Homebrew Animated Skeleton Species Details

Skeletons are a mystery, even to some necromancers. Their bones are seemingly barely holding together, and yet they can be formidable foes. Their light weight and lack of flesh makes them incredibly talented at evading notice, second only to their incorporeal cousins.

Animated Skeleton Traits

Most skeletons have adapted well to undeath, and have learned to use their bones in unanticipated ways, much to the detriment of any who would underestimate them.

Age

Animated Skeletons do not age.

Size

Animated skeletons can stand between 5 and 7 feet tall. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet. Your speed is not reduced by wearing heavy armor.

Darkvision

You're undead nature has granted you the ability to see in the dark.

Deathless Nature

  • Deathless Nature. You have escaped death, a fact represented by the following benefits:
    • You have advantage on saving throws against disease and being poisoned, and you have resistance to poison damage.
    • You have advantage on death saving throws.
    • You don’t need to eat, drink, or breathe.
    • You don’t need to sleep, and magic can’t put you to sleep. You can finish a long rest in 4 hours if you spend those hours in an inactive, motionless state, during which you retain consciousness.

Bag of Bones

Bag o' Bones. As an reaction, you can choose to collapse into a pile of bones. While you are in this state you are prone, and your movement speed is 0. You cannot benefit from any increases to your speed. In this state, you are indistinguishable from a normal pile of bones.

Bone to Pick

Bone to Pick. Your arm can be removed and used as a weapon or tool. You can use a bonus action and a free hand to remove it.

If wielded as a weapon it deals 1d6 bludgeoning damage and has the Finesse property. It can also be used as thieves' tools or another set of simple tools, or used as a percussion instrument in conjunction with your ribcage. You can use another bonus action to reattach the arm.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language you would've spoken in life.

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