I would go with a more tank-y build, since you used a 100kg man as an example I will too, as you said a 15kg skeleton with the strength of a 100kg man would be very mobile but add 85kg of armour and you have merely reduced his mobility back to what it would've been if he had flesh... except his flesh is armour. now since skeletons don't get tired he can tire out his opponents (or starve them if it really comes down to it) and with all the armour he will be fairly protected from damage. now for the weapon, a war hammer is going to be used because it can do lots of damage in a short amount of time

@SaganTheKhajiit

6 жыл бұрын

Now what about Dark Souls style skeletons? The ones where the magic can keep them alive for a very large amount of damage, but can't keep them together through too much physical stress? In such, if you hit a skeleton enough times in quick succession or with a heavy enough weapon they'll just break apart all over the ground and then magically reassemble. Dark Souls is the latest game I remember seeing skeletons like these, but surely it isn't the only game nor is it the first. So if that were how the magic worked, skeletons would get only a temporary benefit from armor since pieces would fall off after they were scattered and not come back to their reassembly once separated from the bone inside. Those are the ones I'm particularly interested on, since they'd need to be smarter and more creative.

@VelikiHejter

6 жыл бұрын

George Takei Daggers have one major drawback when you compare them to other medieval weapons, that is reach. I do not care how fast you are, if I am holding a 3 foot sword and you are holding pair of daggers you will lose limbs before you get to me. And if I hold a shield paired with that sword, daggers would be utterly useless. Dagger is a sidearm, there is a reason that only daggers ever used as battlefield weapons were backup weapons intended to be used when range becomes so short that your primary weapon, usually spear or some other type of pole-arm becomes impractical to use.

@loganatallah6558

6 жыл бұрын

ok...

@loganatallah6558

6 жыл бұрын

wouldn't they especially benefit from being encased in armour? like wouldn't the armour help keep the bones in place to prevent them from going all over the place when hit too hard?

@shanerooney7288

6 жыл бұрын

Go for a combination. Tanky armor skeleton on the front lines Fast rapier skeleton thrusting over, around, and _through_ the tank at the enemy. Tireless archer skeleton holding the arrow at full draw waiting for that split second opening.

The scariest thing about skeletons is their ability to hide inside ordinary human beings, think about it, you mom, your dad, even your best friend, might have a skeleton inside them.

@mythshaper5053

6 жыл бұрын

MyNameIsMud why would you say that?! What if there is a skeleton inside of me.... biding its time until I am least expecting....

@shuriken188

6 жыл бұрын

Hold on a second, my brother landed really hard on his leg one time and it kinda snapped. When they took an x-ray of him, he had a broken *skeleton leg* inside his! From a few injuries, I think he might have a skeleton inside him! Oh man, what if a skeleton is just disguising itself as my brother!? I need a weapon to fight him in case he comes out (lol) as a skeleton! SHAD, WHAT DO I USE!?

@PJDAltamirus0425

6 жыл бұрын

Fuck, that sounds like a horrifying mortal combat move. Soak someone completely in magic then use the magic to separate their skeleton from their body , then possess said skeleton and puppet it.

@shada0

6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like the song Skeleton Man.

@TheZephyrsWind

6 жыл бұрын

I got an x-ray recently, everyone... I have a... skeleton inside me. I don't know if it's biding it's time or what.

I just realised something. Inside Shad is a skeleton, talking about skeleton fighting

@edwardfontaine7108

6 жыл бұрын

Random Whiterun Guard coincidence? I think not!

@nexus_5005

6 жыл бұрын

-mygod-

@imdone8243

5 жыл бұрын

I used to be a skeleton like you. Until some human crushed me into bonemeal for a recipe.

@Haerodiel

5 жыл бұрын

He's educating his skeleton for when its time comes!

@not_a_german_weeb_spy7078

3 жыл бұрын

everywhere I go I see your face

A skeleton warrior rushes to its skeleton commander. "There's a group of adventurers entering the crypt!" The commander replies "Do they have any paladins?" "No" "Then we're fine" "No its worse!" The warrior insists frantically, "they've got dogs!" "Well...were boned" laments the commander

@joshholland8564

Жыл бұрын

I read that in skeletors voice and it was hilarious

Says bows are good for skeletons, Minecraft players: “don’t let go of your shield!”

@steveminecraft4364

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine if shields worked the same in real life where projectiles just bounce back

@Mike-mf3ed

3 жыл бұрын

@@steveminecraft4364 I have a feeling that 1000 years into the future will introduce shields that ricochet bullets. Who knows?...

@BroodingEdgelord

2 жыл бұрын

lol

@BroodingEdgelord

2 жыл бұрын

also wither sceletons are deadly.

@Mike-mf3ed

2 жыл бұрын

@@BroodingEdgelord true dat.

I just love the idea of having wandered into a dungeon and being met with a dozen of skeletons screeching "En'garde" with their rapiers up

@lockwoan01

4 жыл бұрын

And, in a Comedy scenario, the Adventurer goes "Are you guys French by any chance?"

@stavinaircaeruleum2275

4 жыл бұрын

Y E S

@lockwoan01

4 жыл бұрын

@@stavinaircaeruleum2275 "Don't you mean 'Oui'?"

@hambasri1053

4 жыл бұрын

@@lockwoan01 But what about dragons?

@lockwoan01

4 жыл бұрын

@@hambasri1053 They probably would have belched and thus blown away the skeletons.

A lot of comments are talking about how a skeleton could wear a shitton of armour since they don't have to lug around all the fleshy bits humans have, but why not take the concept further? The way skeletons are being imagined here sound essentially like a magically powered animatronic chassis. There are no moving parts, complex structures or power sources required to move the bones, and the only logical way to damage them would be to break the bones themselves. So forget wearing armor- you could cast steel directly around the skeletons' bones to make invincible humanoid war machines, or a particularly evil necromancer might even build skeletons directly into the mechanics of a siege engine to act as an immortal, tireless equivalents to a hamsters on a treadmill. The possibilities are honestly endless, yet these guys always end up as derpy canon fodder in fantasy media.

@taekinuru2

5 жыл бұрын

oh yeah necropolisi powered by an undead horde is old hat. One trick I’ve seen in D&D is have a undead trigger a toggleable magic item repeatedly to charge up a arcane conversion field to fire off a spell to another conversion field instantly... wireless transmissions via spells. It’s not that big a step have the undead as a parser for simple language to transmit a message in magic to another location where it is then descrambled from spell form by the recipients.

