Skeletal pirate (Pirate patch) - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: correction

2026-05-30T06:49:38Z

correction

Umbire the Phantom: forgot this too - I'm losing my touch

2026-05-30T03:38:45Z

forgot this too - I'm losing my touch

Umbire the Phantom: /* Generation */ groups

2026-05-30T02:34:40Z

‎Generation: groups

Umbire the Phantom: exp

2026-05-30T02:28:57Z

exp

Umbire the Phantom: ugh...

2026-05-30T02:15:09Z

ugh...

Umbire the Phantom: something I just noticed

2026-05-30T01:30:23Z

something I just noticed

Umbire the Phantom: and in all that I forgot the inventory

2026-05-28T15:11:22Z

and in all that I forgot the inventory

Umbire the Phantom: clarify and rephrase

2026-05-28T15:02:01Z

clarify and rephrase

Umbire the Phantom: focus this on the pirate patch, which doesn't have much more about it - cover grudges, king of the hill and generation, leave for later origin work

2026-05-28T14:57:10Z

focus this on the pirate patch, which doesn't have much more about it - cover grudges, king of the hill and generation, leave for later origin work

Umbire the Phantom: gonna have to cut it here - splice and slashthem have enough differences mechanically for pirates to warrant a split

2026-05-28T14:33:18Z

gonna have to cut it here - splice and slashthem have enough differences mechanically for pirates to warrant a split

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 {{otheruses|the monster in the Pirate patch|the monster in other variants|skeletal pirate}}
-A '''skeletal pirate''', {{white|Z}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[User:Chris|ChrisANG's]] [[Pirate]] role [[patch]]. The skeletal pirate is a type of [[strong]], [[humanoid]] and [[Zombie (monster class)|zombie-class]] [[undead]] being that is somewhat similar to the [[skeleton]]: it 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 [[soldier]]s and [[Sergeant (monster)|sergeants]]&mdash;they are intended to attack a Pirate [[hero]] or any other pirate monster that has [[The Treasury of Proteus (Pirate patch)|The Treasury of Proteus]] in their open inventory, but a copy-paste error duplicates the case for [[Damned pirate (Pirate patch)|damned pirates]] instead.
+A '''skeletal pirate''', {{white|Z}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[User:Chris|ChrisANG's]] [[Pirate]] role [[patch]]. The skeletal pirate is a type of [[strong]], [[humanoid]] and [[Zombie (monster class)|zombie-class]] [[undead]] being that is somewhat similar to the [[skeleton]]: it 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 [[soldier]]s and [[Sergeant (monster)|sergeants]]&mdash;they are intended to attack a Pirate [[hero]] that has [[The Treasury of Proteus (Pirate patch)|The Treasury of Proteus]] in their open inventory, but a copy-paste error duplicates the case for [[Damned pirate (Pirate patch)|damned pirates]] instead.
 Skeletal pirates have a single [[weapon attack]], and possess [[cold resistance]], [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[stoning resistance]], [[death resistance]], and [[drain resistance]].

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 Skeletal pirates have a single [[weapon attack]], and possess [[cold resistance]], [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[stoning resistance]], [[death resistance]], and [[drain resistance]].
 ==Generation==
 Skeletal pirates are not randomly generated, and normally-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]] or the [[Elemental Planes]], {{frac|5}} of randomly-generated monsters will be small [[group]]s of skeletal pirates.
+For a Pirate hero that has their [[quest artifact]] in open inventory and is in any branch of the dungeon other than [[Gehennom]] or the [[Elemental Planes]], {{frac|5}} of randomly-generated monsters will be small [[group]]s of 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]]. Several of them are generated on many levels of the quest branch during level creation: 12 skeletal pirates are placed randomly on the ship area of the home level, 19 are placed randomly on the locate level, and 9 more are placed on the goal level.

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 Skeletal pirates are not randomly generated, and normally-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]] or the [[Elemental Planes]], {{frac|5}} of randomly-generated monsters will be skeletal pirates.
+For a Pirate hero in any branch of the dungeon other than [[Gehennom]] or the [[Elemental Planes]], {{frac|5}} of randomly-generated monsters will be small [[group]]s of 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]]. Several of them are generated on many levels of the quest branch during level creation: 12 skeletal pirates are placed randomly on the ship area of the home level, 19 are placed randomly on the locate level, and 9 more are placed on the goal level.

