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{{otheruses|the monster class in EvilHack|the monster in NetHack and other variants|skeleton}}
The '''skeleton''' is a [[monster class]] that appears in [[EvilHack]], and is represented by the lowercase [[z]] glyph ({{white|z}}). Skeletons are designated internally by the macro S_SKELETON.

The class contains the following monsters:

* {{cyan|z}} [[small skeletal hound]]
* {{grey|z}} [[skeletal pont]]
* {{cyan|z}} [[skeletal hound]]
* {{white|z}} [[Skeleton (EvilHack)|skeleton]]
* {{grey|z}} [[skeletal horse]]
* {{cyan|z}} [[large skeletal hound]]
* {{grey|z}} [[skeletal warhorse]]
* {{brightcyan|z}} [[skeleton warrior]]

==Common traits==
All skeletons are [[chaotic]]-aligned [[undead]] creatures that are magically-animated and made of [[bone]]: they are [[unbreathing]] and count as being [[thick-skinned]], since they lack any organs or other organic parts—except for the skeleton warrior, they are all [[mindless]]. Skeletons possess [[cold resistance]], [[sleep resistance]], [[poison resistance]], [[death resistance]], [[drain resistance]], [[immunity to sickness]], and [[stoning resistance]]; they are also immune to [[lycanthropy]] and have a [[vulnerability]] to [[Fire (element)|fire]].

The skeleton and skeleton warrior are [[humanoid]] and have weapon attacks, with the traits of the [[skeleton]] from vanilla ''[[NetHack]]'' split between them:

* Both skeletons retain the low 8 [[speed]], medium [[Physical size|size]] and [[nutrition]] values.
* The weaker skeleton of EvilHack shares the same base [[AC]] and [[weight]], generates with similar armor as a minimum, and has a weapon attack that is half the strength of the vanilla skeleton. Unlike the vanilla skeleton, they can generate randomly and will often appear in small [[group]]s.
* The skeleton warrior retains [[Monster level|the monster level]] and [[Monster difficulty|difficulty]] of the vanilla skeleton, along with the same exact weapon attack and slowing attack, but has a higher weight and better base AC. Skeleton warriors also generate randomly, and appear deeper in the dungeon—including within [[Orcus-Town]], the only level where normal skeletons in ''NetHack'' appear—and can also be created by [[polypiling]] if there are enough items made of bone in the affected pile(s).

The other skeleton monsters are [[domestic animal]]-like undead that act as skeletal counterparts to the [[Grow up|growth stages]] of the [[dog]] and [[horse]], sharing the same attacks, speed and similar AC.

[[Chatting]] to any skeleton monster will freeze the [[hero]] in place for a few turns regardless of hostility, and [[free action]] will not prevent this.

===Generation===
Of the skeleton monsters, only skeletons and skeleton warriors are generated randomly.

==History==
The skeleton monster class first appears in version 0.9.0.

==Encyclopedia entry==
{{encyclopedia-redirect|skeleton}}
[[Category:EvilHack monsters]]

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 * Both skeletons retain the low 8 [[speed]], medium [[Physical size|size]] and [[nutrition]] values.
 * The weaker skeleton of EvilHack shares the same base [[AC]] and [[weight]], generates with similar armor as a minimum, and has a weapon attack that is half the strength of the vanilla skeleton. Unlike the vanilla skeleton, they can generate randomly and will often appear in small [[group]]s.
-* The skeleton warrior retains [[Monster level|the monster level]] and [[Monster difficulty|difficulty]] of the vanilla skeleton, along with the same exact weapon attack and slowing attack, but has a higher weight and better base AC. Skeleton warriors also generate randomly, and appear deeper in the dungeon&mdash;including within [[Orcus-town]], the only level where normal skeletons in ''NetHack'' appear&mdash;and can also be created by [[polypiling]] if there are enough items made of bone in the affected pile(s).
+* The skeleton warrior retains [[monster level]] and [[Monster difficulty|difficulty]] of the vanilla skeleton, along with the same exact weapon attack and [[slowing attack]], but it also has a higher weight and better base AC. Skeleton warriors also generate randomly, and appear deeper in the dungeon&ndash;including within [[Orcus-town]], the only level where normal skeletons in ''NetHack'' appear&ndash;and can also be created by [[polypiling]] if there are enough items made of bone in the affected pile(s).
-The other skeleton monsters are [[domestic animal]]-like undead that act as skeletal counterparts to the [[Grow up|growth stages]] of the [[dog]] and [[horse]], sharing the same attacks, speed and similar AC.
+The other skeleton monsters are [[domestic animal]]-like undead that act as skeletal counterparts to the [[growth stage]]s of the [[dog]] and [[horse]], serving as starting pets to [[Draugr (starting race)|draugr]] [[heroes]] and sharing the same attacks, speed and similar AC.
-[[Chatting]] to any skeleton monster will freeze the [[hero]] in place for a few turns regardless of hostility, and [[free action]] will not prevent this.
+[[Chatting]] to any skeleton monster will freeze the hero in place for a few turns regardless of hostility, and [[free action]] will not prevent this.
 ===Generation===

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 ==Encyclopedia entry==
 {{encyclopedia-redirect|skeleton}}<!--{{variant-36X}}-->
-[[Category:EvilHack monsters]]
+[[Category:EvilHack monster classes]]

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 {{otheruses|the monster class in EvilHack|the monster in NetHack and other variants|skeleton}}
-The '''skeleton''' is a [[monster class]] that appears in [[EvilHack]], and is represented by the lowercase [[z]] glyph ({{white|z}}). Skeletons are designated internally by the macro S_SKELETON.
+The '''skeleton''' is a [[monster class]] that appears in [[EvilHack]], and is represented by the lowercase [[z]] glyph ({{white|z}}). Skeletons are designated internally by the macro '''<tt>S_SKELETON</tt>'''.
 The class contains the following monsters:

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 * {{cyan|z}} [[small skeletal hound]]
-* {{grey|z}} [[skeletal pont]]
+* {{gray|z}} [[skeletal pont]]
 * {{cyan|z}} [[skeletal hound]]
 * {{white|z}} [[Skeleton (EvilHack)|skeleton]]
-* {{grey|z}} [[skeletal horse]]
+* {{gray|z}} [[skeletal horse]]
 * {{cyan|z}} [[large skeletal hound]]
-* {{grey|z}} [[skeletal warhorse]]
+* {{gray|z}} [[skeletal warhorse]]
 * {{brightcyan|z}} [[skeleton warrior]]