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Volume III · Monster ManualBuild 25

Skeletal Warrior

Creatures of the Crooked Mile

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Skeletal Warrior
Implemented development through Build 25Reviewed 28 October 2026

Undead frontliner · Physical

There is no breath to read and little hesitation to exploit. The bones remember their work.

Reference statistics

Basic difficulty · ordinary profile before temporary states and encounter adjustments

HP
29
Armor class
13
Attack
+4
Damage
d6+1
Initiative
10
Strikes
1

Weaknesses Holy, Earth

Resistances Void

Polymorph immunity No authored immunity

Traits and special behavior

One ordinary strike. Benefits from living Necro Survivor aura.

See the condition reference for the shared effects, and enemy tuning for difficulty-wide chance adjustments.

Statistics by difficulty

DifficultyHPACAttackDamageStrikes
Basic2913+4d6+11
Advanced6418+8d6+51
Expert9624+11d6+81
Master13126+13d6+101
Master+14428+14d6+131

Includes explicit tier overrides and the final maximum-HP multiplier. Damage is the ordinary die and bonus, before final outgoing multipliers. Rage, growth, buffs, encounter adjustments and special action damage are not baked into this table.

Current appearances

AdventureLocationEncounter roster
The Lost DungeonsThe Old BarracksSkeletal Warrior × 2
The Lost DungeonsThe Turned StairSkeletal Warrior × 2

Arena: The Graveyard Shift

Detailed reference

These panels retain the exact authored configuration, including unscaled base values. For tier overrides, −1 Attack or damage bonus and zero HP or strikes mean “inherit”; tier indices run from 0 (Basic) to 4 (Master+). Field values and message templates are shown as reference data, not additional rules.

Creature configuration
Stable identifier
skeletalWarrior
Name
Skeletal Warrior
Plate Name
Skeleton
Role
Undead frontliner
HP
29
Armor class
13
Attack
4
Damage die
6
Damage bonus
1
Initiative
10
Artwork registry index
28
Visual Scale
0.85
Preserve Aspect
Yes
Element
Attack Text
{actor} lashes out at {target}.
Weaknesses
  1. Holy
  2. Earth
Resistances
  1. Void
Visual Top Padding
0.053856
Visual Bottom Padding
0.047207
Tier Damage Multiplier
0.85
Tier Adjustments
  1. Tier index (0–4)
    4
    HP
    24
    Damage bonus
    -1
Attack Sound
combat.skeletonStrike
Encounter configurations (2)

Whole encounter rewards and modifiers are shown here; they are not rewards for defeating this creature alone. Legacy fields remain visible for configuration audits.

  1. Stable identifier
    barracksDead
    Enemies
    1. skeletalWarrior
    2. skeletalWarrior
    3. necroSurvivor
    Gold
    32
    Xp
    40
    Opening
    The fragile blue-robed survivor grants skeletons +2 attack and damage while it lives.
  2. Stable identifier
    cc-07-roll-call
    Enemies
    1. skeletalWarrior
    2. skeletalWarrior
    Opening
    Two skeletons patrol the <b>wrong stair</b>. They spot the Company. At last: someone else to blame.
    Gold
    20
    Xp
    20
Artwork and presentation
Resource
JournalArt/Core/Shared/Creatures/SkeletalWarrior
Registrations
  1. Resource
    JournalArt/Core/Shared/Creatures/SkeletalWarrior
    Height Units
    1
    Body Height
    0.898936
    Ground Y
    0.047207
    Center X
    0.506214

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