Armour of the Dragon King

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A suit of armour created from the enchanted scales of a once-mighty king of dragons. In his time, 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

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+50 MR

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.

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.