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Name	Swamp dragon scales
Size to wear	All
Armour Class	7
Encumbrance rating	7
Maximum Enchantment	+7
Grants	rPois
Time to Wear	5

The scales of a swamp dragon. It confers resistance to poison on its wearer.

Swamp dragon scales are a moderately light body armour that provides poison resistance.

This item has a 33% chance to to generate when you slay a swamp dragon.

Desirability

Swamp dragon scales are a light armour with relatively high AC, a direct upgrade to plain ring mails and scale mails. They are a good option for casters and EV-based characters.

The poison resistance is great in Spider's Nest, Snake Pit, and the Swamp, where poison is a major threat. It can occasionally be useful in other places, such as Zot. However, even if you already have rPois, this armour can be good for its defensive merit.

The next heaviest scales are fire and ice dragon scales. These offer more AC, but are significantly heavier than swamp dragon scales. In addition, both fire and ice scales make you vulnerable to the opposite element, while swamp offers no vulnerability. Overall, any of the three choices can be viable to complete a 3-rune game - which you should pick will vary from character to character.

History

Prior to 0.19, this item was known as swamp dragon armour, and were obtained by enchanting swamp dragon hide.

Swamp dragon scales	Image
Mundane
Artefact

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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+  |name        = Swamp dragon scales
   |cost        = 655
   |weight      = 20
   |AC          = 7
-  |EV          = -7
+  |EV          = 7
- |SV          = -
   |maxenc      = +7
-  |size        = Any
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- |GDR         = 31%
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-{{Flavour|Armour made from the scales of a swamp dragon. It confers resistance to poison on its wearer.}}
+{{Flavour|The scales of a swamp dragon. It confers resistance to poison on its wearer.}}
-'''Swamp dragon armour''' is an excellent body [[armour]] for use by low [[strength]] characters and casters, providing respectable [[AC]] and [[GDR]] with a manageable [[encumbrance rating]] of 7. It also provides [[poison resistance]], rendering many early- and mid-game threats almost harmless.
+'''Swamp dragon scales''' are a moderately light body [[armour]] that provides [[poison resistance]].
-Unfortunately, this armour is very rare. You can make your own swamp dragon armour by using a [[scroll of enchant armour]] on a [[swamp dragon hide]], which you can acquire by butchering a [[swamp dragon]] [[corpse]]. If your particular game did not generate [[the Swamp]], it is extremely unlikely that you'll be able to find any such dragons to slay.
+This item has a 33% chance to to generate when you slay a [[swamp dragon]].
 ==Desirability==
-Swamp dragon armour is not usually considered one of the better dragon armours.  While its encumbrance rating is quite manageable, so is that of [[fire dragon armour]], which provides more useful intrinsics and more AC.  Conversely, a [[robe]] with a useful ego such as [[resistance (ego)|resistance]] or [[Archmagi]] is also likely to be a better item for most characters. Poison resistance is not usually a resistance needed constantly outside of [[The Spider's Nest]] or [[The Snake Pit]], and even for those places, there are usually better ways to get it.
+Swamp dragon scales are a light armour with relatively high AC, a direct upgrade to plain [[ring mail]]s and [[scale mail]]s. They are a good option for casters and [[EV]]-based characters.
+The poison resistance is great in [[Spider's Nest]], [[Snake Pit]], and [[the Swamp]], where poison is a major threat. It can occasionally be useful in other places, such as [[Zot]]. However, even if you already have rPois, this armour can be good for its defensive merit.
+The next heaviest scales are [[Fire dragon scales|fire]] and [[ice dragon scales]]. These offer more AC, but are significantly heavier than swamp dragon scales. In addition, both fire and ice scales make you vulnerable to the opposite element, while swamp offers no vulnerability. Overall, any of the three choices can be viable to complete a 3-rune game - which you should pick will vary from character to character.
+==History==
+*Prior to [[0.19]], this item was known as [[swamp dragon armour]], and were obtained by [[scroll of enchant armour|enchanting]] [[swamp dragon hide]].
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+| '''Mundane''' || [[File:Swamp dragon armour.png]]
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+| '''Artefact''' || [[File:Swamp dragon armour artefact.png]]
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 [[Category:Body armour]]
-[[Category:Dragon armour]]
+[[Category:Dragon scales]]