@taekinuru2

5 жыл бұрын

This inevitably leads to the magic internet

@loganmireles7752

5 жыл бұрын

see, that's just it. a bow, a warhammer, or a sword wouldn't stop them, but a direct hit from a cannon would.

@no_misaki

5 жыл бұрын

@@taekinuru2 skellphone...

@timothymclean

4 жыл бұрын

I always assumed that if you had the resources to start casting your skeleton warriors in steel, you'd just make golems or something instead. Skeletons are the budget minion.

"Skeletons with leather straps"... wouldn't that just be a slightly more expensive mummy?

@jamesmerkel1932

5 жыл бұрын

No, much cheaper actually since you don't have to go through the entire process of mummification which also requires a multi-person ritualistic curse to be done properly :)

@invisible_inked

4 жыл бұрын

On the contrary that’s just a person because leather is skin

@bvghinsdaprophatdesgrongru9393

4 жыл бұрын

Yes well...but actually no

@helium-379

4 жыл бұрын

Cut out a suit from a potato sack for the skeleton put it on him and stuff it with cotton.

@TheGelatinousSnake

4 жыл бұрын

@@helium-379 undead are weak to fire. Soak the cotton with watter. Now the have weight, fire resistance, crush resistance and scatter resistance. Genius

But Shad, what about DRAGON SKELETONS???

@darthvader6533

4 жыл бұрын

FirstRisingSouI ,Makes good swords

@prometheanrebel3838

4 жыл бұрын

Dracoliches? Gg, fam--

@kaynesylvar8277

4 жыл бұрын

Bone Dragons? Mostly the bite.

@Santisima_Trinidad

4 жыл бұрын

I see you too have traumatic memories of laberinthian, a d getting stuck in an enclosed space with a skeleton dragon.

@jaxonprouse5337

4 жыл бұрын

Supercell has entered the chat

Shad doesn’t want to make skeleton jokes :( And here I thought he was a humerous person

@moukidelmar

6 жыл бұрын

He said no jokes. We're all boned.

@DaidriveCJ

6 жыл бұрын

mikelms20 SKULL JOKKEE!

@ginge641

6 жыл бұрын

That joke was pretty bare bones.

@FuriouslySleepingIde

6 жыл бұрын

Shad just wants to avoid the low hanging fruit. Those just don't work with skelletons. Although it's bollocks.

@jessewoolley1248

6 жыл бұрын

Cian McCabe Ive got a whole clost full of them.

If a skeletons run out of weapons it can always re-arm itself with the other arm. *rips off own arm and clubs with it*

@zacktoor1591

6 жыл бұрын

Re-arm... itself... I like that.

@Enaluxeme

6 жыл бұрын

Too much Medievil for you

@victormillen8393

4 жыл бұрын

Just like zelda botw

@rhettorical6128

4 жыл бұрын

Would it be rearming itself or disarming itself?

@theenderking111

4 жыл бұрын

Rhettorical The used my arm to arm my arm.

"The skeleton could feel really confident" I love this series

@Alpha-wh4vm

4 жыл бұрын

Don't give up, skeleton!

@D1SCORDANT3

4 жыл бұрын

To be honest, though, It would be kinda hard to have confidence, without any guts

@victormillen8393

4 жыл бұрын

@@D1SCORDANT3 and balls 😏😏😏

@FumanyuX

2 жыл бұрын

@@D1SCORDANT3 I love yoy

I generally assumed it was "whatever they died and/or were buried with" as that's usually how it's done in some works.

@Thundermikeee

3 жыл бұрын

generally how it works, but if you start thinking about it, the approach from maybe the anime Overlord, where he equips high level undead with legendary class gear, is the smarter way to do it. would be counter productive to one of the main benefits of using skeletons in the first place (assuming a mage of some kind reanimates them) which is that they are cheap and disposable, but it could drastically increase their power to give them suitable gear. I suppose it depends on lore and how much the magic that animates them can change their attributes like durability and strength

Malitia: "Dear God, how am I to defeat this monster!?!?" Skeleton soldier: "Ihopehedoesn'thaveahammer..."

@Postalpacifist

4 жыл бұрын

Or a boot

@StonePenis

4 жыл бұрын

Or you know... you can just pick him up and throw him, since they weigh a maximum of 15kg lol

@battyboy5733

3 жыл бұрын

Why don't they just push them

A skeletons worst enemy is a hungry dog.

@AlexYorim

6 жыл бұрын

MGX93dot Papyrus learns that the hard way.

@antcommander1367

6 жыл бұрын

or skeleton dog's or wolf's which are their own worst enemies...

Assuming there's enough of them, I'd say pikes. A fearless pike formation that is impervious to arrows and other pike formations, that would be a near impossible thing to defeat.

@callmefox630

5 жыл бұрын

Turns out they can't form a proper Phlanx/Pike Wall due to their shaking.

@ruinsage2677

5 жыл бұрын

@@callmefox630 vibrating pike formation, unbeatable!

@bumblingbureaucrat6110

5 жыл бұрын

I agree

@domezasrekh3775

2 жыл бұрын

Halberds? can do everything and have range

@morrigankasa570

2 жыл бұрын

FIRE!!!!!

To my knowledge the best weapon for a skeleton to use is a large spiked wagon wheel.

@no_misaki

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you dark souls 😑

@mayonnaise2396

3 жыл бұрын

Ikr

@charion4909

3 жыл бұрын

Also the trumpet for fearsome dooting

@mayonnaise2396

3 жыл бұрын

Those frickers lost me so many souls in Ariamis...

@AreGeeBee

3 жыл бұрын

THIS LAND IS PEACEFUL. ITS INHABITANTS KIND

2:46 Don't worry Shad, I won't make any puns like some bonehead. I don't have the guts for it.

@shanerooney7288

6 жыл бұрын

You are very _humerus_

@nexus_5005

6 жыл бұрын

BOOOOOOooooo -ne-

@AlexYorim

6 жыл бұрын

Well, his puns make *sans*

@justsomeogrewithinternetac1494

4 жыл бұрын

@@AlexYorim Sans undertale approves

@bacon-sandwich4726

3 жыл бұрын

*angry papyrus noises*

I had never considered the speed element. It's just one of those assumptions that never gets looked at. Another thing this this leads to... fast movement + good jumping + lack of muscle fatigue + low weight would make climbing along walls, or possibly even ceilings really, really viable. Give them a set of ninja style climbing claws and suddenly you have to be vary wary of verticality when fighting them as they may not be simply rushing you along the ground.

