Why do skeletons make the best archers?

No muscles means no twitching/spasms/involuntary movement.

loyalty, immunity to other archers, can throw own skulls if out of ammo

Because they make their enemies quiver.

they're dead accurate

>>387071406
I can't take any skeletons in games seriously anymore. They are not scary or serious. They look goofy as fuck.

They've got a BONE to pick with you!

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>>387071692
cheeky

>>387071627
Oh no, that sucks man.

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>>387071692
>>387071709

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No eyes means their vision goes directly into their head, so they can see targets faster.
>>387071692

>>387071715
I fucking love goofy skeletons

>>387071406
He didn't have the guts to be a foot soldier

>>387071406
They have spent a great deal of time boning up on it.

I wish the skeleton mages in Diablo 2 were elemental archers instead.

>>387071406
>that trigger discipline

>>387072434
I think it is a Redguard skelly.
He fires a bow the way nigs fire pistols.

>>387071406
They're excellent at locking their bones to get a steady shot

they have a bone to pick

5000 skeleton archers!

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why are skeletons best race?

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No, they don't. This does.

>>387073146
What if there's a skeleton inside?

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>>387073064
because they don't fuck around

>>387071406
Because if you type boskeletonrp but can't spoiler the "skeleton" in the word properly, it means you're autistic.

They don't tire. They can keep shooting arrows without stopping, ever. They don't require pay. They don't require food. Except the ammo zero logistics involved. No sleep either. Maximum accuracy since they don't shake. Their sight is magical. Great resistance to other archers. No demoralization, max loyalty. Fear factor.

>>387073384
they still have to load arrows into the quiver and run out of ammo

>>387073146
KAKAKAKA XD DARK SOULS AMRITE???? =3

They have a bone to pick with the enemy

>>387073332
they're hollow suits of armor

>>387073332
absurd plot twist

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>>387071406

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>>387073332
That is a very worrying thought.

>>387073486
>LOL IM SO JADED AND CYNICAL I CAN'T ENJOY THINGS!
>PLS PAY ATTENTION TO ME IM SO COOL FOR NOT LIKING [LIKED THING]

>>387071692

>>387073384
>they don't shake
But they do rattle. Checkmate Atheists.

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fav vidya skeletons?

>>387073762
Manny Calavera

>>387073064
>x-tra calcium

I don't know why this always gets me.

>>387071406
unholy strength allows them to slam arrows into you with great force and them being dead means no muscle twitches or breathing so they're deadly accurate

>>387071692
Garlos

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>>387073762
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpqct1zMqTE

>>387071406
You need muscles to hold a sword

>>387073941
>deadly accurate
hehe

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>>387073762
there is only one correct answer

>>387074075
Da Best Skel

>>387071406
Why do slimes makes the best giant rats?

>>387071715
Uhm no sweetie, skeletons with no/minimal armor are the most fun minions to fight against

>tfw you can no longer enjoy skeletons, because liking skeletons makes people associate you with the cancerous Undertale fanbase

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>>387074107
then how do you explain THIS

>>387071692
this desu

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>>387074389
It does? You're either hanging around retards or you might possibly be retarded yourself. I fucking love skeletons.

If a skeleton can be magically animated, then why not just magically animate any old shit together into soldiers?

What games other than Dota and MediEvil let you play as skellys?

>>387074389
skelefags are the absolute worst

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>>387074107
No you don't

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>>387071406
Skeletons are not good archers, they just use bows to not be near any weapon that would shatter them. Bones are lightweight and easy to knock around, so they wouldn't be good in a melee, and them being skeletons makes them hard to hit with piercing weapons such as arrows, so them being archers makes them the most bothersome to deal with.

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You need to solve the riddle.

>>387074473
something something harder to bring life to inanimate objects than the remains of the dead

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>>387074473
you mean like rocks?

>>387074473
Golems are tanks with shit dmg, and aren't as classy as skeletons.

>>387073064
This reminded me to drink some milk actually

>>387075039
you can drink my milk any time

>>387073064
im sad hardly any rpg's let me be skeletons or undead/necromancer dudes

>>387073064
What are some mmos where I can play as a skeleton?

