Species Skeleton
Order Corporeal Undead
Classification Undead
Dominion Reaesian
Sphere Undeath
Origin Dead mortals who are intentionally arisen years after they died
Lifespan Inmortal
Habitat Anywhere near their masters
Food None
Description Skeletons are ambulatory bone structures inexplicably put together.
Corruption Skeletons are only made from intentional use of msawhat to corrupt the bones of the dead. Their souls are long gone; it is just the bones corrupted. They occur no other way.
Esoterica Skeletons are beings of corrupted bones with no mental energy and no soul. They cannot use any esoteric arts.
Special Powers Skeletons cause minor unease in those who are near them. They cannot be killed by conventional weaponry except fire.
Necromancy A necromancer must have most of a dead person's skeleton, which they corrupt with a simple ritual (2). The skeleton is at their command. If they wish to control a skeleton they did not create, they must challenge the will of the skeleton's master. If the skeleton is without a master (because the past master relinquished control, died, etc.), it is a matter of re-applying the msawhat. Summoning them is similarly simple. There is no power to draw from a skeleton, but some necromancers drain the msawhat and Raesian energy from their bones for other purposes.
Sending To destroy a skeleton, they must be completely burned away. Even hacking them to pieces will not be enough, as the pieces will continue to operate.
Weaknesses Qi, the gates, or heavenly essences will destroy them easily.
Behavior Skeletons exist only to serve their masters. If they lose their masters somehow, they simply continue their last instruction until someone else takes control of them.
Dominion Culture Raesians use skeletons as basic slaves.
Other Dominions All other Dominions use them in the exact same way. They have no special powers.
Mortal Interactions Skeletons are so generic, most do not think of them specifically or interact with them unless they are near where a necromancer is.
Afterlife Their souls are long gone. Sending a skeleton only destroys the bones.
Notables The Skeleton Army of Kael'Ras
Special Classes None.
Sample Stats PRO 8
ATH 8
STR 9
AWA 4
WIL 1
ROG 8

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Topic revision: 27 Jul 2020, SallyJaneBlack
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