Name: skeleton
Difficulty: 14
Base level: 12
Base experience: 359
Speed: 8
Base AC: 4
Base MR: 0
Alignment: 0
Frequency: no random generation
Genocidable: No
ATTACKS:
Projectile as weapon, or if in range, uses melee weapon for 2d6
Touch: Drains victim's uninherent speed
Weight: 300
Nutritional value: 5 (but leaves no corpse)
Size: medium
Resistances: cold, sleep, poison, petrification
Resistances conveyed by eating: None

Due to its unusual body chemistry, A skeleton has no need to breathe. It is humanoid. It has no mind, and is therefore not detectable via telepathy. It has a thick hide.

A skeleton is a magically animated undead creature. Unlike shades, only a humanoid creature can be used to create a skeleton. No one knows why this is true, but it has become an accepted fact amongst the practitioners of the black arts.