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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.}}
 
{{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.}}
  
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'''Scale mail''' is a medium body [[armour]], providing moderate physical defense coupled with a significant [[encumbrance rating]].
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'''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==
 
==Desirability==
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Most physical fighters will prefer armour with better [[GDR]] or less [[Dodging]] penalty, while early casters usually can't afford the spellcasting penalty. Later casters and evasion fighters will either want a [[robe]] or a [[fire dragon armour]]. Unless you find a very nice [[randart]] scale mail, you can probably do better. A [[berserker]] who wishes to go for Armour might wear this until they find a heavier piece of body armour.
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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 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.
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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.  
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A plain +0 scale mail is completely outclassed by [[acid dragon scales]].
  
 
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| '''[[Kryia's mail coat]]''' || [[File:Kryia's mail coat.png]]
 
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==History==
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Prior to [[0.16]], scale mail had an encumbrance rating of 11.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 02:37, 23 October 2024

Version 0.32: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.
Name Scale Mail
Size to wear Small, Medium
Armour Class 6
Encumbrance rating 10
Maximum Enchantment +6
Grants nothing
Time to Wear 5


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. Fighters start with this armour, assuming their species can wear it.

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.

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.

A plain +0 scale mail is completely outclassed by acid dragon scales.

Image
Mundane Scale mail1.png
Magical Scale mail2.png
Artefact Scale mail3.png
Unrandart scale mail
Kryia's mail coat Kryia's mail coat.png

History

Prior to 0.16, scale mail had an encumbrance rating of 11.

Armour
Body Armour Leather armour • Ring mail • Scale mail • Chain mail • Plate armour • Crystal plate armour

Robe • Animal skin • Troll leather armour • Steam dragon scales • Acid dragon scales •
Swamp dragon scales • Quicksilver dragon scales • Fire dragon scales • Ice dragon scales
Pearl dragon scales • Shadow dragon scales • Storm dragon scales • Golden dragon scales

Miscellaneous Hat • Helmet • Cloak • Scarf • Gloves • Boots • Barding
Shields Buckler • Kite shield • Tower shield • Orb
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