Shad: They're intelligent. They're able to speak. "The ability to speak doesn't make you intelligent."

@cheesestyx945

4 жыл бұрын

Have you ever heard of any other species capable of speech?

@galvatk2194

4 жыл бұрын

Parrots

@eyeballpapercut4400

4 жыл бұрын

@@cheesestyx945 r/ fucking whoooosh

@cheesestyx945

4 жыл бұрын

@@eyeballpapercut4400 What? We wouldn't be able to speak unless we learned a language meaning we are intelligent. That's what intelligence is, the ability to learn.

@eyeballpapercut4400

4 жыл бұрын

@@cheesestyx945 double whoooosh

My Maximum Skeleton Survival Build™ (assuming you need to rip apart their joints or break their bones in two): >Use cords to bind the joints together for support >Wrap all the bones in cloth, treated to survive the elements. Basically mummy-style. >Use full plate armour, including a thick gambeson and chain. Preferably treated against the elements, and possibly made fire resistant too. Go extra thick on the armour. >Kite shield for 100% shieldy goodness. >Spear as primary weapon, rapier as backup. Maybe even carry a bow and arrows. >Top off the build with a doot doot. All skeletons need a doot doot.

@curtisirons7491

4 жыл бұрын

What in the blue blazes is a doot doot?

@lachlanmckinnie1406

4 жыл бұрын

@@curtisirons7491 A trumpet, bugle or other brass instrument.

@curtisirons7491

4 жыл бұрын

@@lachlanmckinnie1406 thank you for the clarification. If its a skeleton that has the power of speach then i agree it deserves to toot its own horn. However if its of a type that can't speak a drum might be a better fit. And once again thank you for clearing up the doot doot thing.

@lachlanmckinnie1406

4 жыл бұрын

@@curtisirons7491 No worries. It's a meme to call it a "doot doot".

@zackcatchem7525

4 жыл бұрын

Well the skeleton doesn’t have lips so how would it articulate into the mouthpiece???

"Skeletons' lack of muscle fatigue would make them pretty good archers..." Is there _any_ fantasy race that wouldn't do well with a bow?

@justinokraski3796

6 жыл бұрын

Timothy McLean gnomes

@theperpetual8348

6 жыл бұрын

Timothy McLean kobolds

@rickvandersterren6176

6 жыл бұрын

Timothy McLean dwarves

@joshwist556

6 жыл бұрын

Timothy McLean short people

@vladprus4019

6 жыл бұрын

There is no one as Skyrim tell us (superior stealth archer "build").

You know what would help a skeleton protect itself from blunt weapons? A glorious gambeson.

Only a year behind. Its not if the skeletons are smart enough to pick out weapons and armor. Its what the discerning necromancer chooses to protect his bony automatons.

@victormillen8393

4 жыл бұрын

Yup, thought the same

@magoswes3588

4 жыл бұрын

Ninja Guy NEW DND IDEA. Forge cleric necromancer: Raise an army and equip it with the best weapons

@athieshgaming2659

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds fun. I think you best bet, magic permitting, would be to just augment their their teeth and claws. Just replace one hand with a puncturing spike for getting through armor and the other with a hammer. Its not like they are smart enough to use much else and reach isn't much of a concern since the game plan is just to overwhelm. What would be really fun would be coating the skeleton bones in metal to protect them from shattering and adding spikes and sword breakers.

@tzaphkielconficturus7136

4 жыл бұрын

Then, he can stick them in a bag of holding, and shoot or teleport the bag of holding to the enemies he wants rattled, before the skeletons come out of the bag. Bad boys get the skeleton bag!

@voidseeker4394

3 жыл бұрын

Usually they rise with the same weapons they were using when they were humans.

It's funny as soon as you said they'd be faster and lighter, I thought "well than they should use a rapier" and then you named axes and stuff and I was like "nahhh rapier man" but then you brought it up and I was happy.

I imagine most of them are already pretty good at bare-knuckle fighting.

*skelly draws bow* *bow string slips between joints in their fingers* *arrow shoots inacuretly* *skelly bro is sad*

@nexus_5005

6 жыл бұрын

" *oo* "

@dynamicworlds1

6 жыл бұрын

On the flip side, the bulge for their last thumb joint would function like a built-in thumb ring without the tendons and flesh getting in the way, so would be perfect for that kind of draw.

@toddellner5283

6 жыл бұрын

Glue some sandpaper to the metacarpals and they'd be great with javelins.

@fearenhyde8943

6 жыл бұрын

@DynamicWorlds BUT WHAT ABOUT DRAGONS hah got em (love ur name bruv)

@CathayanMagus

6 жыл бұрын

If you use the eastern thumb draw for bows then there would be no problems... you wouldn't even need a thumb ring.

THAT MOMENT WHEN YOU ARE WATCHING THIS VIDEO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE BUT YOU IS SLEEPING, AND SHAD SHOUTS D R A G O N S

considering that skeletons are held together with magic (either from a castor or their own soul, which may affect their intelligence), it could be assumed that skeletons would make for very effective mages. typically the most powerful magics are shown to have devastating side effects on the persons health, but a skeleton doesn't have to worry about that. in fact it is usually the skeletal Lich who is depicted as the most intelligent and powerful spellcaster, because they shed their limitations of the flesh and have full control over their actions because their own soul is what powers them.

@zahylon5993

4 жыл бұрын

AINZ OOAL GOWN

@punic4045

4 жыл бұрын

@@zahylon5993 SAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

@nevermore7285

4 жыл бұрын

Though, in such cases, perhaps if they used to much magic, the stuff that is animating them, they would begin to literally fall apart

@tzaphkielconficturus7136

4 жыл бұрын

It really depend's on the setting's magic system and the properties of the skeleton in question.

@sprinkle61

3 жыл бұрын

Lichs have a specific weakness, in that they typically cannot regenerate magic power like a living mage. This is important, or they would be almost unstoppable.

