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Revision as of 22:24, 25 June 2023

Version 0.30: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
Name Ice dragon scales
Size to wear Any
Armour Class 9
Encumbrance rating 11
Maximum Enchantment +9
Grants rC++, rF-
Time to Wear 5


The scales of a cold-breathing dragon. It provides great protection from cold, while rendering its wearer more susceptible to fire.

Ice dragon scales are a decent medium-weight body armour option. These scales offer similar AC to a suit of plate armour, but their EV penalty is significantly lower, making them suited for races with lower strength. The rC++ makes them fantastic for use against icy enemies, but being fire vulnerable is dangerous.

This item has a 1/3 chance to generate when you slay an ice dragon.

Desirability

Ice dragon scales offer +1 AC (and +1 max enchantment) compared to fire dragon scales, at no extra encumbrance. However, some players may prefer having fire resistance over cold resistance. In general, you should only use IDS on characters with some source of fire resistance (e.g. a character with artefact gloves of rF++).

Paradoxically, a Fire Magic specialist may actually find these scales useful: combined with a staff of fire and a ring of fire, such a character would have two spell enhancers, and a level each of fire and cold resistance.

Trolls and Ogres, unable to wear normal plate armour, may want to wear these even without fire resistance. Just be careful with it.

History

Ice dragon scales Image
Mundane Ice dragon armour.png
Artefact Ice dragon armour artefact.png
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