Drake Skeleton
Creature 8 — mindless, skeleton, undead, unholy
Pre-Remaster content. May include legacy alignment.
CrasherAnvilLANDAERIALundeaddragon
Moving with sinuous grace, these flying drake skeletons are held aloft by rotting membranes stretched between their bony wings. Although just as mindless as other skeletons, skeletal drakes maintain much of the draconic ferocity and raw spite they possessed in life, allowing them to attack viciously. Among the ranks of the dead, none are so numerous, nor so varied, as the skeleton. While most are almost entirely made from bone, some maintain a few scraps of flesh to aid them in movement, such a
Source: book-of-the-dead-bestiary (Pre-Remaster)
Perception +14; darkvision
Skills acrobatics +14, athletics +18, stealth +16
Str
+6
Dex
+4
Con
+4
Int
-5
Wis
+2
Cha
-1
AC 26
Fort +16
Ref +14
Will +12
HP 130 (void healing)
Immunities bleed, death-effects, disease, paralyzed, poison, unconscious, mental
Resistances cold 10, electricity 10, fire 10, piercing 10, slashing 10
Speed 20 feet, fly 40 feet
Offense
Melee Fangs +20, Damage 2d8+12 piercing
Melee Tail (reach-10) +20, Damage 2d4+12 bludgeoning
Abilities
Fragile Wings — When the drake skeleton is reduced to fewer than half its Hit Points, it can no longer fly. If it's aloft when this happens, it crashes immediately but can use the tatters of its wings to soften the landing, treating the fall as 20 feet shorter to calculate falling damage.
Void Healing — A creature with void healing draws health from void energy rather than vitality energy. It is damaged by vitality damage and is not healed by vitality healing effects. It does not take void damage, and it is healed by void effects that heal undead.
Draconic Frenzy — The skeletal drake makes two Fangs Strikes and one Tail Strike in any order.
WORKS WELL WITH
WeaverLAND / AERIALThe Weaver herds enemies into the Crasher's reach and tail-sweep arc, ensuring Draconic Frenzy hits maximum targets per round.
MenderLAND / AERIALOnce Fragile Wings grounds the Crasher, a Mender's healing keeps it above the disabling threshold and extends its effective damage window.
SniperLAND / AERIALA Sniper's damage from range pressures foes while the Crasher closes distance by air, creating a crossfire that splits enemy attention.
PUNISHES
✖ clumping✖ ranged reliance✖ low AC
Crasher stacking leaves no one to hold the line when Fragile Wings grounds both flyers
Works well with · Punishes · Pairing advice
Unlock with Tactics
Run Drake Skeleton in the encounter builder — free, no install.
Open in PathfinderGM →