Welcome to the *_B O N E Z O N E_*

@ardagne3204

4 жыл бұрын

hahahaha

@50shadesof_jamesgray

4 жыл бұрын

I bring calcium

@StonePenis

4 жыл бұрын

*M I L K*

@nathangamble125

4 жыл бұрын

I want to get off Mr Bones' Wild Ride :(

@rustys9918

4 жыл бұрын

But Nathan the ride never ends

Best weapon for skeleton would be a giant spikey wheel

@ronbird121

6 жыл бұрын

Sepulchre13 praise the sun bro

@ilbianchi3465

6 жыл бұрын

I would totally grr react this comment

@joolsstoo3085

6 жыл бұрын

Or to all combine together and form one giant, unstoppable skeleton ball rolling down the stairs at it's enemies. And then roll back up again because why the hell not. Or even merge to become a dead guy made up of a thousand dead guys, that'd be neato. Or Nito, whatever.

@methyllithium323

6 жыл бұрын

Funny enough for me this was among the easiest bosses ; )

@maxkore278

6 жыл бұрын

fighting nito was a disappointment

When it comes to applications with skeletons, one of my more favorite examples would be used in one of the novels I read which was to send skeleton armies underwater to suddenly overwhelm cities near oceans and other bodies of water

@theminerboy5694

Жыл бұрын

The only problem with that is because of their weight and lack of surface area to paddle, they would move extremely slowly in water, end up floating awkwardly, and be completely at the mercy of currents.

@TinnWard

Жыл бұрын

@@theminerboy5694 give them all a pair of heavy boots

@stevenbobbybills

Жыл бұрын

And suddenly, we're at Pirates of the Caribbean territory.

If skeletons are moving with the help of magic, wouldn't it be more advantageous for the dark wizard who's created the skeletons to just make weapons fly instead? I mean, a typical skeleton has hundreds of bones. Imagine that instead of cooperating the movement of a hundred bones, you would cooperate the movement of a hundred daggers!

@magoshyyem7436

Жыл бұрын

That's... that's not how necromancy works...

@generic840

11 ай бұрын

Because daggers dont have souls Nor they cant consent

@Dexuz

8 ай бұрын

Magic and the supernatural in general operates on soundness, you can imagine a magic user commanding a skeleton because it once was a human, it is "plausible". But a bunch of daggers? The wizard might be able to levitate a few, but not really "give it commands", much less making them independent "beings" that could protect a dungeon for decades. That's also why magical constructs such as golems and the like are given a human shape, or at the very least a beast shape, because if it's just an everyday object, the magician can't truly "believe" those to be able to act on their own.

It's not proportional strength so they actually could wear armor weighing 80 kilos as that would be roughly the weight of the flesh that has been removed and so they would move almost as if they were a normal human with no armor

I like the way they portrayed the skeleton Brook in the anime one piece. They took into account the fact that he would have been faster and lighter by giving him much higher movement and attack speed and jump height. And for his weapon he has a very light cane sword and very fast fencing/dueling attack style.

*looks down at himself* "There's a lot missing."

They could wear a very thick gambison. They wouldn't be affected by heat and it would protect them from blunt damage. Their low weight is a disadvantage for close range combat, so they would need a weapon that is light and give them some range why they exhaust their opponent. A rapier is a good idea, but I think that a spear and shield might be better.

@GallowglassAxe

6 жыл бұрын

Actually the gambeson would hold their joints together too. If they're held together by magic if you break say their shoulder then as long as the arm is still in the sleeve it could reconnect.

@benthomason3307

6 жыл бұрын

the downside being that they'd look like a frikin' carebear.

@prebruler

6 жыл бұрын

@Ben Thomason I agree, they'd definitely look less scary haha

@WadWizard

6 жыл бұрын

If they attacked in formation the skeletons behind could stab through the line in front of them

@Killobot42

6 жыл бұрын

Wadwizard ZOL pike formations like Alexander used... Sarissa

THIS is why I sub to this channel. Not afraid to ask the really important questions!

@zodiak123

6 жыл бұрын

how nice to see you here gopher

In this one fantasy story/series I'm working on, one of the characters I have is an animated skeleton called Skelly, who works as a city guard. His background is that he was a barbarian warrior who fought a necromancer, who, with their dying breath, cursed the barbarian into becoming an animated skeleton. Of course, after this, no one wanted him in their village - the other undead get more respect - and after a hundred years of wandering, he'd forgotten his own name, which is very sad. One day, he smuggles himself into a city, in a wagon filled with other skeletons destined for the wizards/apothecaries, and wanders the streets, where he ends up assisting in the capture of an Unlicensed Thief (basically, if you are part of the Guild and have a license, you're free to steal within reason, but if not, don't get caught by an Official Thief as they will break your bones), and thus comes to the attention of the Commander, who has the habit of looking past one's race, and basically gave him a job, and a name. Granted, the job isn't glamorous, because he's among the first ones sent to see just how upset a crowd is, depending upon if he comes back with arrows stuck in his armor in normally fatal areas, and is the training dummy the new recruits end up finding out from that real people fight back in a fight. It tends to poke fun at the usual stereotypes.

Fast skeletons? *Dark Souls Carthus Catacombs flashbacks*

@Valsorayu

4 жыл бұрын

*what's this red stuff*

@MrWhatdafuBOOM

3 жыл бұрын

*One Piece flashback*

@turtlegamez4274

2 жыл бұрын

The re-asembling skeletons and the skeleton wheels... Oh god the horror

I just realized something during the discussion, Skeletons wouldn't be able to wear plate armor. Plate armor is resting on your flash and muscles, not your bones, and even at places where it is interacting with your skeletal structure it's either straps, like over your collar bone, or heavily padded, like over the hips. Skeleton would be just rattling inside of it, it wouldn't be able to move properly. It would be able to wear mail Armour, but even that would be probably sagging to it's knees, impairing it's movement. Greaves, pauldrons and gauntlets are simply out of the question as is knee and elbow protection, all those things are made to fit your muscles.

@395leandro

6 жыл бұрын

Then the plates' formats would just have to be ajusted to this new shape. Because they're actually smaller then the plates can also be smaller, fitting around the bones and be much thicker.

@RebSike

6 жыл бұрын

true, but couldn't the skeleton just wear layers of thick cloth padding (multiple gambisons etc) to fill out the space needed for armor? to my knowledge this was done historically to people so why not double the padding to simulate muscle?

@BigAutisticDaddy

6 жыл бұрын

he would need some ethereal skin and muscles that can only interact with the skeleton and the enchanted armor, just saying if magic in its world would be able to accomplish that.

@trcndc2

6 жыл бұрын

Then, what good is a skeleton if not an ominous animated suit of armor?

