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{{flavour|This opalescent cloak gleams with all dragon colours. It protects its wearer from elemental attacks of all kinds, although somewhat unreliably.}}
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{{flavour|An opalescent cloak gleaming with the colours of all kinds of dragons. It imbues the wearer with draconic resistances, although somewhat unreliably.}}
[[File:Dragonskin_cloak.png]] '''''A opalescent scaly cloak'''''
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[[File:New dragonskin.png]] '''''the +4 dragonskin cloak'''''
  
 
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The [[fixedart]] cloak [[Tiamat]] leaves upon her demise.  When worn by the player, it has a 50% chance of granting one level of resistance to any of the following elements (rolled at the time of the attack): [[Fire]], [[Steam]], [[Cold]], [[Electricity]], [[Poison]], [[Sticky Flame]], [[Negative energy]], and [[Acid]].
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Each time the wearer takes damage from one of the following elements, there is a 50% chance to temporarily receive one rank of resistance against it:
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*[[Fire]]
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*[[Steam]]
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*[[Cold]]
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*[[Electricity]]
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*[[Poison]]
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*[[Acid]]
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*[[Negative energy]]
  
 
==Desirability==
 
==Desirability==
Beyond the bragging rights involved in killing Tiamat for the '''dragonskin cloak''', it can be useful to have a single item that can give you a bit of extra resistance to any sort of attack.  
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The '''dragonskin cloak'''<ref>{{source ref|0.30.1|art-data.txt|1251}}</ref> can only be acquired by killing [[Tiamat]]. It has a great [[enchant]]ment and ''occasionally'' gives you resistance to virtually any element. Against serious elemental threats, don't rely on this cloak as your only resistance; taking multiple unresisted attacks from an [[orb of fire]] stings. Regardless, if you can kill Tiamat, it's a very nice cloak - if only for the AC.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
The dragonskin cloak was added in [[0.10]].
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*Prior to [[0.25]], the dragonskin cloak occasionally provided resistance to [[Sticky Flame]] instead of [[acid]].
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*The dragonskin cloak was added in [[0.10]].
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==References==
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[[Category:Unrands]]
 
[[Category:Unrands]]
 
[[Category:Cloaks]]
 
[[Category:Cloaks]]

Latest revision as of 02:24, 16 February 2024

Version 0.31: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.
An opalescent cloak gleaming with the colours of all kinds of dragons. It imbues the wearer with draconic resistances, although somewhat unreliably.

New dragonskin.png the +4 dragonskin cloak

+4 cloak

Each time the wearer takes damage from one of the following elements, there is a 50% chance to temporarily receive one rank of resistance against it:

Desirability

The dragonskin cloak[1] can only be acquired by killing Tiamat. It has a great enchantment and occasionally gives you resistance to virtually any element. Against serious elemental threats, don't rely on this cloak as your only resistance; taking multiple unresisted attacks from an orb of fire stings. Regardless, if you can kill Tiamat, it's a very nice cloak - if only for the AC.

History

  • Prior to 0.25, the dragonskin cloak occasionally provided resistance to Sticky Flame instead of acid.
  • The dragonskin cloak was added in 0.10.

References