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because they are rad as fuck

>>387073545
but what if theres a skeleton inside?

>>387075189
World of Warcraft

Jesus christ this thread is terrifying.

>>387074473
Obviously because more objects to animate = more magic effort required to animate it. Skeletons are built in a way they are not excessively complex, but also have a humanoid shape by themselves. So they're easier to magically animate then a pile of a few hundred rocks or scrap metal or clay.

>in every setting that attempts to explain them skeletons are super hard to make
>you have to bind a soul / create some rudimentary intellect that controls them
>you have to define a very precise programming that allows them to function autonomously
>you also need some magic that powers and binds the skeleton together because unconnected bones can't move on their own
>sometimes it's also said the bones are magically reinforce because they'd be too brittle on their own

>skeletons are the weakest enemy in 90% of games

fuck this stupid shit
what games handle skeletons realistically?

>>387075146
gotta have those fucking plain human knights and elven archers amirite?

>>387075270
there is no skeleton race

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you are all pathetic

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>>387075614
I think not

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>>387075487
>encounter skeleton enemy
>they have normal human movenent and animations instead of taking advatage of the full range of motion possible by not having meat to hinder you

>>387075487
>what games handle skeletons realistically?
any game that keeps them inanimate when they're outside of the body?

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I found it

>>387075487
i feel like morrowind and oblivion did skeletons pretty well.
they got terrifying to encounter if
a: you didnt level correctly
b: You're a shitter like a thief or non destruction mage
c: You're really late game and the skeletons can summon other skeletons

>>387074473
Because skellies retain some of the power and skills they had when they were alive

The skelegates Dahnald

>>387074770
pls off me

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>>387073762

>>387073762
i want miss bones to wildly ride me

>>387075487
Morrowind

They reinforce those niggas with leather straps n' shit

>>387075871
I wish some game allowed you to assemble a skeleton with parts of various monsters and creatures like it was a robot, that would be fucking sick

They are masters of Bow-n and M-arrows

>>387071406

Is it weird if I really like the look/aesthetic of skeletons? Not in a creepy way, I just usually think they look really good. Maybe it's because they are always "perfectly" proportioned and don't have imperfections in skin/muscle that make characters unique. I would love a game where you play as a skeleton warrior or something

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>you will never be a bejeweled skeleton

>>387076264
I want a necromancer game like that, kill shit for bones, build skeletal monstrosities from them to kill more shit

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>>387075871
>google game of bones
>GoT porn parody shows up

>>387076249
Any chance you remember what book details the skeleton creation techniques?
Or are you saying that based on concept art / their in-game appearance?

>>387074341
>rattling skeletons aren't improved by clanky helmets

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Humans are naturally repulsed by signs of death and decay:
>maggots
>gore
>fungi
>rotting flesh

But a skeleton doesn't make you disgusted in the same way. I wonder why?

>>387076560
What would you have named it, then?

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>>387074610
That actually makes sense

>>387076264
I'd like it if normal skeleton enemies could do that. So many games have them simply reform, but it'd be cool if multiple downed skeleton enemies could form back into a new enemy, maybe even mixing different types of skeletons from different creatures.

talking about skeletons
which are some games where i can be necromancer
might and magic has too childish graphics
it would be nice something like age of wonders but with necromancer

>>387076663
Most skeletons were revived by their living family members to serve as guards in their family tombs.

>>387076759
because years of television and video games have desensitized the most iconic symbol of human death into just a "cool" emblem

>>387071406
Because in old DnD they were completely immune to everything but blunt weaponry and magic. This made them an absolute fucking cunt for warriors and archers. The only class that could reliably deal with them was mages.

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>>387076434
>Not wanting to be a crystallized skeleton

>>387076907
There's actually not that many games with playable necromancers where they're not just mages with curses or black magic
Getting to summon a skellington is rare, more than one - super rare

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Why are there so few games where you can play as a skeleton? You'd think they'd be more popular, but surprisingly not.

