Homebrew Animated Skeleton Species Details
The Animated Skeleton is a construct that has been animated by means other than necromancy. The creature is unique in that it can have above or below average intelligence as befits its creators intended usage.
Animated Skeleton Traits
The Animated skeleton has traits similar to warforged & their undead cousins.Ability Score Increase
+2 Dexterity and +1 of your choice to any other stat that isn't Dexterity.
Age
A typical Animated skeleton is between two and thirty years old. The maximum Animated skeleton lifespan remains a mystery; so far, Animated skeletons have shown no signs of deterioration due to age. You are immune to magical aging effects.
Alignment
Your alignment is most likely close to your creator's alignment.
Size
Your size is medium
Speed
Your speed is 30 feet
Constructed Resilience
You were created to have remarkable fortitude, represented by the following benefits:
- You have advantage on saving throws against being poisoned, and you have resistance to poison damage.
- You don’t need to eat, drink, or breathe.
- You are immune to disease.
- You don’t need to sleep, and magic can’t put you to sleep.
Skeleton's Slumber
When you take a long rest, you must spend at least six hours in an inactive, motionless state, rather than sleeping. In this state, you appear to be a pile of bones, but it doesn’t render you unconscious, and you can see and hear as normal.
Quasi Life
You have advantage on death saving throws.
Built for a Purpose.
You gain one skill proficiency and one tool proficiency of your choice.
Languages
You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice.
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Posted Aug 22, 2020I love this race, and have been playing it in a campaign, though one thing we had to remove was the Quasi Life ability, my dm thought it was too OP.
Regardless, great race! I'm going to keep playing this for a long time!
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Posted Jan 16, 2022Love it! Though find it odd for it to be immune to disease but only resistant to poison damage and advantage against being poisoned. Feels like it would make more sense for it to immune to both?
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Posted Feb 12, 2022This is based on the Warforged, and balancing applies, can’t be immune to majority of the enemies in certain campaigns after all. But I still agree though. It is odd.
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Posted Oct 26, 2022I like the race! Love it! but I think maybe that Quasi life was removed and that maybe skeletons cant talk but they can use sign language or write notes to communicate
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Posted Dec 18, 2022there is no one stopping me from becoming brook from one piece the bard now!! mwaa hahahaha!
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Posted Feb 8, 2023This race would go great with the locket of unbearable pain
Check it out please
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Posted Jan 6, 2024Good, straight to the point skeleton race with no extra dumb backstories or lore. I mean, we all know what a skeleton is, right?
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Posted Jan 15, 2024The only issue I have with this race is the ability modifier. If you change it to the add 1 to a score and 2 to another than it would help lots.