogre]]s, who have the natural strength to wear gold dragon armour, already have evasion penalties due to their large size, and enjoy finding multiple resistances on a single piece of equipment. Others can frequently find better performance elsewhere, though high-strength races such as [[hill orc]]s and [[minotaur]]s might still consider it.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==

Revision as of 05:06, 15 January 2021

Version 0.26: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
Name Gold dragon scales
Size to wear All
Armour Class 12
Encumbrance rating 23
Maximum Enchantment +12
Grants rF+, rC+, rPois
Time to Wear 5


The scales of a gold dragon. It is much heavier than most dragon scale armours, and grants its wearer resistance to poison, fire and cold.

Gold dragon scales are one of the heaviest body armours in the game (tied with crystal plate armour), providing excellent physical defense as well as resistance to fire, cold, and poison. Unfortunately, they require very high strength to wear effectively, and the armour's encumbrance rating is massive enough to make casting spells, dodging, and stealth very difficult, if not outright impossible.

This item may randomly generate when you slay a golden dragon.

Desirability

Although three guaranteed resistances and excellent AC and GDR may sound tempting, realize that few species can naturally have enough strength to wear this armour comfortably, and that ruining your evasion and spellcasting often isn't worth the tradeoff. These armours are however well-suited to trolls and ogres, who have the natural strength to wear gold dragon armour, already have evasion penalties due to their large size, and enjoy finding multiple resistances on a single piece of equipment. Others can frequently find better performance elsewhere, though high-strength races such as hill orcs and minotaurs might still consider it.

History

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