Bard distorts and the skeleton tries to artery some empty air near me using a flail.

<1121/1121hp 330/380m 858/906mv 7993tnl> (10 AM) charge skeleton
You lower a mithril pike and charge a skeletal warrior!
You have become better at charge!
Your charge *** DEVASTATES *** a skeletal warrior!
A skeletal warrior has a few scratches.

<1121/1121hp 330/380m 858/906mv 7983tnl> (10 AM) entrap

Ixilfaelgar sings 'I don't exist when you don't see me,
I don't exist when you're not here
What the eye don't see won't break the heart
You can make believe when we're apart
But when you leave I disappear
When you don't see me'
A skeletal warrior has a few scratches.

<1121/1121hp 330/380m 858/906mv 7983tnl> (10 AM)
You parry a skeletal warrior's pound.
You keep a skeletal warrior at bay with your polearm.
A skeletal warrior's pound decimates you!
You keep a skeletal warrior at bay with your polearm.
Your pierce MANGLES a skeletal warrior!
Parornus's crush *** DEVASTATES *** a skeletal warrior!
Parornus's crush *** DEVASTATES *** a skeletal warrior!
Parornus's crush *** DEMOLISHES *** a skeletal warrior!
Parornus's crush *** DEVASTATES *** a skeletal warrior!
Parornus delivers a blow of deadly force!
Parornus's crush *** DEMOLISHES *** a skeletal warrior!
A skeletal warrior has some small but disgusting cuts.

<1096/1121hp 330/380m 858/906mv 7983tnl> (10 AM)
A skeletal warrior tries to artery some empty air near you.
A skeletal warrior has some small but disgusting cuts.

<1096/1121hp 330/380m 858/906mv 7983tnl> (10 AM)
A skeletal warrior's pound decimates you!
You keep a skeletal warrior at bay with your polearm.
A skeletal warrior parries your pierce.
Your pierce DISMEMBERS a skeletal warrior!
Parornus's crush *** DEVASTATES *** a skeletal warrior!
Parornus's crush *** DEVASTATES *** a skeletal warrior!
A skeletal warrior has some small but disgusting cuts.

<1070/1121hp 330/380m 858/906mv 7983tnl> (10 AM) You begin trying to entrap your opponent's weapon.
A skeletal warrior has some small but disgusting cuts.

<1070/1121hp 330/380m 858/906mv 7983tnl> (10 AM)
Ixilfaelgar goes to sleep.
A skeletal warrior has some small but disgusting cuts.

<1070/1121hp 330/380m 858/906mv 7983tnl> (10 AM) l skeleton

Parornus brings hammer of the Nephilim around with bone-shattering force at a skeletal warrior!
Parornus's bone-shattering blow *** DEMOLISHES *** a skeletal warrior!
A skeletal warrior is covered with bleeding wounds.

<1070/1121hp 330/380m 858/906mv 7983tnl> (10 AM)
You parry a skeletal warrior's pound.
A skeletal warrior's pound mauls you.
A skeletal warrior tries to attack some empty air near you.
A skeletal warrior dodges your pierce.
A skeletal warrior parries your pierce.
Parornus's crush *** DEMOLISHES *** a skeletal warrior!
Parornus's crush MANGLES a skeletal warrior!
Parornus delivers a blow of deadly force!
Parornus's crush does UNSPEAKABLE things to a skeletal warrior!
Parornus's crush *** DEVASTATES *** a skeletal warrior!
A skeletal warrior is covered with bleeding wounds.

<1046/1121hp 330/380m 858/906mv 7983tnl> (10 AM)
You entrap a skeletal warrior's weapon and disarm him!
A skeletal warrior is covered with bleeding wounds.

<1046/1121hp 330/380m 858/906mv 7983tnl> (10 AM)
You parry a skeletal warrior's punch.
A skeletal warrior's pound mauls you.
A skeletal warrior tries to attack some empty air near you.
Your pierce MASSACRES a skeletal warrior!
Parornus's crush MANGLES a skeletal warrior!
A skeletal warrior is covered with bleeding wounds.

<1022/1121hp 330/380m 858/906mv 7983tnl> (10 AM) Standing roughly six feet tall, this skeletal figure is garbed in plates
of ancient armor that is covered in strange etchings. A voluminous cloak
is set about its shoulders, the trailing edges of which have become
slightly frayed. Gauntlets of dark adamantite hide its hands, leaving
only its head exposed to reveal its true nature. Its head is no more than
a skull, polished to a pure bone white, any trace of flesh long since
decayed away. Its jaw is set in the rictus grin typical of such a
skeletal creature, while two pinpricks of baleful red light glare out from
the hollow sockets of its eyes. Its skull is strangely devoid of any
covering at all, neither helm nor cowl nor crown adorning its bony brow.
A skeletal warrior is covered with bleeding wounds.

a skeletal warrior is using:
<dual wield> a three-headed flail of dark steel
A skeletal warrior is covered with bleeding wounds.

Replaced with Choke next reboot. They've probably been trying to Artery for a while, and getting quiet "You can't do that with a damn flail." messages that no one saw.

valguarnera@carrionfields.com

I think slavers in sitran mines do the same thing.

The fix was general to all flail/whip NPCs.

valguarnera@carrionfields.com

Silver spirits do something similar. When I had flow of shadows legacy, I'd sometimes avoid skills that cannot be done by an underwater sword spec with one sword.

Can't remember the exact skills, but I'd guess as dirt kick and doublethrust.

Also, are undead usually affected by the music of bards, in particular, when yyou don't see me?

I don't remember it working on silver spirits, though I could be wrong.