• [ndnh] Choice of armor

    From Janis Papanagnou@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 25 12:40:01 2023
    In notDnethack I'm still puzzled about the armor, whether its
    artifact armor or ordinary one. For example...

    On the quest home level I got from (own and other's) death-drops
    an uncursed +0 set of black dragon scales {150}
    a blessed +0 blue dragon scale mail {150}
    I see that both weigh the same, and the dragon mail and scales
    both _worsen_ my AC by 1 and 3 points respectively.

    (My race is incapable of eating, and I wonder where from I'll
    get my desired many types of resistancies. Shall I try to get
    crowned? - If that works here.)

    The Beastmaster's Duster, a jacket, that I had worn provides
    better AC protection than the dragon scales and dragon mail.

    I have a lot of artifact shields but here the +0 white dragon
    scale shield is a lot better in protection. Shall I replace
    The Shield of the All-Seeing by it? Or shall I wear Aegis, an
    artifact shield that I recently obtained?

    Similar with gauntlets. I wear the +4 Godhands but I've also
    got the Wrappings of the Sacred Fist.

    And lately I found and identified a +0 morganite dwarvish helm
    with no visible effects when worn; what sort of helm is that?
    Is it worth replacing the +0 golden tiara of telepathy or the
    mundane rustproof +5 orcish helm?

    Janis

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