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{{ up to date | 2023-08-31 }} <!-- Date format is YEAR-MONTH-DAY, like 2023-08-07. -->
{{SpellPage
{{SpellPage
| name = Animate Dead: Skeleton
| name = Animate Dead: Skeleton
| image = Animate Dead Skeleton.webp
| image = Animate Dead Skeleton Icon.png
| level = 3
| level = 3
| school = Necromancy
| school = Necromancy
| ritual =  
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| summary = This spell allows spellcasters to animate a corpse to create a <span style="display: inline-block; vertical-align: middle; border: hidden; border-radius:50%; overflow: hidden">{{Icon|Portrait Skeleton.png|w=25|link=Skeleton_(Creature)}}</span> [[Skeleton_(Creature)|Skeleton]] that focuses on ranged weaponry. They must target a corpse, and the skeleton lasts until killed or until the next long rest.
| classes = Cleric, Wizard, Oathbreaker
| description = Create a [[Skeleton_(Creature)|Skeleton]] that specialises in ranged combat.
| class learns at level 5 = Cleric, Wizard
| warning = {{Prereq|The target must be a Medium or Small corpse.}}
| class learns at level 9 = Oathbreaker
| cost = action, spell3
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| summary = This spell allows spellcasters to animate a corpse to create a skeleton that focuses on ranged weaponry.
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This spell is a variation of [[Animate Dead]].
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| description = The Skeleton is armed with a [[Shortbow]] and has a [[Proficiency Bonus]] of +2.
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{{DamageInfo|count=1|die=6|plus=2|type=Piercing}}
 
The Summoned Skeleton has an [[Armour Class]] of 10, and <code><span style="color:mediumturquoise">17 Hit Points</span></code>.
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| variant of = Animate Dead
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| notes = * {{Class|Warlock}}s with the '''Pact of the Tome''' [[Warlock#Level_3|Pact Boon]] can cast this spell once per [[Long Rest]] once they receive [[Deepened Pact]] at level 5.
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==Further Details==
[[File:Skeleton Summon.png|right|frameless|160x160px]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; min-width: 300px;"
|+Summon Skeleton Stats
|-
!Strength!!Dexterity!!Constitution
|-
|10||14||8
|-
!Intelligence!!Wisdom!!Charisma
|-
|6||8||5
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Resistances
! colspan="2" |Type
|-
|{{C|[[File:Bludgeoning_Damage_Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1]]}}Bludgeoning
|Vulnerable
|-
|{{C|[[File:Poison Damage Icon.png|frameless|upright=0.1]]}}Poison
|Immune
|}
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