Fire dragon scales

Fire dragon scales are a medium-weight body armour. They provide 2 ranks of fire resistance (rF++), but a rank of cold vulnerability (rC-).

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

Desirability

Fire dragon scales are a suitable general purpose armour, offering decent defense while still allowing spellcasting. However, it's often best to wait until you have at least one source of cold resistance before wearing these, in order to offset this armour's rC-; taking 150% damage from cold attacks can be lethal.

History

• Prior to 0.34, fire dragon scales had an encumbrance of 11. The encumbrance was higher as orbs of fire were present in every game, making rF++ more valuable than the rC++ of ice dragon scales.
• Prior to 0.19, this item was known as fire dragon armour. It was obtained from using a scroll of enchant armour on fire dragon hide
• Prior to 0.10, this item was known merely as "dragon armour". It was renamed to avoid confusion with other dragon armours.

Fire dragon scales	Image
Mundane	File:Fire dragon armour.png
Artefact	File:Fire dragon armour artefact.png