Troll leather armour

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Name	Troll Leather Armour
Size to wear	all
Armour Class	4
Encumbrance rating	-4
Maximum Enchantment	+4
Grants	regeneration
Time to Wear	5

A magical armour, made from the stiff and knobbly skin of a common troll. It magically regenerates its wearer's flesh at a fairly slow rate (unless already a troll). "THE TROLL KING: Now, listen, Prince Peer, and give way to reason! You're cut out for a troll. Why, look, already You bear yourself quite in a troll-like fashion! And you want to become one, don't you? PEER GYNT: Of course. In return for a bride and a well-found kingdom I'm not unwilling to sacrifice something; But all things have a natural limit. I have taken a tail, it is true; but, then, I can undo the knots that our friend has tied And take the thing off. I have shed my breeches; They were old and patched; but that won't prevent me From putting them on if I have a mind to. I shall probably find it just as easy To deal with your Trollish way of living. I can easily swear that a cow's a maiden; An oath's not a difficult thing to swallow. But to know that one never can get one's freedom – Not even to die as a human being – To end one's days as a Troll of the mountains – Never go back, as you tell me plainly – That is a thing that I'll not submit to." -Henrik Ibsen, _Peer Gynt_. 1867.

Troll leather armour is one of the lightest armours in the game, providing slightly more defense than leather armour with no additional encumbrance rating. It also provides a +40 bonus to the wearer's regeneration rate, though your hunger rate is increased to 1.5× normal for as long as you are not at max HP. This regeneration bonus does not apply to trolls, deep dwarves, or bloodless vampires, but does affect mummies in spite of their lack of a hunger clock.

This armour is rare, but you can create your own by using a scroll of enchant armour on a troll hide (which is sometimes produced when you butcher a troll corpse). If the hunger increase doesn't sound worth it to you, consider some of the lighter dragon armours instead.

Note that despite its similarity in name to the less universally wearable leather armour, troll leather armour (and its associated hide) can be worn by any character that can wear body armour, not just small and medium species.

Desirability

Middling. While troll leather armour is better than comparable mundane armours, its AC value is inferior to all of the dragon armours, it provides no resistances, though its regeneration boost is equivalent to that of a ring of regeneration, potentially freeing up a ring slot for you. This can be a good item, particularly for characters who have no other way to speed up their healing, or for ogres and trolls who have yet to find a dragon hide and still wish to improve their durability (albeit slightly), and any EV-based character should keep an eye out for a well-enchanted artefact.

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History

Prior to 0.14, troll leather armour only provided +30 regeneration rate.