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'''Staff of Wondrous Smells''' is a magical [[Blunt Weapons|quarterstaff]]. It can be of any of the [[materials]] that normal staffs are made of, with a [[ruby]] tip. It is slightly lighter and packs heavier punch than a usual quarterstaff.
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When the player strike an [[Monsters|enemy]] with the staff, the staff sometimes creates a cloud of magical scents. One of two things can result: If a blue cloud is created, it is dropped on the player (or any other user of the staff if it's not wielded by the player). By staying in the cloud, the player gains many positive intrinsics - [[Infravision]], [[Status Effects|Haste]], [[Telecontrol]], [[Polycontrol]], [[ESP]], [[Levitation]]. If a red cloud is created, it is dropped on whatever enemy the player just hit with the staff. The red cloud confers many negative intrinsics, most of which aren't listed on the status line - eg. [[Teleportitis]], [[Polymorph]]itis, [[Slow]] and [[Confusion]]. Neither of the clouds can grant [[Gas Immunity]], though.
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'''Body armor''' is a piece of [[armor]] that covers the torso of the [[player]]. It is one of the most important pieces of armor, as most of the enemy attacks will end up damaging your torso.
  
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Although the blue cloud will always be dropped on the attacker and the red one always put on the enemy, once the clouds appear they do stay there for a while, which means that a monster can wander into a blue cloud and vice versa if you are not careful, and the result can be dangerous.
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== Types of Body Armor ==
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=== Chain Mail ===
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'''Chain mail''' is the lighter, more flexible armor. With comparable [[materials]], it will have slightly lower AV than plate mail, but will also weight less and have lesser penalties to [[Dex]] and [[Agi]]. However, as chain mail only generates made of metals, you can frequently find much lighter "plate mail" made of flexible materials such as [[leather]] - though the AV of such light armor will be very low.
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=== Plate Mail ===
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'''Plate mail''' can actually either be called "plate mail" if made of any metal, or simply "armor" if made of a different material (eg. "leather armor" is still "plate mail" type armor).
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Plate mail is stronger, heavier and less flexible than chain mail, giving it higher AV but also higher penalties to [[Dex]] and [[Agi]]. Plate mails made of metal will have very high AV, but will probably burden any character without massive [[LStr]]. On the other hand, plate mails are also frequently found made of light flexible materials and such armors will be even lighter than chain mails, though their AV will be also considerably lower than of any metal armor.
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However, if you can obtain a plate mail made of one of the better flexible materials (eg. [[Angel Hair]] or [[Spider Silk]]), those have the best qualities of any normal armor found in the game - they have high AV, low weight and next to no [[attribute]] penalties.
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== Magical Body Armor ==
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* [[Armor of Great Health]]
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=== Artifact Body Armor ===
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* [[Filthy tunic of martyr Bessica]]
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* [[Ommel Bristler Armor]]
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* [[Shirt of the Golden Eagle]]
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== Variants ==
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=== CLIVAN ===
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The [[CLIVAN]] [[variant]] of the game adds several new body armors:
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* the '''[[Dragon Cuirass]]''', which is essentially a thicker, heavier, stronger and indestructible body armor with spiked shoulders and
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* the '''[[Shirt of the Golden Jaguar]]''', which gives the wearer telecontrol, polycontrol and haste along with AV 14, and can be found in the Vault in [[Kharaz-Arad]].
  
 
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Revision as of 14:40, 13 October 2018

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Body armor is a piece of armor that covers the torso of the player. It is one of the most important pieces of armor, as most of the enemy attacks will end up damaging your torso.


Types of Body Armor

Chain Mail

Chain mail is the lighter, more flexible armor. With comparable materials, it will have slightly lower AV than plate mail, but will also weight less and have lesser penalties to Dex and Agi. However, as chain mail only generates made of metals, you can frequently find much lighter "plate mail" made of flexible materials such as leather - though the AV of such light armor will be very low.

Plate Mail

Plate mail can actually either be called "plate mail" if made of any metal, or simply "armor" if made of a different material (eg. "leather armor" is still "plate mail" type armor).

Plate mail is stronger, heavier and less flexible than chain mail, giving it higher AV but also higher penalties to Dex and Agi. Plate mails made of metal will have very high AV, but will probably burden any character without massive LStr. On the other hand, plate mails are also frequently found made of light flexible materials and such armors will be even lighter than chain mails, though their AV will be also considerably lower than of any metal armor.

However, if you can obtain a plate mail made of one of the better flexible materials (eg. Angel Hair or Spider Silk), those have the best qualities of any normal armor found in the game - they have high AV, low weight and next to no attribute penalties.

Magical Body Armor

Artifact Body Armor

Variants

CLIVAN

The CLIVAN variant of the game adds several new body armors:

  • the Dragon Cuirass, which is essentially a thicker, heavier, stronger and indestructible body armor with spiked shoulders and
  • the Shirt of the Golden Jaguar, which gives the wearer telecontrol, polycontrol and haste along with AV 14, and can be found in the Vault in Kharaz-Arad.
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