Skeleton (monster) - Revision history

Hordes: version bump

2023-11-03T18:09:04Z

version bump

Ge0ff: monsters drop items when the player re-animates them now

2022-10-11T21:35:12Z

monsters drop items when the player re-animates them now

Hordes: update

2022-08-29T18:20:35Z

update

Spudwalt: /* Identifying Skeletons */

2022-08-29T05:56:49Z

‎Identifying Skeletons

Spudwalt at 16:18, 7 February 2018

2018-02-07T16:18:06Z

Spudwalt at 15:59, 7 February 2018

2018-02-07T15:59:47Z

Pinkbeast: Can't lift skeletons in current Crawl

2017-05-06T19:35:40Z

Can't lift skeletons in current Crawl

Spudwalt: new images

2017-01-22T19:04:30Z

new images

Medar: Mark as unknown version.

2016-02-01T12:15:37Z

Mark as unknown version.

Spudwalt: /* Identifying Skeletons */

2014-05-02T21:12:28Z

‎Identifying Skeletons

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 ''For the item left behind by rotting [[corpse]]s, see [[skeleton]].''
 {{Flavour|A skeleton compelled to unlife by the exercise of necromancy.
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 -James Jeffery Roche, _The Skeleton at the Feast_. 1890.}}
-'''Skeletons''' are the reanimated bones of once-living creatures and are a type of [[derived undead]]. Either way, they are considerably slower, stupider, and clumsier than whatever they were when they were alive. They also cannot heal or use [[stair]]s, but on the flip side they do have undead resistances.
+'''Skeletons''' are the reanimated bones of once-living creatures. As a type of [[derived undead]], their stats are based on what the monster had in life.
-Skeletons may appear in the various [[branches]] of the Dungeon as random monsters, or be created by players through [[Necrotise]]. As servants, skeletons are useful for characters who need meat shields (so to speak). A newly-animated skeleton will drop weapons and armour that they were wearing.
+==Useful Info==
 ==Identifying Skeletons==
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 ==History==
 *Prior to [[0.29]], skeletons on the ground could be re-animated using [[Animate Skeleton]] or [[Animate Dead]]. Reanimated monsters kept their weapons and armour. Skeletons were also removed from the main [[Dungeon]]'s spawn table.
-*Prior to [[0.26]], skeletons were somewhat important as they allowed [[food]] ([[chunk]]) of that monster to be eaten.
+*Prior to [[0.26]], skeletons were more important. You could butcher a corpse to [[food|eat]] its [[chunk]]s, then animate it into a skeleton. You could not do this with [[zombie]]s.
 *Prior to [[0.23]], butchering a corpse did not always leave a skeleton item, though Animate Skeleton always left chunks.
 [[Category:Monsters]]
 [[Category:Undead holiness]]

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 '''Skeletons''' are the reanimated bones of once-living creatures and are a type of [[derived undead]]. Either way, they are considerably slower, stupider, and clumsier than whatever they were when they were alive. They also cannot heal or use [[stair]]s, but on the flip side they do have undead resistances.
-Skeletons may appear in the various [[branches]] of the Dungeon as random monsters, or be created by players through [[Necrotise]]. As servants, skeletons are useful for characters who need meat shields (so to speak). A newly-animated skeleton will wield weapons or armour that they were wearing, but you can get them back as they disintegrate.
+Skeletons may appear in the various [[branches]] of the Dungeon as random monsters, or be created by players through [[Necrotise]]. As servants, skeletons are useful for characters who need meat shields (so to speak). A newly-animated skeleton will drop weapons and armour that they were wearing.
 ==Identifying Skeletons==
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 ==History==
-*Prior to [[0.29]], skeletons on the ground could be re-animated using [[Animate Skeleton]] or [[Animate Dead]]. Skeletons were also removed from the main [[Dungeon]]'s spawn table.
+*Prior to [[0.29]], skeletons on the ground could be re-animated using [[Animate Skeleton]] or [[Animate Dead]]. Reanimated monsters kept their weapons and armour. Skeletons were also removed from the main [[Dungeon]]'s spawn table.
 *Prior to [[0.26]], skeletons were somewhat important as they allowed [[food]] ([[chunk]]) of that monster to be eaten.
 *Prior to [[0.23]], butchering a corpse did not always leave a skeleton item, though Animate Skeleton always left chunks.

