Thread 96342669

Post skeletons. Talk about skeletons. Appreciate skeletons.

>>96342669 (OP)
A corpse should never be a long term thing as something you should control or use. Having to make a body get up and walk to where you need it to so it doesn't look weird is one thing but if you're going to have undead, forcing a soul to possess an inanimate object seems not only more horrific but vastly more practical.

>>96342703
Counterpoint: Spirit inhabitation typically works best when the vessel has strong sympathetic connections to the embodying spirit. So if we're talking about making servitors by conjuring spirits of the dead, attaching them to their own long-rotted body is certainly practical. Not to mention the superior intimidation factor against weak-stomached enemies.

Skelebros are great

>>96342724
Counter-Counterpoint: If having a piece of the original individuals body is a necessary component (i'm not against that, the process should never be easy) then incorporating the bones into some kind of body structure makes sense and achieves the same result.

I'm simply of the opinion of just having the body work is boring. That being said, I'm also against the idea of industrial undead revolution as a means of creating some kind of paradise as well.

>>96342772
Sympathetic magic isn't purely scientific, a finger-bone inside the chest compartment isn't going to be as effective a tether as the complete (or mostly complete) corpse.
As to why this doesn't lead to "undead industrial revolution", well that's easy. Necromancy IS inherently evil and monstrous, and if it doesn't attract templars to your location it will rarely be in the hands of someone who is well-tempered and able to convince society that animating corpses is totally fine because they farm more efficiently or whatever.

>>96342805
No effort should ever be easy. It's the sort of thinking that leads to the undead labor paradise and the necro-computer into being considered non-ironically instead of being silly ideas pondered through memes.

>>96342805
>Necromancy IS inherently evil and monstrous
Yeah because being dangerous and harmful really stopped the IRL industrial revolution and gilded age from happening. Asshole.

>>96343294
Key difference is you can't be forcibly brought back to life and made to toil indefinitely

i love skeletons!

every fantasy rpg should have skeletons as a playable race

every tabletop game should have skeletons as a playable faction

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>>96343466
Those ain't skeletons, they're humans wearing skulls as decorations!

>>96342715
Hardest shit I've ever seen

>>96342669 (OP)
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>>96345121
Skeletons are ghosts that use skulls as decoration.

Someday we'll all be skeletons. Fuck yeah.

Anyone know where i can get good quality material?
Only low level adventurers come into my lair these days and its not even worth making a simple skeleton from their bones.

>>96346344
Most adventurers don't bother burning the corpses of the monsters they slay. Just shadow a relatively high-level party, wait for them to kill something suitably large, and then get to work after they leave.

the comfiest of boners

>>96342669 (OP)
Do you accept robo Skellies?

I want to paint up some bones on miniature skeletons.
Which specific paints (any brand) are high covering and good for the job of speedpainting skellies off a black primer?

>>96342669 (OP)
>buddy is running Curse of Strahd
>work with him to make a Rogue that is secretly a skeleton
>he's dressed head to toe in leather and wraps, gave him Invisible Man style goggles
>nobody knows but me and the DM
>describe myself as skinny and gangly
>say things like "I feel it in my bones", no one pays it any mind
>if anyone asks why I'm covered up, I say I have a skin condition
>nobody knows I'm really a skeleton or that I have a tragic romantic backstory
I cannot wait for the dramatic reveal, it's going to be so good

>>96342669 (OP)
Do you accept robot Skellies?

>>96354764
Kenshi's metal bone bros. You can even mix and match prosthetics to make the perfect being.

>>96354764
>>96356906
Clankers get out. It's bones or bust, and no bones about it.

>>96354845
God Warhammer Fantasy Skellies are so stylish. The entire Aesthetic of them is just perfect.

>>96356906
>>96357004

Holy Crap, it's Thulsa Doom

"sips"
seems like most of the skelies are still sleeping in, lazy bones better wake up next month to start prepping.

>>96343464
>Clyde always ruins the group photo

>>96354751
I love shit like this
Anyone remember the Bear Diplomat? Maxed out charisma to fool people into believing he's not a literal bear?

>>96361160
>>96361168
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT3cl4GJIDs

Wasn't there one where the dread lich dead lord woke up and was all "SUP SHIT LORD!"