Orcish chain mail

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[   orcish chain mail   Orcish chain mail.png
Appearance crude chain mail
Slot body armor
AC 4
Special
Base price 75 zm
Weight 300
Material iron

Orcish chain mail is a type of body armor that appears in NetHack. It is made of iron, and appears as crude chain mail when unidentified.

Generation

Orcish characters start the game with knowledge of orcish chain mail's appearance.[1] Orcish characters in roles that start with chain mail will receive orcish chain mail instead, though no roles start with chain mail.[2]

In addition to random generation, general stores, used armor dealerships and antique weapon outlets can sell orcish chain mail.

Mordor orcs have a 13 chance of being generated with orcish chain mail;[3] orc-captains have a 12 chance of being generated with Mordor orc armor, giving them an effective 16 chance of generating with orcish chain mail.[4]

Description

While worn, orcish chain mail provides 4 base AC and MC1.

Strategy

As with most orcish items, orcish chain mail is less effective than standard chain mail, and scale mail offers the same base AC while weighing less. Orcish chain mail can still suffice as armor for roles that do not regularly cast, at least until better and lighter armor can be found.

History

Orcish chain mail first appears in NetHack 3.0.0.

Variants

Some variants give orcs (including orcish player characters) an AC bonus for wearing orcish chain mail, making it as effective for orcs as regular chain mail worn by other races.

SLASH'EM

In SLASH'EM, orcish Undead Slayers that start with chain mail will receive orcish chain mail instead, using the existing racial substitution code.

Upgrading orcish chain mail will produce regular chain mail, and vice versa.

UnNetHack

In UnNetHack, orcish chain mail grants +1 AC to orcish monsters that wear them, including orcish characters.

dNethack

In dNetHack and notdNetHack, orcish chain mail grants 2 AC, 2 DR and MC1 when worn, and its weight is reduced to 150 aum.

EvilHack

In EvilHack, orcish chain mail grants +1 AC to orcish monsters that wear them, including orcish characters.

Orcish chain mail can be created at a forge by combining ring mail and an orcish shield.

Hack'EM

In Hack'EM, orcish chain mail grants +1 AC to orcish monsters that wear them, including orcish characters.

In addition to EvilHack forging recipes, upgrading orcish chain mail will produce regular chain mail and vice versa, as in SLASH'EM.

References