Revived fossil

Revived fossils were the remains of animals that were preserved in a petrified state, and then animated.

Description
Revived fossils were creatures made of petrifies bones. While animate, they remained partially encased in stone.

Abilities
While mostly identical to simple skeletons, revived fossils enjoyed stony bones that shrugged off all but the strongest blows from weapons not made out of adamantine, and their heft granted them additional staying power in a fight. They required special rituals in order to animate.

Behavior
Revived fossils could only do as commanded by their masters. The orders could not be too complex, either.

Notable Examples
The Underdungeon under Stardeep was unexplored, but some of its passages contained a number of fossilized remains that were animated by the relic lich. The same lich also proved capable of reducing living creatures to a fossilized state.

Appearances

 * Novels
 * Stardeep