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{{flavour|A coat of armour said to have been forged for Queen Kryia in her old age. She continued to insist on leading her armies from the front even into her dotage, and as her aging body failed her, this coat helped to enhance the healing draughts that kept her alive. The wearer of this garment will have significantly increased healing from potions.}}
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{{flavour|A coat of armour said to have been forged for Queen Kryia in her old age. She continued to insist on leading her armies from the front even into her dotage, and as her aging body failed her, this coat helped to enhance the healing draughts that kept her alive.}}
  
 
[[File:Kryia's mail coat.png]] '''''the +7 Kryia's mail coat'''''
 
[[File:Kryia's mail coat.png]] '''''the +7 Kryia's mail coat'''''
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==Desirability==
 
==Desirability==
The ability of '''Kryia's mail coat'''<ref>{{source ref|0.27.0|art-data.txt|1454}}</ref> to double healing from potions is of great use in the early to mid-game, but its utility is far less in the late game or extended. Casters will usually wear something lighter to minimize penalties to spellcasting, and fighters will typically want heavier armour that provides better defenses. Even hybrids will often prefer armour that simply has better innate resistances. However, for a character lacking in cold resistance or relying heavily on healing as a crutch, Kryia's mail coat is very useful.
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The ability of '''Kryia's mail coat'''<ref>{{source ref|0.32.0|art-data.txt|1476}}</ref> to double healing from potions is of great use up into the midgame, though it's ultimately limited by being a scale mail. Casters will usually wear something lighter to minimize penalties to spellcasting, and fighters will typically want heavier armour that provides better defenses. Hybrids have superior defensive options in [[dragon scales]]. And over time, even the power of doubled [[potions of heal wounds]] starts to wane. Regardless, for a character lacking in cold resistance or relying heavily on healing as a crutch, Kryia's mail coat is very useful.
  
[[Vine Stalker]]s, [[Mummies]], and characters making heavy use of [[Necromutation]] have no use for this armour.
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This artefact is more likely to spawn in the early game, where it is more likely to be useful. A +7 scale mail is better than a +0 [[plate armour]].
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[[Vine Stalker]]s and [[Mummies]] cannot heal from potions and receive no special benefit from this armour.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
*Prior to [[0.20]], wearing Kryia's mail coat would double the effects of [[wands of healing]]. Also, the DeviceHeal multiplier didn't work on [[Deep Dwarf]] characters.
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*Early game weighting was added in [[0.28]].
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*Prior to [[0.20]], Kryia's mail coat gave DeviceHeal, which would also double the [[wands of healing]]. Also, the multiplier didn't work on [[Deep Dwarf]] characters.
 
*Kryia's mail coat was added in [[0.17]].
 
*Kryia's mail coat was added in [[0.17]].
  

Latest revision as of 20:24, 27 September 2024

Version 0.32: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.
A coat of armour said to have been forged for Queen Kryia in her old age. She continued to insist on leading her armies from the front even into her dotage, and as her aging body failed her, this coat helped to enhance the healing draughts that kept her alive.

Kryia's mail coat.png the +7 Kryia's mail coat

+7 scale mail

PotionHeal*2
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Desirability

The ability of Kryia's mail coat[1] to double healing from potions is of great use up into the midgame, though it's ultimately limited by being a scale mail. Casters will usually wear something lighter to minimize penalties to spellcasting, and fighters will typically want heavier armour that provides better defenses. Hybrids have superior defensive options in dragon scales. And over time, even the power of doubled potions of heal wounds starts to wane. Regardless, for a character lacking in cold resistance or relying heavily on healing as a crutch, Kryia's mail coat is very useful.

This artefact is more likely to spawn in the early game, where it is more likely to be useful. A +7 scale mail is better than a +0 plate armour.

Vine Stalkers and Mummies cannot heal from potions and receive no special benefit from this armour.

History

  • Early game weighting was added in 0.28.
  • Prior to 0.20, Kryia's mail coat gave DeviceHeal, which would also double the wands of healing. Also, the multiplier didn't work on Deep Dwarf characters.
  • Kryia's mail coat was added in 0.17.

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