Skeleton (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing 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


 * 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


 * 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


 * 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.


 * 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.