Skeleton warrior (Dungeons & Dragons)
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In the Dungeons & Dragons
roleplaying game, skeleton warriors are a more powerful version of undead
skeletons
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. The Fiend Folio was reviewed by Jamie Thomson in the British magazine White Dwarf
#28 (December 1981/January 1982). As part of his review, Thomson comments on several monsters appearing in the book, referring to the skeleton warriors as "beings similar to Tolkien's ringwraiths".
The skeleton warrior appeared in second edition for the Dragonlance
setting in the Monstrous Compendium Dragonlance Appendix (1990), and reprinted in the Monstrous Manual (1993).
. Unlike their lesser kin, skeleton warriors retain all of their fighting skill and are highly resistant to magic. Skeleton warriors are difficult to command, and as such are rarely found in groups greater than two or three.
Lord Soth
of Krynn
was served by thirteen skeleton warriors, the cursed undead remnants of his loyal retainers.
Dungeons & Dragons
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roleplaying game, skeleton warriors are a more powerful version of undead
Undead (Dungeons & Dragons)
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, undead is a classification of monsters that can be encountered by player characters. Undead creatures are most often once-living creatures, which have been animated by spiritual or supernatural forces....
skeletons
Skeleton (Dungeons & Dragons)
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the skeleton is an undead creature, usually created by applying a template to another creature.-Dungeons & Dragons :...
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Publication history
Skeleton Warriors first appeared in the original Fiend FolioFiend Folio
Fiend Folio is the title shared by three products published for successive editions of the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons...
. The Fiend Folio was reviewed by Jamie Thomson in the British magazine White Dwarf
White Dwarf (magazine)
White Dwarf is a magazine published by British games manufacturer Games Workshop. Initially covering a wide variety of fantasy and science-fiction role-playing and board games, particularly the role playing games Dungeons & Dragons, RuneQuest and Traveller...
#28 (December 1981/January 1982). As part of his review, Thomson comments on several monsters appearing in the book, referring to the skeleton warriors as "beings similar to Tolkien's ringwraiths".
The skeleton warrior appeared in second edition for the Dragonlance
Dragonlance
Dragonlance is a shared universe created by Laura and Tracy Hickman, and expanded by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis under the direction of TSR, Inc. into a series of popular fantasy novels. The Hickmans conceived Dragonlance while driving in their car on the way to TSR for a job application...
setting in the Monstrous Compendium Dragonlance Appendix (1990), and reprinted in the Monstrous Manual (1993).
Description
Skeleton warriors are created from great warriors by powerful necromancyNecromancy
Necromancy is a claimed form of magic that involves communication with the deceased, either by summoning their spirit in the form of an apparition or raising them bodily, for the purpose of divination, imparting the ability to foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge...
. Unlike their lesser kin, skeleton warriors retain all of their fighting skill and are highly resistant to magic. Skeleton warriors are difficult to command, and as such are rarely found in groups greater than two or three.
Lord Soth
Lord Soth
Lord Soth, the Knight of the Black Rose , is a fictional character in the fantasy realms of Dragonlance and later Ravenloft...
of Krynn
Krynn
Krynn is the fictional world of the Dragonlance novels, co-written by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis. It has also been used in many other books, set in the Dragonlance universe. It is also used as the main setting in the Dragonlance campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing...
was served by thirteen skeleton warriors, the cursed undead remnants of his loyal retainers.