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-''For the item sometimes left behind by butchered or rotting corpses, see [[skeleton]].''
+''For the item left behind by rotting [[corpse]]s, see [[skeleton]].''
 {{Flavour|A skeleton compelled to unlife by the exercise of necromancy.
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 -James Jeffery Roche, _The Skeleton at the Feast_. 1890.}}
-'''Skeletons''' are the reanimated bones of once-living creatures and are a type of [[derived undead]]. Either way, they are considerably slower, stupider, and clumsier than whatever they were when they were alive. They also cannot heal, but on the flip side they do have undead resistances.
+'''Skeletons''' are the reanimated bones of once-living creatures and are a type of [[derived undead]]. Either way, they are considerably slower, stupider, and clumsier than whatever they were when they were alive. They also cannot heal or use [[stair]]s, but on the flip side they do have undead resistances.
-Skeletons may appear in the [[Dungeon]] as random monsters or be created by players (or other monsters) through [[Necromancy]] or the [[Invocations]] of certain gods. Note that hostile skeletons can serve as a "preview" of upcoming monsters: since they're weaker than the original, the skeletal version of a monster will often show up a level or two before the live version.
+Skeletons may appear in the various [[branches]] of the Dungeon as random monsters, or be created by players through [[Necrotise]]. As servants, skeletons are useful for characters who need meat shields (so to speak). A newly-animated skeleton will wield weapons or armour that they were wearing, but you can get them back as they disintegrate.
 ==Identifying Skeletons==
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 [[Image:Skeleton ugly thing.png]] [[Ugly thing]]s
 [[Category:Monsters]]
 [[Category:Undead holiness]]

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 [[Image:Skeleton hydra 1.png]] [[Image:Skeleton hydra 2.png]] [[Image:Skeleton hydra 3.png]] [[Image:Skeleton hydra 4.png]] [[Image:Skeleton hydra 5.png]] [[Hydra]]s
-[[Image:Skeleton lizard.png]] Lizards
+[[Image:Skeleton lernaean 1.png]] [[Image:Skeleton lernaean 2.png]] [[Image:Skeleton lernaean 3.png]] [[Image:Skeleton lernaean 4.png]] [[Image:Skeleton lernaean 5.png]] [[Image:Skeleton lernaean 6.png]] [[Image:Skeleton lernaean 7.png]] [[Image:Skeleton lernaean 8.png]] [[Image:Skeleton lernaean 9.png]] [[Image:Skeleton lernaean 10.png]] [[The Lernaean hydra]]
 [[Image:Skeleton naga.png]] [[List of nagas|Nagas]]

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 A newly-animated skeleton will sometimes wield weapons or armor on the tile it was animated on (usually their old equipment). This is your only chance to equip them, as they won't pick anything up or wield/wear new items. If they should be destroyed later on, you can get this gear back.
-Skeletons created through the player's Necromancy are temporary and will eventually crumble to dust on their own, but using [[Yredelemnul]]'s Animate Remains/Dead ability creates skeletons that will persist until they are destroyed. Additionally, skeletons are unable to use [[stairs]], but you can lure monsters up or down stairs to where your thralls are.
+Skeletons created through the player's Necromancy are temporary and will eventually crumble to dust on their own, but using [[Yredelemnul]]'s Animate Remains ability creates skeletons that will persist until they are destroyed. Additionally, skeletons are unable to use [[stairs]], but you can lure monsters up or down stairs to where your thralls are.
 ==Identifying Skeletons==

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 ''For the item sometimes left behind by butchered or rotting corpses, see [[skeleton]].''
 {{Flavour|A skeleton compelled to unlife by the exercise of necromancy.
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 -James Jeffery Roche, _The Skeleton at the Feast_. 1890.}}
-'''Skeletons''' are the reanimated bones of once-living creatures. They are a type of [[derived undead]], and may be either "small skeletons" or "large skeletons". Either way, they are considerably slower, stupider, and clumsier than whatever they were when they were alive. They take damage from max HP, making them unable to recover from injuries, but on the flip side they do have undead resistances.
+'''Skeletons''' are the reanimated bones of once-living creatures and are a type of [[derived undead]]. Either way, they are considerably slower, stupider, and clumsier than whatever they were when they were alive. They also cannot heal, but on the flip side they do have undead resistances.
-Skeletons may appear in the [[Dungeon]] as random monsters or be created by players (or other monsters) through [[Necromancy]] or the [[Invocations]] of certain gods. Note that hostile skeletons can serve as a "preview" of upcoming monsters: since they're weaker than the original, the skeleton version of a monster will often show up a level or two before the live version.
+Skeletons may appear in the [[Dungeon]] as random monsters or be created by players (or other monsters) through [[Necromancy]] or the [[Invocations]] of certain gods. Note that hostile skeletons can serve as a "preview" of upcoming monsters: since they're weaker than the original, the skeletal version of a monster will often show up a level or two before the live version.
-As servants, skeletons are useful for characters who need meat shields (so to speak).  [[Zombie]]s may be more durable, but skeletons let you get both minion and meat from the same corpse:  Using [[Animate Skeleton]] on a whole corpse will leave the chunks behind, or you can animate a skeleton left behind from butchering.  (The former is more reliable, as butchering doesn't always leave a skeleton.)
+As servants, skeletons are useful for characters who need meat shields (so to speak). [[Zombie]]s may be more durable, but skeletons let you get both minion and meat from the same corpse: using [[Animate Skeleton]] on a whole corpse will leave the chunks behind, or you can animate a skeleton left behind from butchering. (The former is more reliable, as butchering doesn't always leave a skeleton.) Of course, only corpses with internal skeletons can be raised in this manner -- various types of monsters, such as [[List of arthropods|insects]] or [[List of worms|worms]], can only be made into [[zombie]]s.
-A newly-animated skeleton will sometimes wield any weapons or armor on the tile it was animated on (usually their old equipment). This is your only chance to equip them, as they won't pick anything up or wield/wear new items. If they should be destroyed later on, you can get this gear back.
+A newly-animated skeleton will sometimes wield weapons or armor on the tile it was animated on (usually their old equipment). This is your only chance to equip them, as they won't pick anything up or wield/wear new items. If they should be destroyed later on, you can get this gear back.
-One shortcoming of skeletons is that they are unable to use [[stairs]], trapping them on the level they were created, but you can lure monsters up or down stairs to where your thralls are.
+Skeletons created through the player's Necromancy are temporary and will eventually crumble to dust on their own, but using [[Yredelemnul]]'s Animate Remains/Dead ability creates skeletons that will persist until they are destroyed. Additionally, skeletons are unable to use [[stairs]], but you can lure monsters up or down stairs to where your thralls are.
 ==Identifying Skeletons==
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 [[Image:Skeleton centaur.png]] [[List of centaurs|Centaurs]]
 [[Image:Skeleton dragon.png]] [[List of dragons|Dragons]]
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 [[Image:Skeleton fish.png]] Fish
-[[Image:Skeleton frog.png]] Frogs
+[[Image:Skeleton frog.png]] [[List of reptiles and amphibians#Amphibian Types|Frogs]]
 [[Image:Skeleton small humanoid.png]] Humanoids (small)

