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Name	Animal skin
Size to wear	All
Armour Class	2
Encumbrance rating	0
Maximum Enchantment	+2
Grants	nothing
Time to Wear	5

A large piece of thick skin covered in fur, cut from the corpse of an animal and worn as a primitive garment. It offers rudimentary protection against harm, but, having never been tanned, it carries a light stench of rotting flesh.

"He killed the noble Mudjokivis.
Of the skin he made him mittens,
Made them with the fur side inside,
Made them with the skin side outside.
He, to get the warm side inside,
Put the inside skin side outside;
He, to get the cold side outside,
Put the warm side fur side inside.
That's why he put the fur side inside, Why he put the skin side outside,
Why he turned them inside outside.
-Anonymous, in Wells' _A Parody Anthology_, p. 120. 1904.

An animal skin is a body armour that is functionally identical to a robe, with 2 base AC and no encumbrance.

Unlike robes, animal skins are not normally generated with egos outside of a few special vaults, such as in Ice caves.

Desirability

This item exists as flavour for Berserkers and some enemies (such as spriggan berserkers) where a robe would be less thematic.

Berserkers, as melee-focused characters with high strength, should switch to a heavier armour almost immediately. For other characters, there will usually be better options available. A +2 animal skin is better than a +0 robe, at least.

	Image
Mundane
Magical
Artifact
	Unrandart Animal Skin
The Skin of Zhor

History

Prior to 0.12, several monsters (sheep, yak, death yak) could leave these when butchered.

Armour
Body Armour	Leather armour • Ring mail • Scale mail • Chain mail • Plate armour • Crystal plate armour Robe • Animal skin • Troll leather armour • Steam dragon scales • Acid dragon scales • Swamp dragon scales • Quicksilver dragon scales • Fire dragon scales • Ice dragon scales Pearl dragon scales • Shadow dragon scales • Storm dragon scales • Golden dragon scales
Miscellaneous	Hat • Helmet • Cloak • Scarf • Gloves • Boots • Barding
Shields	Buckler • Kite shield • Tower shield • Orb

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 {{armour
   |name = Animal skin
   |cost = ?
- |weight = 10.0
   |AC = 2
- |SV = N/A
+  |EV = 0
-  |EV = +0
   |maxenc = +2
   |weartime = 3
- |skill = Dodging
+  |size = All
-  |size = All except giant
- |acquirement = ?
- |GDR = 0%
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+{{flavour|A large piece of thick skin covered in fur, cut from the corpse of an animal and worn as a primitive garment. It offers rudimentary protection against harm, but, having never been tanned, it carries a light stench of rotting flesh.
+----
+"He killed the noble Mudjokivis.<br>
+Of the skin he made him mittens,<br>
+Made them with the fur side inside,<br>
+Made them with the skin side outside.<br>
+He, to get the warm side inside,<br>
+Put the inside skin side outside;<br>
+He, to get the cold side outside,<br>
+Put the warm side fur side inside.<br>
+That's why he put the fur side inside,
+Why he put the skin side outside,<br>
+Why he turned them inside outside.<br>
+-Anonymous, in Wells' _A Parody Anthology_, p. 120. 1904.}}
+An '''animal skin''' is a body armour that is functionally identical to a [[robe]], with 2 base AC and no encumbrance.
-{{flavour|A large piece of thick skin covered in fur, cut from the corpse of an animal and worn as a primitive garment. It offers rudimentary protection against harm, but, having never been tanned, it carries a light stench of rotting flesh.}}
+Unlike robes, animal skins are not normally generated with [[ego]]s outside of a few special vaults, such as in [[Ice cave]]s.
-An '''animal skin''' is a piece of armour that is functionally identical to a robe: 2 base AC, no EV penalty. It takes 3 turns to wear or remove. Several monsters ([[sheep]], [[yak]], [[death yak]]) leave these when butchered. While animal skins are not very exciting, a few other high level monsters leave special hides, which can be enchanted into magical armour.
+==Desirability==
+This item exists as flavour for [[Berserker]]s and some enemies (such as [[spriggan berserker]]s) where a robe would be less thematic.
-If your character begins with animal skin for armor, you may want to consider switching to a robe as soon as possible because it may have enchantments and/or a useful [[ego]]. Animal skins are not normally generated with egos outside of a few special vaults, including some [[ice cave]]s.
+Berserkers, as melee-focused characters with high [[strength]], should switch to a heavier armour almost immediately. For other characters, there will usually be better options available. A +2 animal skin is better than a +0 robe, at least.
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 ! || Image
 |-
-| '''Mundane''' || [[Image:Animal skin 1.png]]
+| '''Mundane''' || [[Image:Animal skin1.png]]
+|-
+| '''Magical''' || [[Image:Animal skin2.png]]
+|-
+| '''Artifact''' || [[Image:Animal skin3.png]]
 |-
-| '''Magical/Artifact''' || [[Image:Animal skin 2.png]]
+! || [[Unrandart]] Animal Skin
 |-
-| '''[[Unrandarts#+4_Skin_of_Zhor|Skin of Zhor]]''' || [[Image:Skin of zhor.png]]
+| '''The [[Skin of Zhor]]''' || [[Image:Skin of zhor.png]]
 |}
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+==History==
-<br><br><br><br><br><br>
+*Prior to [[0.12]], several monsters ([[sheep]], [[yak]], [[death yak]]) could leave these when [[food|butchered]].
+{{armours}}
 [[Category:Body armour]]