@WadWizard

6 жыл бұрын

Skeleton plate

From my experience with roleplaying games, the most effective weapon you can give a skeleton in a medieval fantasy setting is the gun. No one expects the skeletal wizard to pull out a 1911.

@sobinir7933

6 жыл бұрын

Random uuuuuuh...yyeeeeaah...hmm... Yep

I really liked the 'physics' of skeletons in Dark Souls, where they were some of the most lightweight and athletic enemies (especially in Dark Souls 3), leaping all over the place and doing very acrobatic maneuvers with their lightweight frames, but the impact of a heavy weapon would cause their bones to scatter and leave them vulnerable while the magic keeping them animated took a moment to put them back together, and they fought with fittingly lightweight, dexterous weapons - shamshirs, falchions, sabers, and shotels (and bows). So not exactly a rapier, but the same general train of thought as to their agile fighting style.

Maybe we don't see a lot of inteligent skeleton because the smarter ones just become mummies to better hold their body together.

@aprettycoolname4839

3 жыл бұрын

I think there mostly summoned and necromancy

I'm gonna go out on a "limb" here but I'm thinking the best weapon against them might be a dog.

@douglasknupp4574

6 жыл бұрын

Grayson Elam joke a parte, makes sense. A dog biting its leg would have no problem triping and dragging it due mass

@paulcoy9060

6 жыл бұрын

And then of course, because The Laws Of Comedy are strong in my campaign, the skeleton hops after the dog carrying it's leg, completely forgetting it's orders to kill the PCs.

@NopeJustPatrick

6 жыл бұрын

*paul coy* - The Rules of Comedy and Awesome are two things that every good DM/GM needs to obey for a truly enjoyable campaign.

@condeaarondarkusexcubitor3155

3 жыл бұрын

Skeleton: *Exists* The Doggo: *Is a free real state*

You raise some great and valid points but I think you're missing the obvious, true skeletal choice of weaponry: The Russian RPG-7. A dinky old warhammer or mace would stand no chance against a glorious pale-boned skeletal warrior with an RPG-7. You can't deny it: It's cheap and effective, one of the best anti-armor and even anti-tank kits you could use. And with Skeletons not having muscle fatigue, what's stopping them from carrying several RPG-7s, loaded and ready to blast into the general direction of a would-be hero or even British Army observation post, if your campaign happens to be set in Northern Ireland.

@schippai3308

5 жыл бұрын

I love you.

@bones2164

5 жыл бұрын

I second this love

@smievil

5 жыл бұрын

with their weight they'd be able to pull of some impressive rocket jumps

@silvertheelf

5 жыл бұрын

And here I was thinking skeletons used bows and arrows as a preferred weapon

@adhesivemailbox1993

5 жыл бұрын

He said medieval weapons, but he could pull an iron man.

Mr. Burns has the perfect solution for defeating skeletons. “Release the hounds.”

I remember during one D&D session - Dwarf Druid grabbed one skeleton, and swung it against another, shattering them.

+Shadiversity 1. Coat bones in metal, wolverine stile, or metal plates; e.g. bronze, brass, copper, maybe even steel, etc. 2. Use something to stabilise joints and spine with something: several leather strips, cordage, wire, etc. 3. Wear tight-fit gambeson (lots of flexible fabric, bound like tatami, to simulate flesh and bolster bones from heavy hits) covering the whole body. 4. equally tight fitted metal armour over that, e.g. chainmail or plate. 5. Fill the skeletons rib-cage with with straw or cloth-scraps to further lessen heavy blows, or find another way to do that.

@tomimakirinne

6 жыл бұрын

Also known as "how to make a medieval supersoldier".

@leonvalenzuela4096

6 жыл бұрын

But what about dragons?

@znerolz

6 жыл бұрын

+Leon Valenzuela same thing for undead dragons

Always great! Now I kind of want to use a disguised skeleton for a formal duel. His opponent stabs him "Aha!" The skeleton is unphased and stabs him back.

@edi9892

6 жыл бұрын

In Overlord there was such a scene.

@rewrose2838

6 жыл бұрын

He could be the _legendary swordsman known to have never lost a duel_ (then you could have a squire aspiring to become the strongest swordsman aiming to one day meet the -skeleton- swordsman of legends and defeat him in a formal duel, the squire goes through his hero's journey and in the final battle against the skeleton, he loses -and maybe becomes an undead himself- )

@matthewmuir8884

6 жыл бұрын

That was in an episode of Merlin: this dead knight was reanimated to keep challenging Uther's Knights (the knight had a personal vendetta against Uther in life, and now cannot rest again until that vendetta is fulfilled).

@spambaconeggspamspam

6 жыл бұрын

*Curse of the black pearl intensifies*

@jooot_6850

6 жыл бұрын

Rew Rose Aha! Then this squire comes back as a skeleton with a mace, knowing -skeleton- master swordsman's greatest weakness and runs up to him and just cracks his skull and becomes the next greatest duelist

My skeleton dnd character actually uses this logic behind how he’s so agile as an assassin, and why he can take so much damage (apart from the titanium armor of the Bearer of The Curse) from swords, and why he uses a katana (half katana) and he’s a ranger because his dried bones can not be pierced

Skeletons best for rouge or other stealth character Writer/game designer: yeah lets give him an axe and a shield

@lockwoan01

3 жыл бұрын

I know how to do it - Party is about to take the Long Rest. Skeleton Dude takes the First Watch. Sits by a tree, with a sign by him saying "Warning - Don't mess with these guys!" Bandits walk past Skeleton Dude. Skeleton gets up, flips sign around, taps the shoulder of the rearmost bandit, who finds himself reading "I Warned You!" Skeleton then uses the sign to bash him in the head.

@stevenbobbybills

Жыл бұрын

​@@lockwoan01 Looney Tunes shit. Love it.

@lockwoan01

Жыл бұрын

@@stevenbobbybills Yep. Crazy.

Any time Shad gets quiet the first thing I do is minimize my volume levels.

@nikosdepes8200

6 жыл бұрын

Me too buddy. Me too

@nexus_5005

6 жыл бұрын

nikolai60 i thought my phone was muted

@shorelockhomes943

6 жыл бұрын

nikolai60 usually the same here.

I've always liked the idea that a raised skeleton isn't even aware that they're dead, so they perceive their flesh as intact. Imagine how terrifying that would be: you're a skeleton that thinks it's still alive, but you're really light and easy to kick around. You'd think these adventurers had the strength of 100 men!

