Fire dragon scales

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Name	Fire dragon scales
Size to wear	All
Armour Class	8
Encumbrance rating	11
Maximum Enchantment	+8
Grants	rF++, rC-
Time to Wear	5

The scales of a fire-breathing dragon. It provides great protection from fire, while rendering its wearer more susceptible to cold.

Fire dragon scales are a moderately heavy body armour, with reasonable defense and a bearable encumbrance. They provide 2 ranks of fire resistance (rF++), but a rank of cold vulnerability (rC-).

This item has a 1/3 chance to generate when you slay a fire dragon, like all other dragon scales.

Desirability

Fire dragon scales are a suitable general purpose armour: they provide almost as much protection as plate armour, while having an encumbrance rating that will still allow spellcasting. The rF++ they provide is very useful, but it's often best to wait until you have at least one source of cold resistance before wearing these; taking 150% damage from cold attacks can be lethal.

Note that ice dragon scales offer +1 AC (and +1 max enchantment) for the same encumbrance rating. However, you may prefer fire dragon scales for its fire resistance.

History

• Before 0.19, this item was known as fire dragon armour. It was obtained from using a scroll of enchant armour on fire dragon hide
• Prior to 0.10, this item was known merely as "dragon armour". It was renamed to avoid confusion with other dragon armours.

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