Ability

Ability

Troop Defenses -

 

Ability

Form a Phalanx [1 Action]

Many of the skeletons raise their shields to protect others. The infantry gain a +2 circumstance bonus to AC until the start of their next turn.

 

Ability

Form Up

 

Ability

Hurl Javelins!

The troop's members throw a volley of javelins. Each creature in a 10-foot burst within 30 feet of the troop takes 2d6+10 piercing damage (DC 26 basic Reflex save). When the troop is reduced to 8 or fewer squares, this area decreases to a 5-foot burst.

 

Ability

Lower Spears!

4d8+8 piercing damage

 

Ability

Phalanx Charge

Circumstance: The infantry is in a phalanx;

The skeletons lower their longspears and charge. The troop Strides in a straight line until they're adjacent to an enemy then use Lower Spears!, dealing 3d8+8 piercing damage. Any creature that fails its save is also knocked prone.

 

Ability

Troop Movement

Whenever the skeleton infantry Stride, they first Form Up as a free action to condense into a 20-foot-by-20-foot area (minus any missing squares), then move up to their Speed. This works just like a Gargantuan creature moving; for instance, if any square of the infantry enter difficult terrain, the extra movement cost applies to all the guards.

 

Trait

Mindless

A mindless creature has either programmed or rudimentary mental attributes. Most, if not all, of their mental ability modifiers are -5. They are immune to all mental effects.

 

Trait

Skeleton

This undead is made by animating a dead creature's skeleton with negative energy.

 

Trait

Troop

A troop is an organized collection of component creatures, typically Small or Medium in size, working as a cohesive whole. A troop is 16 squares in size and has two Hit Point thresholds in their HP entry, under which it reduces in size to 12 squares and then 8 squares. A troop has the Troop Defenses, Form Up, and Troop Movement abilities. Most troops have a weakness to area damage. Because they consist of multiple discrete creatures, they can't be summoned.

 

Trait

Undead

Once living, these creatures were infused after death with negative energy and soul-corrupting evil magic. When reduced to 0 Hit Points, an undead creature is destroyed. Undead creatures are damaged by positive energy, are healed by negative energy, and don't benefit from healing effects.

 

Perception

darkvision

 

Resistance

cold 5

electricity 5

fire 5

piercing 10

slashing 10

 

Weakness

area damage 15

splash damage 8