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 [[Image:Bat skeleton.png]] [[Bat]]s
 [[Image:Skeleton centaur.png]] [[List of centaurs|Centaurs]]
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 [[Image:Skeleton small humanoid.png]] Humanoids (small)
 [[Image:Skeleton large humanoid.png]] Humanoids (large)
-[[Image:Skeleton hydra 1.png]] [[Hydra]]s with one head...
+[[Image:Skeleton hydra 1.png]] [[Image:Skeleton hydra 2.png]] [[Image:Skeleton hydra 3.png]] [[Image:Skeleton hydra 4.png]] [[Image:Skeleton hydra 5.png]] [[Hydra]]s
 [[Image:Skeleton lizard.png]] Lizards
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 [[Image:Skeleton snake.png]] [[List of snakes|Snakes]]
-[[Image:Skeleton turtle.png]] Turtles
+[[Image:Skeleton troll.png]] [[List of trolls|Trolls]]
 [[Image:Skeleton ugly thing.png]] [[Ugly thing]]s

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	''For the item sometimes left behind by butchered or rotting corpses, see [[skeleton]].''		''For the item sometimes left behind by butchered or rotting corpses, see [[skeleton]].''
	{{Flavour\|A skeleton compelled to unlife by the exercise of necromancy.		{{Flavour\|A skeleton compelled to unlife by the exercise of necromancy.

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 Below are all the categories of skeletons in tiles mode:
-[[Image:Bat skeleton.png]] Bats
+[[Image:Bat skeleton.png]] [[Bat]]s
-[[Image:Skeleton centaur.png]] Centaurs
+[[Image:Skeleton centaur.png]] [[List of centaurs|Centaurs]]
-[[Image:Skeleton dragon.png]] Dragons
+[[Image:Skeleton dragon.png]] [[List of dragons|Dragons]]
-[[Image:Skeleton drake.png]] Drakes
+[[Image:Skeleton drake.png]] [[List of dragons#Drakes|Drakes]]
 [[Image:Skeleton fish.png]] Fish
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 [[Image:Skeleton large humanoid.png]] Humanoids (large)
-[[Image:Skeleton hydra 1.png]] Hydras with one head...
+[[Image:Skeleton hydra 1.png]] [[Hydra]]s with one head...
 [[Image:Skeleton hydra 2.png]] ...two heads...
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 [[Image:Skeleton hydra 5.png]] ...or five or more heads
-[[Image:Skeleton lizard.png]] Lizard
+[[Image:Skeleton lizard.png]] Lizards
-[[Image:Skeleton naga.png]] Nagas
+[[Image:Skeleton naga.png]] [[List of nagas|Nagas]]
 [[Image:Skeleton small quadruped.png]] Quadrupeds (small)
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 [[Image:Skeleton winged quadruped.png]] Quadrupeds (winged)
-[[Image:Skeleton snake.png]] Snakes
+[[Image:Skeleton snake.png]] [[List of snakes|Snakes]]
 [[Image:Skeleton turtle.png]] Turtles
 [[Category:Monsters]]
 [[Category:Undead holiness]]