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* ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'': Skeletons are a kind of mindless undead animated by appropriately evil magic users. Usually. Of course, there are also liches and their variants (archlich, baelnorn, banelich, master lich).

** While most [[Dungeons and Dragons]] settings are full of undead, [[Forgotten Realms]] are especially fond of this theme and has the remarkable collection of unusual bones. For example, there lived—until she tried to raid a big temple of the god of wizardry, that is—Tashara of the Seven Skulls who seduced and tricked into becoming spellcasting flying skulls ([[More Than Mind Control|under her control]]) 7 archmages, one after another. There's even [http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Skullport one city] ''openly ruled by'' floating skulls (no, ''not'' Tashara's seven). Realms also are the origin of both baelnorn and banelich.

** While most [[Dungeons and Dragons]] settings are full of undead, [[Forgotten Realms]] are especially fond of this theme and has the remarkable collection of unusual bones. For example, there lived—until she tried to raid a big temple of the god of wizardry, that is—Tashara of the Seven Skulls who seduced and tricked into becoming spellcasting flying skulls ([[More Than Mind Control|under her control]]) 7 archmages, one after another. There's even [http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Skullport one city] ''openly [[The Necrocracy|ruled by]]'' floating skulls (no, ''not'' Tashara's seven). Realms also are the origin of both baelnorn and banelich. Plus utility/guardian bony constructs - [[Helping Hands|Crawling Claws]]. There are several spells magically enhancing a common undead skeleton (Enlarge Skeleton, Empower Skeleton, Skeletal Spellcraft), spell that disguises the caster as a skeleton (Become Bones - makes non-bony tissues invisible and fools mindless undead into ignoring the caster) and even at least two spells temporarily creating ''fake'' undead skeletons - Shadow Skeleton (not entirely corporeal, but can be given arbitrary garb and has stunning touch) and Skeletal Bride (clothing not included, has featureless blob head, but is fully solid and can carry things, though not heavy).

** Apart from the lich, D&D featured many other skeletal sentient undead, like the [http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/dreo/20071003a Death Knight] (skeletal warrior), the Huecuva (skeletal divine spellcaster), or skeletal Ancient Dead (variant of the [[Mummy]] from the [[Ravenloft]] setting).

** Should also be noted that, in 3rd edition anyway, just about ''anything'' with bones that isn't already dead can be turned into Dem Bones through application of the Skeleton template. This includes everything from normal humanoids, to dragons, to bizarre aberrations with bone structures such have never been seen by mortal eyes.

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** Floating servo-skulls—although they're robotic rather than undead.

** Not to mention the Necrons. No really, don't mention them.

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