Skeleton (Dungeons & Dragons)
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| Dungeons & Dragons creature | |
|---|---|
| Skeleton | |
| Alignment | Neutral |
| Type | Undead |
| Source books | |
| First appearance | |
| Image | Wizards.com image |
| Stats | OGL stats |
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the skeleton is an undead creature, usually created by applying a template to another creature.
Variant Skeletons
- Bone Creature - a skeleton that retains knowledge and skills it possessed in life
- Crystal Skeleton
- Dust Skeleton
- Fiery Skeleton - burns with neverending flames, it is immune to fire
- Frost Skeleton - is immune to cold and deals cold damage with its attacks
- Lightning Skeleton - is immune to electricity and deals electricity damage with its attacks
- Nimble Skeleton - more agile than standard skeletons and able to climb as fast as it can walk
- Obsidian Skeleton - also called defiling skeleton
- Skeletal Dragon - created from dragons and retains some of their deadly abilities
- Soldier Skeleton - often arising from the sites of massive battles, these skeletons gain benefits when fighting cooperatively in groups
- Spike Skeleton
- Vicious Skeleton - able to rend flesh and deal horrific wounds with their claw attacks
Skeletons in the Forgotten Realms
Faerûn hosts a number of the variant skeletons listed above, as well as the following:
- 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.
- Direguard - Baneguards improved by the Red Wizards of Thay, these skeletons are wreathed in a shadowy field of force that functions as armor. They can also see invisible foes.
References
- Ashley, Belinda G. "Arctic Monsters." Dragon Annual #2 (TSR, 1997).
- Collins, Andy and Bruce R. Cordell. Libris Mortis: The Book of Undead (Wizards of the Coast, 2004).
- Collins, Andy, James Wyatt, and Skip Williams. Draconomicon (Wizards of the Coast, 2003).
- Cook, David, et al. Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (TSR, 1989).
- Gygax, Gary. Monster Manual (TSR, 1977).
- Stewart, Doug, ed. Monstrous Manual (TSR, 1994).
- Thauberger, Rudy. "The Dragon's Bestiary: The Necromancer's Armory." Dragon #234 (TSR, 1996).
- Williams, Skip, Jonathan Tweet, and Monte Cook. Monster Manual (Wizards of the Coast, 2000).
- Wyatt, James, and Rob Heinsoo. Monstrous Compendium: Monsters of Faerun (Wizards of the Coast, 2001).
