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*Prior to [[0.16]], this armour's flavor stated: ''"A long time ago, a mighty golden dragon seized the rulership of all dragons in his part of the world. Yet his reign didn't last long, stopped by a single puny human who then made this armour from the dragon's hide."''
 
*Prior to [[0.16]], this armour's flavor stated: ''"A long time ago, a mighty golden dragon seized the rulership of all dragons in his part of the world. Yet his reign didn't last long, stopped by a single puny human who then made this armour from the dragon's hide."''
  
*This armour's encumberance rating (along with all gold dragon armour in general) has eased from -27 (prior to [[0.14]]), and -25 (prior to 0.16), to its present rating of -23.
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*This armour's encumbrance rating (along with all gold dragon armour in general) has eased from -27 (prior to [[0.14]]), and -25 (prior to 0.16), to its present rating of -23.
  
 
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Revision as of 13:16, 11 November 2015

Version 0.16: This article may not be up to date for the latest stable release of Crawl.
A long time ago, a mighty dragon built a kingdom of fire and blood. Titans and lesser dragons struggled with him in vain - but as with all things, even he was eventually cast down and undone. Of his life and deeds, this is all that remains.

Armour of the dragon king.png the +9 armour of the Dragon King

+9 gold dragon armour

rF+ (fire resistance)
rC+ (cold resistance)
rPois (poison resistance)
+50 MR (magic resistance)

Desirability

The armour of the Dragon King is a +9 gold dragon armour with +50 MR. While you can get better AC by fully enchanting a mundane gold dragon armour, this armour's MR bonus helps makes up for this, and finding the requisite scrolls of enchant armour to actually create a superior AC suit is substantial and time-consuming investment. Any character that doesn't care much about EV or spellcasting, or is subject to considerable armour limitations (e.g. ogres and trolls), will find this armour incredibly useful. Unfortunately, such characters are often a distinct minority for most players.

History

  • Prior to 0.16, this armour's flavor stated: "A long time ago, a mighty golden dragon seized the rulership of all dragons in his part of the world. Yet his reign didn't last long, stopped by a single puny human who then made this armour from the dragon's hide."
  • This armour's encumbrance rating (along with all gold dragon armour in general) has eased from -27 (prior to 0.14), and -25 (prior to 0.16), to its present rating of -23.