@blondbraid7986

6 жыл бұрын

That'd be hilarious, imagine an adventurer defeating a skeleton just by straight up punting them across the room!

@ThrottleKitty

6 жыл бұрын

I think they think they are ghosts, and I always saw skeletons as just another type of ghost.

@mariemacfhionghuin11

6 жыл бұрын

I think of them as death elementals, regular ghosts don't raise corpses, evil or angry spirits might do the trick, but necromantic energies by far work the best.

@HappyBeezerStudios

6 жыл бұрын

They might be so enraged that they possess their own body.

@anlumo1

6 жыл бұрын

I see dead people. Walking around like regular people. They don't see each other. They only see what they want to see. They don't know they're dead.

"Alright, because I'm lazy" - 4:15 I'd salute you, but I'm also lazy.

"HA HA! YOU CAN'T KNOCK ME APART BECAUSE I'M A SKELETON WITH ROPE AROUND MY BONES!!!" -Shad, 2018

You've trained me well. I turned the volume on the intro down this time.

@andorfedra

6 жыл бұрын

and i always turn it up because i watch without headphones.

@shorelockhomes943

6 жыл бұрын

I do both.

You know how in Dark Souls the skeletons fall apart when you hit them and then come back together moments later? I wonder if this could be used to absorb blows. So whenever a skeleton actually does get hit it loses all rigidity and behaves like a bunch of hanging stones. I mean, without anything to connect or stabilize them, their bones are just floating in the air through magic anyway right? Maybe fighting a skeleton could be a little like fighting a puppet where each limb is independent of the rest of the body. You could "shatter" an arm into all of its skeletal components only to have it reform from the broken pieces while the other runs you through. Just a thought.

@connortremeer1966

5 жыл бұрын

You've raised a scary point

@vrchhu4066

5 жыл бұрын

So.. play dead?

@iliarkhosili1726

5 жыл бұрын

@@vrchhu4066 No.

@victormillen8393

4 жыл бұрын

@Split Haven in that case it will be either to break the skull which contains the soul fire, or if they are controlled by necromancers, kill the master.

@jazionpurnsky1185

4 жыл бұрын

What if you just picked up the spine after knocking then apart?

Aim for the joints! They're a severe weak point! Especially since there's no cartilage to hold the bones together. Edit: I meant if you had a sword. If you have a hammer or mace, do as Shad says.

1:32 "The ability to speak does not make you intelligent." Qui-Gonn Jinn

I enjoyed this video. You “humored” my imagination, but I’ve got a bone to pick with the lack of puns.

@luconis158

6 жыл бұрын

Cant you get it through your "skull"? we're not meant to be making puns...

Because skeletons are so light and nimble the could be really stealthy. A short sword, small sword or dagger would enable them to sneak up on a foe more easily than with a pole arm. They'd be able to hide in small spaces and wait in ambush. No peeing or eating required!

@dynamicworlds1

6 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Gibson skeletons are usually depicted as kinda noisy because of the lack of flesh and cartilage to make them quiet. They would be really great for ambushes though, especially if they're the kind that can disassemble and reassemble themselves. They're so great at it, that it's almost normal to be wary of piles of bones if you're in/playing a fantasy rpg where they can do that.

@kyokyoniizukyo7171

6 жыл бұрын

DynamicWorlds Oh god, I can just imagine that...That would make formation fighting against them really hard...especially if skellatons can reset after combat...

@kyokyoniizukyo7171

6 жыл бұрын

Heck, if a necromancer is constantly reviving them...while they are throwing themselves into battle...yeesh...

He briefly mentioned zombies at the beginning of the video, so I wanted to kind of put forth the logic I use in my fantasy setting. In my setting, zombie do rarely occasionally have weapons. However, it is quite literally whatever object rigor mortis locked their fingers around when they died. Usually I make these sticks and rocks, and the occasional rusty broken weapon or tool, which they don't wield with any amount of skill beyond just flailing their arms. Their brain function is so basic, they don't even know they're holding something. It's just stuck on their hand

Depending on the setting, if a skeleton utilizes magic / mana to move and hold together, then they could potentially get tired just like living humans. Mana is just a type of energy, and most stories state that mana depletion makes you progressively more tired. Since they don't have any physical energy, as they are skeletons, you could say that moving uses mana, wielding heavier armor and equipment could use more mana than using lighter equipment, moving faster could use more mana, etc. At that point, anything could be wielded by a skeleton, but it would be more dependent on their mana reserve, and they could easily be taken down if you stall them long enough.

One of my favorite series on KZread! Please add spider-people as next one to be RE-ARMED!

@nikosdepes8200

6 жыл бұрын

Yeasssss

@tomimakirinne

6 жыл бұрын

Should they be called like "Arachnids" or something?

@M6nst6r6

6 жыл бұрын

There is different names in different settings for them.

@paulcoy9060

6 жыл бұрын

Ettercaps? Driders? Were-spiders?

Skeletons always have a bone to pick with someone.

@kylestanley7843

5 жыл бұрын

@@pineappleproductions1696 nah, they seem to get hate boners all the time. Anyone they see is just boned.

@pineappleproductions1696

5 жыл бұрын

Now that's a bome tickler!

Based on this video, for 5e D&D, I would make these changes to the regular Skeleton: - Change hit points to 26 (4d8+8) - Add 2 to Armour Class (Natural) - Add damage Resistance: slashing, piercing - Movement +15ft - increase damage to 1d8 for a rapier and a longbow - (Optional) When hit by bludgeoning attack for 5 or more points, they are pushed back 5 ft. - increase CR to 1 (200xp)

For some reason I've always thought skeletons were more threatening than zombies despite having considerably less muscle matter than zombies. I suppose it may be because skeletons are definitely reanimated by magic, whereas zombies could be reanimated by any number of means (and are always stupid)

One other the existential threats an intelligent skeleton would worry about (depending on the magic) is that they might not heal. Every nick of damage from weapons of weather would eventually wear them down to dust. If they wanted to last longer they might try to cover themselves in clothing or glazes. Imagine how tough a skeleton would be if they coated their bones in steel, that would be pretty awesome if they could survive the process.

@elixxon

6 жыл бұрын

Well Brook in One Piece just drink milk to power up from all the calcium! X,D Seriously though Skeletons are the most expendable undead, they are not for long term use anyway.