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   |difficulty=7
   |level=5
-  |experience=?
+  |experience=96
   |speed=8
   |AC=4

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 {{otheruses|the monster in the Pirate patch|the monster in other variants|skeletal pirate}}
-A '''skeletal pirate''', {{white|Z}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[User:Chris|ChrisANG's]] [[Pirate]] role [[patch]]. The skeletal pirate is a type of [[strong]], [[humanoid]] and [[Zombie (monster class)|zombie-class]] [[undead]] being that is somewhat similar to the [[skeleton]]: it 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 [[soldier]]s and [[Sergeant (monster)|sergeants]]&mdash;they are intended to attack a Pirate [[hero]] or any other pirate monster that has [[The Treasury of Proteus (Pirate patch)|The Treasury of Proteus]] in their open inventory, but a copy-paste error duplicates the case for [[Damned pirate (Pirate patch)|damned patch]] instead.
+A '''skeletal pirate''', {{white|Z}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[User:Chris|ChrisANG's]] [[Pirate]] role [[patch]]. The skeletal pirate is a type of [[strong]], [[humanoid]] and [[Zombie (monster class)|zombie-class]] [[undead]] being that is somewhat similar to the [[skeleton]]: it 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 [[soldier]]s and [[Sergeant (monster)|sergeants]]&mdash;they are intended to attack a Pirate [[hero]] or any other pirate monster that has [[The Treasury of Proteus (Pirate patch)|The Treasury of Proteus]] in their open inventory, but a copy-paste error duplicates the case for [[Damned pirate (Pirate patch)|damned pirates]] instead.
 Skeletal pirates have a single [[weapon attack]], and possess [[cold resistance]], [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[stoning resistance]], [[death resistance]], and [[drain resistance]].

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   |MR=0
   |align=0
-  |frequency=1 (Very rare, SpliceHack only)
+  |frequency=0
   |genocidable=No
   |attacks=[[Weapon attack|Weapon]] 1d6 [[Physical damage|physical]]
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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|hostile=1|strong=1|collect=1|nasty=1|infravision=1}}{{attributes|In SpliceHack, a skeletal pirate also|swimming=1}}
+  |attributes={{attributes|A skeletal pirate|breathless=1|mindless=1|humanoid=1|undead=1|wander=1|hostile=1|strong=1|collect=1|nasty=1|infravision=1|nocorpse=1}}
 }}
-{{otheruses|the monster in the Pirate patch and SpliceHack|the monster in other variants|skeletal pirate}}
+{{otheruses|the monster in the Pirate patch|the monster in other variants|skeletal pirate}}
-A '''skeletal pirate''', {{white|Z}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[User:Chris|ChrisANG's]] [[Pirate]] role [[patch]], [[SpliceHack]] and [[SlashTHEM]]. The skeletal pirate is a type of [[Zombie (monster class)|zombie-class]] [[undead]] being similar to the [[skeleton]]: it is [[strong]] and [[humanoid]], has [[infravision]], displays a tendency to [[wander]] while moving, and will [[collect items]] that it comes across&mdash;in SpliceHack, they are also capable of swimming.
+A '''skeletal pirate''', {{white|Z}}, is a type of [[monster]] that appears in [[User:Chris|ChrisANG's]] [[Pirate]] role [[patch]]. The skeletal pirate is a type of [[Zombie (monster class)|zombie-class]] [[undead]] being similar to the [[skeleton]]: it is [[strong]] and [[humanoid]], 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]] such as [[soldier]]s, and they will attack a Pirate [[hero]] or any other pirate monster that has [[The Treasury of Proteus (Pirate patch)|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==
-Skeletal pirates are not randomly generated in ChrisANG's pirate patch, but are randomly generated in SpliceHack, and normally-generated skeletal pirates are always created hostile. They are not a valid genocide target.
+Skeletal pirates are not randomly generated, and normally-generated skeletal pirates are always created hostile. They are not a valid genocide target.
-The skeletal pirate is the first [[quest]] monster for Pirates in the patch by ChrisANG, [[Pirate/SpliceHack|in SpliceHack]] and [[Pirate/SlashTHEM|in SlashTHEM]]. They make up {{frac|96|175}} of monsters that are randomly generated on the [[Pirate quest]] of the original patch, [[Pirate quest/SpliceHack|SpliceHack]] and [[Pirate quest/SlashTHEM|SlashTHEM]], and several of them are generated on many levels of each quest branch during level creation:
+For a Pirate hero in any branch of the dungeon other than [[Gehennom]] or the [[Elemental Planes]], {{frac|5}} of randomly-generated monsters will be skeletal pirates.
-* In the patch by ChrisANG and in SpliceHack, 12 skeletal pirates are placed randomly on the ship of the home level, 19 are placed randomly on the locate level, and 9 more are placed on the goal level.
+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]]. Several of them are generated on many levels of the quest branch during level creation: 12 skeletal pirates are placed randomly on the ship area of the home level, 19 are placed randomly on the locate level, and 9 more are placed on the goal level.
-==Encyclopedia entry==
+Skeletal pirates [[Corpseless|do not leave a corpse]] upon death.
-{{encyclopedia|
-You best start believing in ghost stories, Miss Turner... you're in one!
+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.
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 [[Category:Pirate patch monsters]]