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{{monster
|name=skeletal pirate
|symbol={{white|Z}}
|difficulty=7
|level=5
|experience=?
|speed=8
|AC=4
|MR=0
|align=0
|frequency=1
|genocidable=No
|attacks=[[Weapon attack|Weapon]] 1d6 [[Physical damage|physical]]
|weight=300
|nutr=5
|size=medium
|resistances=[[cold resistance]], [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[stoning resistance]]
|resistances conveyed=none
|attributes={{attributes|A skeletal pirate|breathless=1|mindless=1|humanoid=1|undead=1|wander=1|swimming=1|hostile=1|strong=1|collect=1|nasty=1|infravision=1|nocorpse=1}}
}}
{{otheruses|the monster in SpliceHack|the monster in other variants|skeletal pirate}}
A '''skeletal pirate''', {{white|Z}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[SpliceHack]]. The skeletal pirate is a type of [[strong]], [[humanoid]] and [[Zombie (monster class)|zombie-class]] [[undead]] being that is similar to the [[skeleton]]: it is capable of [[swimming]], has [[infravision]], displays a tendency to [[wander]] while moving, and will [[collect items]] that it comes across. Like other pirate monsters, skeletal pirates have a mutual [[grudge]] with [[mercenaries]], and they will attack a [[Pirate/Hack'EM|Pirate]] [[hero]] that has [[The Treasury of Proteus (Hack'EM)|The Treasury of Proteus]] in their open inventory.

Skeletal pirates have a single [[weapon attack]], and possess [[cold resistance]], [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[stoning resistance]], [[death resistance]], and [[drain resistance]].

==Generation==
Randomly-generated skeletal pirates are always created hostile. They are not a valid genocide target.

For a Pirate hero in any branch of the dungeon other than [[Gehennom (Hack'EM)|Gehennom]] or the [[Elemental Planes]], {{frac|5}} of randomly-generated monsters will be skeletal pirates.

The skeletal pirate is the first [[quest]] monster for Pirates, and makes up {{frac|96|175}} of monsters that are randomly generated on the [[Pirate quest/Hack'EM|Pirate quest]]. Several of them are generated on many levels of each quest branch during level creation: 12 skeletal pirates are placed randomly on the ship of the home level, 4 are placed randomly on each upper filler level, 19 are placed randomly on the locate level, 11 are placed randomly on each lower filler level, and 9 more are placed on the goal level.

Skeletal pirates can appear among the zombie-class monsters that are part of the first quest monster class for [[Priest/Hack'EM|Priests]] and make up {{frac|24|175}} of the monsters randomly generated on the [[Priest quest]].

Skeletal pirates are [[generated with]] a cursed primary weapon that has a roughly {{frac|2}} chance of being a [[scimitar]] or a [[knife]], and will be [[eroded]] if they are made of rust- or burn-prone [[Object materials (Hack'EM)|object materials]]—they are also given a piece of cursed armor that has a roughly {{frac|2}} chance of being a pair of [[high boots]] or a [[jacket]], and will be eroded if they are made of a corrosion- or rot-prone material. Like other pirate monsters, they have a {{frac|2}} chance of generating with a [[fire bomb]].

Skeletal pirates [[Corpseless|do not leave a corpse]] upon death.

A Pirate hero that is killed by any non-specific means (e.g. not by a [[wraith]] or a [[cockatrice]]) will arise as a skeletal pirate instead of a [[ghost]] if a [[bones]] file is created.

==History==
The skeletal pirate first appears in [[User:Chris|ChrisANG's]] Pirate role [[patch]].

==Encyclopedia entry==
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You best start believing in ghost stories, Miss Turner... you're in one!
|[ Hector Barbossa, Pirates of the Caribbean, the Curse of the Black Pearl ]
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 {{otheruses|the monster in Hack'EM|the monster in other variants|skeletal pirate}}
-A '''skeletal pirate''', {{white|Z}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[SpliceHack]]. The skeletal pirate is a type of [[strong]], [[humanoid]] and [[Zombie (monster class)|zombie-class]] [[undead]] being that is similar to the [[skeleton]]: it is capable of [[swimming]], has [[infravision]], displays a tendency to [[wander]] while moving, and will [[collect items]] that it comes across. Like other pirate monsters, skeletal pirates have a mutual [[grudge]] with [[mercenaries]], and they will attack a [[Pirate/Hack'EM|Pirate]] [[hero]] that has [[The Treasury of Proteus (Hack'EM)|The Treasury of Proteus]] in their open inventory.
+A '''skeletal pirate''', {{white|Z}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[Hack'EM]]. The skeletal pirate is a type of [[strong]], [[humanoid]] and [[Zombie (monster class)|zombie-class]] [[undead]] being that is similar to the [[skeleton]]: it is capable of [[swimming]], has [[infravision]], displays a tendency to [[wander]] while moving, and will [[collect items]] that it comes across. Like other pirate monsters, skeletal pirates have a mutual [[grudge]] with [[mercenaries]], and they will attack a [[Pirate/Hack'EM|Pirate]] [[hero]] that has [[The Treasury of Proteus (Hack'EM)|The Treasury of Proteus]] in their open inventory.
 Skeletal pirates have a single [[weapon attack]], and possess [[cold resistance]], [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[stoning resistance]], [[death resistance]], [[drain resistance]], and [[immunity to sickness]]. They are capable of flanking the opponent.

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   |resistances=[[cold resistance]], [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[stoning resistance]]
   |resistances conveyed=none
-  |attributes={{attributes|A skeletal pirate|breathless=1|mindless=1|humanoid=1|undead=1|wander=1|swimming=1|hostile=1|strong=1|collect=1|nasty=1|infravision=1|nocorpse=1}}
+  |attributes={{attributes|A skeletal pirate|breathless=1|mindless=1|humanoid=1|undead=1|wander=1|swimming=1|hostile=1|strong=1|collect=1|nasty=1|infravision=1|nocorpse=1|mh_unzombie=1}}
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 {{otheruses|the monster in Hack'EM|the monster in other variants|skeletal pirate}}
 A '''skeletal pirate''', {{white|Z}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[SpliceHack]]. The skeletal pirate is a type of [[strong]], [[humanoid]] and [[Zombie (monster class)|zombie-class]] [[undead]] being that is similar to the [[skeleton]]: it is capable of [[swimming]], has [[infravision]], displays a tendency to [[wander]] while moving, and will [[collect items]] that it comes across. Like other pirate monsters, skeletal pirates have a mutual [[grudge]] with [[mercenaries]], and they will attack a [[Pirate/Hack'EM|Pirate]] [[hero]] that has [[The Treasury of Proteus (Hack'EM)|The Treasury of Proteus]] in their open inventory.
-Skeletal pirates have a single [[weapon attack]], and possess [[cold resistance]], [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[stoning resistance]], [[death resistance]], and [[drain resistance]].
+Skeletal pirates have a single [[weapon attack]], and possess [[cold resistance]], [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[stoning resistance]], [[death resistance]], [[drain resistance]], and [[immunity to sickness]]. They are capable of flanking the opponent.
 ==Generation==