diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/actor.cc b/crawl-ref/source/actor.cc
index 8bdce374f0b..fe78cf6e719 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/actor.cc
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/actor.cc
@@ -216,7 +216,11 @@ bool actor::res_corr(bool calc_unid, bool items) const
 
 bool actor::cloud_immune(bool calc_unid, bool items) const
 {
-    return items && (wearing_ego(EQ_CLOAK, SPARM_CLOUD_IMMUNE, calc_unid));
+    const item_def *body_armour = slot_item(EQ_BODY_ARMOUR);
+    return items 
+           && (wearing_ego(EQ_CLOAK, SPARM_CLOUD_IMMUNE, calc_unid)
+               || (body_armour && (is_unrandom_artefact(*body_armour, UNRAND_RCLOUDS)
+                                   || is_unrandom_artefact(*body_armour, UNRAND_LEAR))));
 }
 
 bool actor::holy_wrath_susceptible() const
diff --git a/crawl-ref/source/art-data.txt b/crawl-ref/source/art-data.txt
index b8fd29d7dd1..4556151fdf4 100644
--- a/crawl-ref/source/art-data.txt
+++ b/crawl-ref/source/art-data.txt
@@ -761,7 +761,6 @@ PLUS:    27
 COLOUR:  ETC_GOLD
 TILE:    urand_lear
 TILE_EQ: lears_hauberk
-BRAND:	 SPARM_CLOUD_IMMUNE
 BOOL:    special
 
 NAME:    skin of Zhor