@planetfall5056

6 жыл бұрын

I'm sure they find that comforting

BUT WHAT ABOUT SKELETON DRAGONS?

@GallowglassAxe

6 жыл бұрын

Aw you beat me too it.

@lacien5624

6 жыл бұрын

They'd be lighter so they'd fly easier, except their wing membranes are gone. They'd need their membrane replaced by leather or something and then they'd fly like nobody's business. Aerodynamics might become an issue, considering their lower mass and inertia, but most air could probably just go through them.

@khartog01

6 жыл бұрын

Dracolich.

@GallowglassAxe

6 жыл бұрын

@Maarlen Noordanus : Magic?

@rotothedragonlord7198

6 жыл бұрын

ninjacatcook If the skeleton dragon was.... just as strong as normal dragons.... and could breathe fire some how... and they where even faster and more maneuverable then normal dragons.. and they never get tired... and have powerful and strong dragon bones that are hard to break... They would give even the all powerful orc army’s and giant army’s Hell

No one Shad: what medieval weapons would skeletons use? Me: curious af

Shad: “I can’t think of any skeletons that talk” Me: “Skeletor or SKELETON WARRIORS!”

"They always are portrayed as fast and mobile as humans" I have scars of the Catacombs and Nito's lounge, and a friend with a violin and an afro who would like to disagree! Joking aside, skeletons are some of my favourite monsters in fantasy. There is something about these phyiscal incarnations of both death and defying nature being kind of silly looking while still being intimidating and relentless killing machines. A particular setting I was working on had some heavy focus on the undead, and its core concept was that skeletons that were reanimated had their memories during life kept in their bones, and as they grew older and the bones got damaged, they would become more feral and insane. Add to it some necromancers feeling it would be funny to mix and match bones between corpses to create interesting looking abominations of calcium, mixing their minds with one another and forcing them into this constant existential crisis, if not outright madness. That way the usually boring first line redshirts of an undead army suddenly become a pretty fascinating fantasy "species"

If I was a skeleton and a blacksmith, I'd reinforce myself with thin steel joints and supports on the major areas, then cover myself in padding.

@ScampiTheSighted

6 жыл бұрын

That's what I was thinking

They're pretty lethal if they have a wheel attached to them.

Undead yes! Unhuman no! I hope someone gets it...

@lockwoan01

4 жыл бұрын

You mean "Unperson No!" Reg Shoe - Anhk-Morpork City Guard, Zombie Advocate, Former Rebel, Homicide.

@37robinb

4 жыл бұрын

@@lockwoan01 Sorry, my frst Prattchet books were not in english...

@lockwoan01

4 жыл бұрын

@@37robinb No problems. I'm sure I got the city name misspelled myself.

@givememydatabackgoogle2811

2 жыл бұрын

This was one of my favorite discworld books

I can confirm the living bone being much easier to cut thought than dry bone, I have cut both with a cleaver (worked for a butcher) and holy crap wet bone is much easier to cut. Edit( thought it depends because some dry bone is easier to cut it just depends on bleaching method used and how old/worn are we talking)

@FerretPirate

6 жыл бұрын

It's amazing just how important the phrase "worked for a butcher" can become. :)

You forgot the most overpowered combination for a skeleton. A violin, an afro and a sad backstory. This will crush everyones heart. And good thing Brook does have a rapierlike weapon. The guard isn't neccisarry anyway.

@michaelx8486

5 жыл бұрын

and always an open eye for panties... but skeletons don't have eyes! YOHOHOHOHO!!!

@KrimzonFlygon1

5 жыл бұрын

The most broken skeleton build is an espada, a capote, and obscene agility. Ole.

@MikeThePsykat

4 жыл бұрын

I was going to mention Brook myself, but then I saw your comment. Not only does Brook have a rapier like weapon with his cane sword, but Oda even took the time to address the whole weight thing and made him super light and fast. You can tell that Oda really puts a lot of thought into every detail of his story, and it shows.

@ukownjchak3169

4 жыл бұрын

K

I love that you made a 17 min video on what weapons and armor magical fighting skeletons would use.

3:50 And that's what happens when a skeleton picks up a sword on Minecraft, a true nightmare

Only THIS channel can upload a 17 minute video about what sort of weapons Skeleton's should use and it be completely normal.

@samamies88

6 жыл бұрын

His colleges Skallagrim and Lindybeige might beg to disagree. Skallagrim has started similar series already and Lindy talks about variety of stuff (mostly tanks lol) but his video about Cyclops 3d vision is really close to what Shadi is doing right here: adding logic to fantasy

I think a discussion like this requires a much more in-depth analysis. Since animated skeletons are the result of a necromantic spell, the magical strength to animate the skeleton and provide it its own strength would vary greatly depending on the skill and innate magical power of the necromancer who raised it. So in terms of their weight, we COULD treat the magical animation as a replacement for tendons, muscles, etc all depending on the power of the spellcaster. A novice necromancer would not be able to raise a skeleton with as much physical strength as a master necromancer. Therefore the weight of the weapon being a percentage of their own bone-weight seems to me at least to be highly variable. But... just going off the "comparable strength of a ____" In that regard, I think that the best kind of weapon used would depend on what kind of skeleton it is. (Human, Dwarf, Snakeman, etc)

love your videos, especially this series which is fascinating

Great stuff. I finally had to break down and order a shirt. Thanks for the videos keep em coming.

Seeing how this is fantasy, I'd just enchant my sword with the magical power of osteoporosis.

@andresarancio6696

6 жыл бұрын

Paladin: "Oh yes, the sword blessed by the gods Ostoblastos and Ostoplastos, deadly against those pesky undead skeletons!"

@paulcoy9060

6 жыл бұрын

My skeletons were created by the dread necromancer Cal Seeum, and are twice as tough as normal skeletons.

I found this episode... humerus

@ILikeMyPrivacytbt

6 жыл бұрын

I see where you went there, ha ha ha.

@Foxlink87

6 жыл бұрын

The most annoying thing about them is that no matter who or what you are and have done, they always have a bone to pick with you..

A video about skeletons involving a random tangent about drinking water from a bottle. I can't even put a joke to that. Pure Shad.

“It’s very odd,me talking this quietly.not used to it...DRAGONS!”

