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{{flavour|Armour made from 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|Armour made from 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 armour''' is one of the heaviest body armours in the game, providing excellent physical defense as well as resistance to [[fire]], [[cold]], and [[poison]]. Unfortunately, it requires very high [[strength]] to wear effectively, and its [[encumbrance rating]] is massive enough to make magic very difficult and the [[Dodging]] skill much less effective. Although extremely rare, it can be created by enchanting a [[gold dragon hide]] with a [[scroll of enchant armour]] or, very rarely, | + | '''Gold dragon armour''' is one of the heaviest body armours in the game, providing excellent physical defense as well as resistance to [[fire]], [[cold]], and [[poison]]. Unfortunately, it requires very high [[strength]] to wear effectively, and its [[encumbrance rating]] is massive enough to make magic very difficult and the [[Dodging]] skill much less effective. Although extremely rare, it can be created by enchanting a [[gold dragon hide]] with a [[scroll of enchant armour]] or, very rarely, may appear as the result of an armour [[acquirement]]. |
It takes 13 turns to wear or remove gold dragon armour. | It takes 13 turns to wear or remove gold dragon armour. | ||
Revision as of 14:55, 2 October 2014
| Name | Gold dragon armour |
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| Size to wear | Small, Medium, Large, Big |
| Armour Class | 12 |
| Encumbrance rating | -25 |
| Maximum Enchantment | +12 |
| Grants | rF+, rC+, rPois |
| Time to Wear | 5 |
| Armour made from 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 armour is one of the heaviest body armours in the game, providing excellent physical defense as well as resistance to fire, cold, and poison. Unfortunately, it requires very high strength to wear effectively, and its encumbrance rating is massive enough to make magic very difficult and the Dodging skill much less effective. Although extremely rare, it can be created by enchanting a gold dragon hide with a scroll of enchant armour or, very rarely, may appear as the result of an armour acquirement.
It takes 13 turns to wear or remove gold dragon armour.
Desirability
Although three guaranteed resistances and excellent AC and GDR may sound tempting, realize that few species can naturally have enough strength to wear it comfortably, and that ruining your evasion and spellcasting often isn't worth the tradeoff. These armours are more useful to trolls and ogres because they have difficulty finding resistances elsewhere and their evasion score is already heavily penalized. Others can often find better performance elsewhere, though high-strength races such as hill orcs and minotaurs might still consider it. Consider yourself warned.
History
Prior to 0.14, this armour's encumbrance rating was -27.
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| Armour of the Dragon King | 
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| 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 |
