THE AC 10 CONDUCT
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The goal of this conduct is to maintain an AC of 10 for the entire game. 
This doesn't mean you must be armorless however. A mummy wrapping is the 
only potentially useful armor with 0 AC when unenchanted. Others can 
have their innate AC lowered by as much as 3 with various forms of 
erosion (that brown pudding could be your friend). Some useful 0 AC 
items might be a rusty helm to protect from falling rock traps, burned 
or rotted magical cloaks, a rusted helm of telepathy or opposite 
alignment, rusty gauntlets of power and all manner of degraded magical 
footwear. Pesky enchantments can be removed with a wand of cancellation 
or by the friendly neighborhood disenchanter. Protection, whether 
purchased, worn on your finger or cast breaks the conduct. Half physical 
damage artifacts are permissible however. Erode-proof armors such as 
dragon scales (mail is rather pointless) and silver shields can be 
offset with a sufficient number of cursed scrolls of enchant armor. A 
variety of styles, roles and strategies suggest themselves, with only a 
heavy reliance on melee being a probable non-starter...

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