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Skeleton

General
Type	Undead
Category	Undead
Alignment	Evil
Karma	−450
Fame	450
Behavior	Attacks on sight
Speed	Slow
Stats
Strength	56–80
Dexterity	56–75
Intelligence	16–40
Hit points	34–48
Stamina	56–75
Mana	16–40
Damage	3–7
Armor	16
Resources
Carving	Nothing

The Skeleton is the weakest of the walking dead, with 34–48 hit points. It's a classic first target for new characters, and it always carries one piece of bone armor.

Overview

• In-game name: a skeleton
• Corpse: a skeletal corpse
• Behavior: it attacks the nearest target it sees and fights in melee.
• Movement: it is one of the slower creatures in the game (slow speed), so you can outrun it.
• Enemies: fey creatures (wisps, pixies, centaurs, ethereal warriors and the like) and the undead are enemies and attack each other on sight.
• Bleed immune: bleed attacks (a weapon special New Bradford enables) don't affect it.
• Looks: it uses one of two skeleton bodies at random.

Stats

Stat	Value
Strength	56–80
Dexterity	56–75
Intelligence	16–40
Hit points	34–48
Stamina	56–75 (same as its Dexterity)
Mana	16–40 (same as its Intelligence)
Melee damage	3–7
Armor rating	16
Fame / Karma	450 / −450

Skills

Skill	Range
Magic Resistance	45.1–60.0
Tactics	45.1–60.0
Wrestling	45.1–55.0

Abilities

Poison immunity

It is immune to Lesser poison only.

Loot

Every skeleton carries:

• Gold: about 1–25 in total (from its "Poor" loot)
• one piece of bone armor (arms, tunic, gloves, leggings or helm, picked at random)

It may also carry:

• A musical instrument (about 0.02% or less)

Carving

There's nothing to carve from its corpse.

Location

• The Deceit brazier: double-clicking it from within 2 tiles summons one creature picked at random from a list of about 90, and this is one of them. The brazier warns players who step next to it ("Heed this warning well, and use this brazier at your own peril"). It works once every 15 minutes and places the creature within 5 tiles. The summoned creature is set to attack the closest target, even if it would normally leave you alone, and it stays within 5 tiles of the brazier.

Tips

• Easy prey for new characters.
• Collect the bone armor pieces: five kills can make a full suit if you're lucky.