Skeleton Statistics And Creation Guidelines.pdf

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- Strength: 3
- Agility: 5
- Ethereal Forces: 1
- Intelligence: 0
- Precision: 4
- Celestial Forces: 0
- Will: 0
- Perception: 0

- Body Hits: 12
- Skills: Dodge/4, Fighting/3, Large Weapon/3 (various), Move Silently/3, Ranged Weapon/3 (various)
- Gear: Hand weapon (axes or clubs), shield (+1 to Dodge), bow and 30 arrows, armor (-1 to Protection unless designed for Skeletons).

Creation:

- Requires a complete skeleton with clean bones from the same donor (or at least the same species).
- Reattach bones using special clay (Necromancy roll +1) and some nasty ingredients (Necromancy roll -2, Knowledge: Anatomy roll required).
- Ritual (Create Skeleton): (Necromancy + Enchantment), 6 Essence, 8 hours casting time.

Essence:

- Not truly Undead; powered by Essence (1 note = 1 hour activation).
- Capacity: 3 notes of Essence for activation.
- Cannot learn or use Songs, and cannot improve skill rolls with Essence.

Disassembly and Reassembly:

- Relatively easy to disable due to low Body Hits (12).
- Bones reassemble within 5 minutes if scattered; breaking bones permanently reduces Body Hits per round (Strength -2 required).

Control:

- Not free willed; always under the orders of their creators.
- Four commands: Attack, Wait until close then attack, Stop attacking, Obey [name] as you would me.

Skeletechons (Enhanced Skeletons)

- Attributes:
- Corporeal Forces: 2
- Strength: 6
- Agility: 5
- Ethereal Forces: 1
- Intelligence: 3
- Precision: 4
- Celestial Forces: 0
- Will: 0
- Perception: 3*

- Vessel: Vessel/4 with +2 Toughness and -2 Charisma.
- Body Hits: 48
- Skills: Same as Skeletons, plus Tactics/3.
- Gear: Integral shotgun, integral chainsaw, Kevlar armor designed for Skeletechons.
- AI Program: Capable of targeting, determining Essence expenditure, and extending operational time to 5 hours (Reliquary/2).