Skeleton Ancestry (full of doots!) | MCDM | Page 1

mighty adder Jul 25, 2025, 9:58 PM

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Hey! I wanted to run an undead campaign for my group one day, and I thought making an ancestry like this would be valuable, but also FUN! 💀 Skellies are fun! Today I've revised this enough, that I think it might be worth sharing. Wanted to wait until Spooktober, but I think maybe I will get some feedback on this and release a revised version then? Who knows! I might even get some art, do some more work, add some other skeleton things and release it as a mini product under Triglav Games!

Anyway, I hope it makes someone smile and I think it's playable enough to actually use it in serious Draw Steel game! Game on and doot! 💀🎺

📎 Skeleton_ancestry.pdf

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https://tenor.com/view/pixel-art-trumpet-doot-doot-meme-dancing-gif-27309766

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brazen elm Jul 25, 2025, 10:03 PM

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https://tenor.com/view/bonezone-dancing-skeleton-gif-15509355211278610936

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I love this lmao

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some thoughts!:

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The Bare Bones signature trait is awesome. I do think the section:

you treat your size as one size smaller than it is.
Could be rewritten for clarity. ("it is" could maybe be "than normal"?)

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Collapse is amazing, both mechanically and in flavor

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Danse Macabre is also awesome, although it might benefit from a once per turn? To avoid degenerate edge cases. Your millage may vary.

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Love the goofiness of "High on Calcium" and "Infurating Doots" 😂

mighty adder Jul 25, 2025, 10:07 PM

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The size-related wording is taken straight from Memonek's trait of "Lightweight", wanted to stick to original 😄

brazen elm Jul 25, 2025, 10:08 PM

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the traits borrowed/reflavored from other ancestries seem like good fits

mighty adder Jul 25, 2025, 10:08 PM

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Yeah, i was exploring some milk-related pun, but settled for "high on calcium"

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"Milk is good for your bones" is not as catchy, I think 😄

mighty adder Jul 25, 2025, 10:09 PM

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brazen elm Danse Macabre is also awesome, although it *might* benefit from a once per turn?...

Hard to say how many times you can down a non-minion creature on a single turn 😄

brazen elm Jul 25, 2025, 10:10 PM

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it might not be a problem! but my designer's intuition flagged that one

mighty adder Jul 25, 2025, 10:11 PM

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No worries, definitely need to keep an eye on that 😄 thanks for your feedback, it's appreciated

brazen elm Jul 25, 2025, 10:12 PM

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glad to give it! blobhero

viral dock Jul 25, 2025, 10:16 PM

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Hooh spooky! 👻 Love it! The skull throw reminds me of the Adventure Skeletons system. 😁

lone zenith Jul 25, 2025, 10:20 PM

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This is fun! Collapse and skull throw are my favorite. Feel very skeleton!

mighty adder Jul 25, 2025, 10:20 PM

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Glad you like it 😄

viral dock Jul 25, 2025, 10:22 PM

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I wish that the flavor text for the Skull Throw would be “I have a bone to pick with you!” 👀

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