>>387076820
I believe that's the logic behind the D&D rulebooks, since the whole Skeleton Archer trope goes way back.

>>387076763
Boneborne

>>387071678
I only use the magic bow (the blue thing you summon) when playing skyrim and it's really effective

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>>387076759
because there are skeletons inside all of us even when we're alive so they arent symbols of death in the same way that maggots or rotting flesh are. theyre somewhere in the middle ground

>>387073064
>tfw lactose intolerant

The skeleton inside me screams for the sweet embrace of death

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>>387076663
https://www.imperial-library.info/content/preparation-corpse-volume-two-skeletal-corpse

Here you go senpai

>>387077157
well
what about i being a evil guy controlling demons or monsters? like dominions
i dont play dominions cause this shit has graphics too shitty and is too hard

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>>387076907
Infinity Engine games

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Give them some good armor and they're pretty brutal tanks

>>387076907
Almraiven mod for NWN puts you in the shoes of a necromancer detective.
Plays like an adventure game, mostly.

You steal corpses.
You do nasty rituals.
You summon dead people's ghosts to interrogate them.
No skelemen, though, even your undead servant is an incorporeal ghost.

JUST ANOTHER MONTH TO GO, LADS.

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>>387071692

>>387076759
Blood and gore are recent deaths

To see a skeleton it means the thing died a pretty long while ago so I guess youre brain just goes "shits fine yo"

>>387077335
Wow, thanks.

>>387071692
Your good.

>>387077490
For what?

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TES6 WHEN

It wont even run on my stupid puter

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*searches for 'strange skeleton'*

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>>387071715

You gotta be shitting me, anon. Scary skellies still exist

>>387071406
Because Clinkz is best boy

>>387077708
>TES6 announced
>most likely the story will be shit, dialogue will be even shittier than skyrim and will be stripped of even more rpg elements
>will still be hyped for its release
Fucking Todd got me good with Oblivion when I was younger.

>>387077646
Original Sin 2 gets released, has an undead race you can play
>>387077541

>>387077901
Are there screenshots of that? I've seen screens of human elves and lizardmen but not of skeletons yet

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Why was his remake so shit?

At least he got in on the royale.

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>>387078051
Only concept art as of now. But they are 100% confirmed for launch.

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Skeletons are kewl

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>>387071692
>>387071709

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>>387077413

>>387078102
Because of the annoying fucking extra unnecessary character lodged into his head as if the story needed any actual explaining

>Dan fucked up and died
>Zarok's spell brings him back alongside everybody else and he finally gets to live up to his fake namesake
WOW, I APPARENTLY NEEDED SOME CATERPILLAR MOTHERFUCKER TO EXPLAIN THIS

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I fuckin love skeletons!

>>387077391
>what about i being a evil guy controlling demons or monsters?
You could always load up Baldur's Gate 2 and play as an evil cleric. Sommoning skeletons, summonging demons, summoning demon angels. Idk, closes I could think of. It is after all just DnD in a video game format.

>>387078303
>story isn't just "trek across the land to find and defeat Zarok"
>now there's some magic egyptian stone that you need to defeat Zarok's elite guard
>also JOKES EVERYWHERE WHAT THE FUCK IS TONE

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>>387078315
>5500 Liches

That's a lotta of undeads

>>387075871
I never knew that I needed this until know

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>>387071406
I'd love to see an RTS/RPG hybrid game where a magical apocalypse has reduced the earth's population to like 600 people who are all adept necromancers with different personalities and goals who raise hordes of thousands of skeletons/various undead to settle differences, create a semblance of a functioning living settlement or just to have boredom battles.

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>>387078102
He didn't deserve any of that.

>>387074473
Because skellies can spook your enemies.

>>387074473
Cause spooky scary skeletons send startling shrilly screams.

>>387075487
>skeletons are super hard to make
>literally cast "raise undead"
>20MP cost
wow so hard

>>387073064
Sasuga Ainz-sama.

>>387078603
>>387078303
I get what they were trying to go for with the dialogue, but it doesn't compare to the humor in the first game.