Dry Bones | Legends of Nor'Ova

Beast Type

Basic Information

Skeletons do not just happen on their own in the wild. Something or someone has to animate them. However, once animated, they will remain animated until they are destroyed. In places where skeletons are animated, which often are places rich in death magic, they are often large groups of them.

Habitat: Skeletons are more uncommon than most people would think. Unlike spirits and zombies, something or someone must animate a skeleton to life. Therefore you would only find skeletons in places where there is a lot of death magic, a necromancer, or death elementals.

Appearance: Skeletons appear just as their name would suggest, a walking skeleton of a creature long deceased. Usually this would be a humanoid creature, however skeletons of other creatures have been seen. In the case of the typical skeleton it will be a human-like skeleton.

Alignment: chaotic evil

Build: medium

Combat Notes

Skeletons will attack anything that moves. They lack any brains or intelligence to know friend from foe and they lack any eyesight. Instead if they "sense" they are near a living, moving, target, they will attack that target. This has made skeletons hard for necromancers to control, but that hasn't stopped them from trying to do so. Skeletons are extra dangerous because they cannot be affected mentally or spiritually, cannot be blinded or visually distorted in any way, and are relentless in their attacks. However they will attack any target they are closest to, including other skeletons.

The listed equipment for the skeleton is simply the typical equipment that they are reanimated with. The GM can, however, choose different equipment for the skeleton.

Runic Element Information

Runic Element	Affinity	Strong	Weak	Runic Energy	Runic Soul	Runic Spirit	Runic Speed
Death	Death	Time	Life	1	4	1	1
Modifiers

HP

Stat Name	Current	Full	Derived Stat	Stat	Modifiers
HP	50	50	Mortality	25

SA

Stat Name	Current	Full	Derived Stat	Stat	Modifiers
SA	20	20	Awareness	5

EP

Stat Name	Current	Full	Derived Stat	Stat	Modifiers
EP	100	100	Fatigue	25

Armor Stats

DR%	MR%	Slash	Pierce	Bash	Chop	Breath	Explosion	Radiation	Evade	Weight
43	25	17	0	27	4	4	1	15	13 (12)	30.95
Modifiers	-1 Evade (armor)

Main Stats

Stat Name	Stat	Derived Stats Type	Derived Stat	Modifiers
Fortitude	50	Resist	45
Speed	25	Agility	20
Mental	10	Focus	15
Strength	50	Weight Limit	170
Luck	15	Saving Grace	10
Will	1	Influence	6
React	25	Initiative	2
Perceive	10	Detect	15 (35)	+20 Detect

Offensive Stats

Melee Power	Throw Power	Bow Power	Hit Chance	Hit Targeting	Throw Range	Critical
5 (25)	7	3	3	19	4	28
Modifiers	+20 Melee Power

Movement Stats

World Movement: 2+2d8
Battle Movement: 5
Adventure Actions: 10

Equipped Weapons

Location	Weapon	Attack	Parry	Range	Hit Chance	Weight	Durability
Right Hand	Short Sword + Broad Blade	10 + 1d10	12	1	-2	10.5	625
Left Hand
Modifiers
Rune Stone
Other Effects

Equipped Armor

Location	Armor	DR%	MR%	Slash	Pierce	Bash	Chop	Breath	Explosion	Radiation	Evade Modifier	Weight
Body	Cured Leather Brigandine	14	9	4	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	10
Enhancements	Cured Belted Leather Brace	4	3	4	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0.5
Enhancements	Cured Belted Leather Cuirass	10	4	4	0	7	1	0	0	2	0	15
Enhancements
Rune Stone
Modifiers
Legs	Belted Leather Britches	8	5	3	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	1.8
Enhancements
Enhancements
Rune Stone
Modifiers
Head	Reinforced Bone Full Helm	4	3	1	0	5	1	4	0	8	-1	3.4
Enhancements	Leather Cap	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0.25
Enhancements
Rune Stone
Modifiers	+1 Spirit against Death Magic
Cloak
Enhancements
Enhancements
Rune Stone
Modifiers
TOTAL		43	25	17	0	27	4	4	1	15	-1	30.95

Skills

Skill	Effect	Stat & Action Cost	Range & Area	Duration	Skill Mastery
Hit Recovery	20% chance that the hit to the skeleton restores by the damage amount instead of damages, only works with physical attacks.	N/A	self	instant	100
Resurrection	15% chance that the skeleton will resurrect with full stats after being killed. Each round that the battle is still going on the GM will roll for each defeated skeleton. Should the skeleton roll 15 or less, the skeleton is restored at full health.	N/A	self	instant	100

Companion Information

N/A

Spoils

1 pound of Bone Meal: Alchemical Ingredient left behind when a skeleton is defeated.

Ingredient	Description	Effects	Weight	Space Taken	Cost
Bone Meal	1 oz of crushed up powder from typical bones	Cures SA Poison (requires Create Potions lvl2 or better); Inflicts Sickness for 1d6 rounds; EP Poison of 2 EP per round (requires Create Potions lvl2 or better)	0.1	0.1	1.00

Any and All Available Loot: You may loot the body of any weapons, armor, and other goods. Only the holster and back pack can be stolen from a living target.