I would give them gamesons rather than plate armor I think. Very thick pillow-y gamesons might soften the blow from blunt weapons, where plate would fold in and, if struck in the same place again, would hit the bones as well. A fast skeleton with a quick poking rapier would be a terrifying threat, assuming they have the intelligence to use proper stances and possibly parry and dodgw blows from maces and such.

@SweatyRock

5 жыл бұрын

That actually genius! The pillows so clubs will only push them back, from where they can easily jump on their opponent

@theguileraven7014

5 жыл бұрын

Armor is already worn with gambeson, and if a blow is strong enough to fold the plate inwards, then gambeson isn’t going to protect anything as it yields far more easily than metal does.

@trabladorr

4 жыл бұрын

A very thick gambeson would restrict the skeleton's movement range significantly

@ebonslayer3321

4 жыл бұрын

@@trabladorr Maybe not, actually. A thick gambeson that would normally lock up a human may allow full maneuverability for a skeleton because of the fact they have less mass in basically their whole body, allowing for a greater range of movement. If it was fitted to a skeleton's proportions though, then maybe it'd need to be thinner.

@MrMarinus18

3 жыл бұрын

It wouldn't fit them because they don't have the volume to fill it up. With metal armor it's shape is rigid so that's not as much of an issue.

All bones? Just a flesh wound.

@christopherrhodes3228

6 жыл бұрын

Mikosch2 WHAT FLESH

"Skeletal archers would work quite well" Ah, I see that you have heard the tale of minecraft.

This is the most interesting video I’ve seen in weeks. I need more like this.

Shad, wouldn't the skeletons' lack of fatigue give them an added advantage when wearing heavier armor than the average human could? If I understand it, it wasnt so much mobility that was hindered by heavier armor, but rather the ability to persist in battle without tiring. So a skeleton would be able to wear heavier armor than an equivalently sized human, since they don't have to worry about fatigue.

@ninjahombrepalito1721

6 жыл бұрын

Dan Haas Although at that point, you are better off just animating the armor instead of the skeleton. Although, if you already have an animated skeleton... or an autonomous skeleton, it could help. Also, wouldn't need excessive padding, one thick layer should be enough.

@Killobot42

6 жыл бұрын

Ninja Hombrepalito perhaps you could raise both? Have the skeleton wear the cursed armor but the armor has the warrior skills while the skeleton has a more mage like skill set perhaps even a mage skilled in necromancy itself... this combo screams boss fight.

@proudpapaprick

6 жыл бұрын

I did a D&D monster like this. Flesh golems in animated plate armor wielding a dancing greatsword, all linked up mentally by the wizard who made them to protect his tower.

@ajomagurd

6 жыл бұрын

مبروك

@dyslegein

6 жыл бұрын

Dan Haas they still wouldn't be able to lift it

Very interesting stuff here! Makes me think about how I would answer a lot of those questions as a writer. Skeletons would be simplistic but inefficient undead, animated for a brief period (as the magic is essentially the only thing keeping them alive), for a clearly defined, immediate task. They would be the last resort of a necromancer hiding in a crypt; leave an axe or rapier by every ancient corpse and raise them as soon as the heroes step down the final stair for a quick horde of essentially suicidal berserkers with natural armor (being resistant to blades).

@nathan9911

6 жыл бұрын

I was thinking along the lines that skeletons would or could have a very large amount of mp, using it passively as hp and to keep them intact/moving, with them only able to use a small portion to cast magic if not at all. Liches on the hand would have the same amount of magic, but just inverted. Able to use the majority of thier mp for magic, but leaving little to hold the together, thus explaining why they're physical weak.

@mateuszosuch6267

6 жыл бұрын

Actually magic in case of skeletons does much more. Because sceleton has to move around based on magic (no muscles). And basicly if it holds together it's based on magic too. So it's like telekinesis doll with some artificial soul stucked into. Also - lich is basically the same but with soul of a powerful necromancer.

@TheHornedKing

6 жыл бұрын

I'm thinking a form of "ethereal muscles," created by magic, is how a skeletal being moves. And wether a skeleton can use magic or not usually depends on if they could in life or not. And in the lich's case, to be an execptionally powerfull necromancer, is sort of a requirment to become one in the first place.

@agregau

6 жыл бұрын

This sort of "balancing" races and monsters for D&D sessions were causing me headaches for a very long time. How to make skeletons work and not destroy world integrity, rules of magic use etc? I decided to say final NO to classic skeletons. In my universe, even a skeleton needs to add a mass, usually some kind of cemetery soil / ash, so skeleton is basically decomposed zombie.

@davidhurcombe6505

6 жыл бұрын

As soon as I saw the title of this video my thoughts were " they're re-animated corpses of warriors so wouldn't they just use the weapon they used in life?" Also due to the fact ( or fantasy ) they're being held together by magic it would take an amazingly powerful necromancer to make them able to run, especially if you want an army of them!

Given the reduced weight and increased stamina. I would think skeletons could use an aggressive fighting style with a lot of strikes (swings, stabs and feints). Concerning defense skeletons would probably rely on footwork and speed to time the strikes of blunt weapons as thier primary defense.

0:00 *Looks behind him* “It’s a lotta bad dragon shit. It’s pretty cool.”

"Ahh my bones! Better hold em together" Maybe its just 2 am but that was hilarious

Attach blades to their arms and have them spin

@ZanderArchX

6 жыл бұрын

Not being limited to mechanical locomotion, they could achieve great rotational speeds. If their blades were wide enough and angled properly, they could potentially achieve lift. Skelecopters.

@tenletters5889

6 жыл бұрын

Beybone Let it RIP

@appleyanimator6541

5 жыл бұрын

ZanderArch That idea is too good not to write into my story about a skeleton called Boner. I love it.

@mattaffenit9898

5 жыл бұрын

Spin2win.

@onymitystudios3706

5 жыл бұрын

@@appleyanimator6541 are you actually writing a story about a skeleton? That's fucking fantastic

at 1:42 i thought you were gonna say undertale

@dunning827

4 жыл бұрын

serif the god of insanity same

@weirdsnek4488

3 жыл бұрын

Me too my brain was like SaNd FrOm UnDeR tHe TaBlE

@ashtongiertz8728

3 жыл бұрын

That's the joke. Would have been even funnier if an image of Sans or Papyrus was slowly peeking it's way from the side of the screen while he was pondering.

5:20 It's worth noting that a lot of undead (Like many of the undead in Warcraft, for example) do indeed have this trait. They're tireless, which means that when running from them, the only way to truly escape from them is to hide.