yeah but skeletons aren’t usually animate. the only way for a skeleton to be able to move without a meat suit attached to it is if it’s powered by magic. and who knows what the magic can make it do
Even if it wasn’t heavier, bones are still harder than flesh. If a skeleton punched you, it would hurt way more than a fleshy padded fist.
Yes, but if the skeleton is capable of fighting me, who’s to say what kind of magic or superpowers it has? I mean, a fighting skeleton still seems like it could be anyone’s guess as to who’s going to win…
https://5thsrd.org/gamemaster_rules/monsters/skeleton/
In D&D rules they’re only 1/4 cr monsters so one level 1 adventurer could in theory take them on 1v1 and come out on top more often then not.
https://5thsrd.org/gamemaster_rules/monsters/lich/
Unless this is your skeleton, in which case hopefully the skeleton’s alignment is closer to neutral good than neutral evil.
on the other hand, you have pathfinder
https://2e.aonprd.com/MonsterFamilies.aspx?ID=472
skeletons are scary there. can you imagine going around a dark corner in a museum, killing a skeleton and after collapsing and you commemorate your victory, ITS BONES FUCKING EXPLODE?!?!
edit: i accidentally wrote “it is bones fucking explode” instead of “its bones fucking explode”
Very bold of you to assume your average Lemming is level one, most of us are rocking a peasant stat block if we’re lucky
As a necromancer fighting unit, the skeleton is easy to tear apart, so their tactic is to ambush or overwhelm with numbers and hit you with weapons before you can disable them. So they’re best against unarmored opponents.
Archers might be more dangerous if they are strong enough to pull a war bow like a longbow.
Clever necromancers will make bone molds and craft critical bones out of ceramic or bronze or steel in order to make more resiliant units, but these often require different animation spells. Some expeimentation has been done with bone powder and ceramic.
You do know that steel reinforced necromantic constructs have been outlawed since the great wizard convention of 1848??
Outlawed, yes, but that doesn’t preclude their use by nefarious interests.
Yeah but when they have red eyes it means they’re recording and it’s much harder to perform for an audience therefore levelling the playing field.
What if I come around the corner, muttering about how things in my life suck, and a skeleton gets me, and agrees with my complaints?
