Skeletal Warriors

[Empathaur]

Quick question about (subject), what on earth about skeletal warriors makes them magic user-ey enough that Trog appreciates their killing? Is this a bug, I did a little searching, but didn't see anything on the topic. Or maybe is this just a bone thrown to Troglodytes that want to clear the Crypt / Tomb and not rely on Necrophages for piety? I'm sure the answer is an easy one, and if there is a topic discussing it already, please ignore this thread (but point me in the direction of same!).

[BlackSheep]

http://crawl.develz.org/info/inline.php?q=skeletal+warrior

[Empathaur]

Thanks, buddy. I swear I read that entry 25 times, but somehow missed The obvious spellcaster tag. I have never noticed these dudes animating The dead, but that's probably a lot to do with being in an undead smashing rage. In any case, I am thankful for them.

[crate]

You don't notice them using animate dead because there are no corpses/skeletons in crypt for them to animate....

[Empathaur]

You don't notice them using animate dead because there are no corpses/skeletons in crypt for them to animate....

I just meant in general. They do appear outside of The crypt fairly regularly, I just hadn't noticed them using the spell. Blame my lack of paying attention or caring. By the time I can handle these monsters, the game is pretty much on auto pilot until Zot.

[brendan]

skeletal warriors suck

That's why I removed them from the Abyss.

[ZipZipskins]

You'd think that something called a Skeletal Warrior would be more intimidating, really.

[Davion Fuxa]

Ghouls are much in the same category as Skeletal Warriors - can something be done about them too?

[Lasty]

Ghouls are much in the same category as Skeletal Warriors - can something be done about them too?

Though ghoul rot is always a danger -- admittedly one that's fully mitigated by enough !curing.

[adozu]

but not something that needs to be buffed either. one of the worst moments on crawl for me ever was ending up surrounded by 3 ghouls after a very unlucky teleport. rotted me for like 70hp before i got back in control of the situation.

[cerebovssquire]

well pretty much everything about crypt sucks so there's that

[Arrhythmia]

well pretty much everything about crypt sucks so there's that

That one ending where you fight through that temple thing in a forest is pretty fun.

[tcjsavannah]

That one ending where you fight through that temple thing in a forest is pretty fun.

Only because you can go pyro and burn the entire forest down in like five turns.

[eeviac]

skeletal warriors suck

That's why I removed them from the Abyss.

Now just lower their AC and remove their pack status and you can be the new #1 best dev.

[Sandman25]

I like Skeletal Warriors. They almost killed a couple of my characters in Crypt and I had to go elsewhere. They often use Polearms and it means you can't easily melee them (unless you are a tank with good EV) because you are attacked by at least 2 monsters.

[Psieye]

They're a credible threat if they appear at like D:15 or so. In Crypt (and Tartarus) they are just trash mobs to clean up.

[Sandman25]

They're a credible threat if they appear at like D:15 or so. In Crypt (and Tartarus) they are just trash mobs to clean up.

Even for SpEn?

[Psieye]

They're a credible threat if they appear at like D:15 or so. In Crypt (and Tartarus) they are just trash mobs to clean up.

Even for SpEn?

Invis-stab, gg.

[Sandman25]

They're a credible threat if they appear at like D:15 or so. In Crypt (and Tartarus) they are just trash mobs to clean up.

Even for SpEn?

Invis-stab, gg.

My SpEn almost died doing it. I guess I should have retreated earlier instead of getting glow.

[Psieye]

Uh yeah, that's a given. If you are glowing, you are not invis-stabbing.

[crate]

you know spriggans move much faster than skeletal warriors right

[Sandman25]

you know spriggans move much faster than skeletal warriors right

Yes, I know it
I got surrounded.