Animal skeleton was a general term for skeletons created from the corpses of small to large-sized vertebrate animals.[1][2]
Abilities[]
Much like other skeletons, these creatures were immune to charm, hold, sleep effects and death magic. They were vulnerable to holy water and turned by clerics like any standard skeleton.[2]
Variations[]
- Revived fossil
- A skeleton created from the remains of an animal that had been preserved in a petrified state.[3]
- Warhorse skeleton
- An animal skeleton created from the corpse of a warhorse.[4]
Notable Animal Skeletons[]
- Toysmiths, a toy store in the city of Ravens Bluff, kept a skeletal war dog as a guard animal. Rather than having its bones exposed, the store's owners kept the animal skeleton stuffed inside of a plush dog.[5]
Ecology[]
Animal skeletons were typically created by means of the animate dead spell to serve as minor guardians,[2] though skeletons could also be created with spell animate dead animals[6] and could be made from the bones of beasts of burden with the undead mount spell.[7] Additionally, around one to twelve animal skeletons could be conjured by undead summoning I.[8]
Members of the Church of Malar annually animated the skeletons of great stags and other beasts on the night of Eleasis 9 for a festival known as the Bone Dance.[9]
History[]
Around 1370 DR, a number of whale skeletons roamed near Thordentor, defending an undersea lair belonging to the Twisted Rune.[10]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Doug Stewart (June 1993). Monstrous Manual. (TSR, Inc), p. 373. ISBN 1-5607-6619-0.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Gary Gygax (August 1983). Monster Manual II 1st edition. (TSR, Inc), p. 109. ISBN 0-88038-031-4.
- ↑ Andy Collins, Bruce R. Cordell (October 2004). Libris Mortis: The Book of Undead. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 118–119. ISBN 0-7869-3433-6.
- ↑ Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford, Christopher Perkins (2014-09-30). Monster Manual 5th edition. Edited by Scott Fitzgerald Gray. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 272–273. ISBN 978-0786965614.
- ↑ Steve Morton (November 1989). “The Living City: The Toysmiths”. In Jean Rabe ed. Polyhedron #50 (TSR, Inc.), p. 11.
- ↑ Steve Kurtz (April 1, 1995). The Complete Book of Necromancers. (TSR, Inc), p. 48. ISBN 0-7869-0106-3.
- ↑ Jeff Grubb and Ed Greenwood (1990). Forgotten Realms Adventures. (TSR, Inc), p. 47. ISBN 0-8803-8828-5.
- ↑ Dale Donovan (January 1998). Cult of the Dragon. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 69. ISBN 0-7869-0709-6.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (October 1998). The City of Ravens Bluff. Edited by John D. Rateliff. (TSR, Inc.), p. 147. ISBN 0-7869-1195-6.
- ↑ Steven E. Schend, Dale Donovan (September 1998). Empires of the Shining Sea. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 89. ISBN 0-7869-1237-5.