Yes they can equip weapons and armor.
Can Animate Dead use magic items?
A dead creature has no hit points and is an inanimate corpse. The dead can’t attune to magic items.
What weapons can skeletons use?
A skeleton can fight with weapons and wear armor, can load and fire a catapult or trebuchet, scale a siege ladder, form a shield wall, or dump boiling oil. However, it must receive careful instructions explaining how such tasks are accomplished.
Can you use animate dead to attack?
However, unless the skeleton has a shortsword /shortbow (and arrows) this is an action that is not available to them. They would need to be provided with these weapons. In the absence of these, they can use the Attack action to make an unarmed strike.
Can a wizard use animate dead on a body?
A wizard has just killed a group of heavily armored fighters with great weapons. He uses Animate Dead on the bodies. The spell reads as: This spell creates an undead servant. Choose a pile of bones or a corpse of a Medium or Small humanoid within range. Your spell imbues the target with a foul mimicry of life, animating it as an undead creature.
What happens when you use animate dead spell?
Your spell imbues the target with a foul mimicry of life, raising it as an undead creature. The target becomes a skeleton if you chose bones or a zombie if you chose a corpse (the GM has the creature’s game statistics).
How does animate dead work in RuneScape?
Choose a pile of bones or a corpse of a Medium or Small humanoid within range. Your spell imbues the target with a foul mimicry of life, raising it as an undead creature. The target becomes a skeleton if you chose bones or a zombie if you chose a corpse (the GM has the creature’s game statistics).
How do you make a skeleton in DND?
Choose a pile of bones or a corpse of a Medium or Small humanoid within range. Your spell imbues the target with a foul mimicry of life, animating it as an undead creature. The target becomes a skeleton if you chose bones or a zombie if you chose a corpse (the DM has the creature’s game statistics).
