Skeleton

Skeletons are undead animated corpses similar to zombies, but are completely devoid of flesh and do not feed on the living. They can be made from virtually any solid creature, and as such their size and power varies widely. In addition to the basic humanoid skeleton, there are also skeletons created from wolves, trolls, ettins and even giants. Animated skeletons are immune to mind affecting spells; they cannot be rendered unconscious and cannot tire. Clerics often have the ability to repel or destroy undead creatures, of which animated skeletons are usually the weakest such adversaries.

Edged and piercing weapons, such as swords and arrows, are mostly ineffective against skeletons; only blunt weapons, such as warhammers, are effective at knocking the bones apart.

The necromantic spell animate dead allows the caster to create skeletons.

Variants



 * Baneguard : First developed by priests of Bane, these skeletons can phase in and out and hurl bolts of magical energy.
 * Blazing Bones : Fiery skeletal undead created when a spellcaster's contingency spell goes wrong, these rare undead can be found in Myth Drannor
 * Burnbones : Powerful priests of Cyric who have been transformed into their current undead state as a special favor from the Dark Sun. Their place within the church of Cyric is as the baneliches' within the church of Bane
 * Direguard : Baneguards improved by the Church of Cyric, these skeletons are wreathed in a shadowy field of force that functions as armor. They can also see invisible foes.
 * Fiery Skeleton : Burns with never-ending flames and it is immune to fire.
 * Nimble Skeleton : More agile than standard skeletons and able to climb as fast as it can walk.
 * Skeleton Warrior : Powerful skeletons created from great warriors and who retain all of their fighting skill. Highly resistant to magic and difficult to command, skeleton warriors are rarely found in groups greater than two or three.
 * Skeletal Dragon : Created from a dragon and retains some of their deadly abilities. Not to be confused with a dracolich.