Helmet

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Name	Helmet
Size to wear	small, medium
Armour Class	1
Encumbrance rating	+0
Maximum Enchantment	+2
Grants	nothing
Time to Wear	5

A piece of metal headgear.

Helmets are a kind of head armour that have 1 base AC, and which may be enchanted up to +2. They may only be worn by small- or medium-size adventurers without beaks, horns, or antennae. All others must resign themselves to wearing hats.

Possible egos include:

• Intelligence (+3)
• See invisible
• Fire resistance (rarely found in the Volcano)

History

Prior to 0.14, helmets came in the following descriptive varieties: winged, horned, crested, plumed, spiked, or visored. These descriptions changed the tile used to represent the helmet but had no other in-game effect.

Mundane	Magical	Winged	Horned	Crested	Plumed	Spiked	Visored