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| − | '''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. |
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| '''Artefact''' || [[File:Scale mail3.png]] | | '''Artefact''' || [[File:Scale mail3.png]] | ||
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| + | | '''[[Kryia's mail coat]]''' || [[File:Kryia's mail coat.png]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:37, 23 October 2024
| Name | Scale Mail |
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| 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.
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History
Prior to 0.16, scale mail had an encumbrance rating of 11.
| Armour | |
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| 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 • |
| Miscellaneous | Hat • Helmet • Cloak • Scarf • Gloves • Boots • Barding |
| Shields | Buckler • Kite shield • Tower shield • Orb |
