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Name	Swamp dragon armour
Size to wear	Any
Armour Class	7
Encumbrance rating	-7
Maximum Enchantment	+7
Grants	rPois
Time to Wear	5

Armour made from the scales of a swamp dragon. It confers resistance to poison on its wearer.

Swamp dragon armour is an effective 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 some early- and mid-game threats significantly less deadly.

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.

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 a more useful intrinsic and more AC. Conversely, a robe with a very powerful ego such as 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.

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Miscellaneous	Hat • Helmet • Cloak • Scarf • Gloves • Boots • Barding
Shields	Buckler • Kite shield • Tower shield • Orb

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-'''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 armour''' is an effective 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 some early- and mid-game threats significantly less deadly.
 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.
 ==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 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 a more useful intrinsic and more AC. Conversely, a [[robe]] with a very powerful 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.
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