We have Skeletons of cursed pirates but what of the ancients?
What if the ancients were corrupted long before the pirates and they lurk in the shadows in parts not ventured and deep within the bushes and forested areas of islands. We all know they dabbled with ancient Artifacts such as the shroud breaker. What if others were less successful and got themselves cursed?
Well my idea would bring together not only a new cursed item but also a new hostile PVE faction.
Introducing the cursed ancients. Perhaps give them a sombre and cool name like the Lost Ones or something.
They sit around camp fires on islands wearing head gear adorned in feathers and wielding big sticks.
Their leader is known as a Shaman who is a bit bigger and more powerful and has a bigger stick known as the Shaman Stick.
Kill the Shaman and it will drop this weapon. The lost one's will mistake you for their leader. Temporarily.
New ancient civ Skeletons that is. The ones that were with the original Shaman at the camp fire will flee in terror.
The stick has only a few uses until it crumbles into dust so enjoy your brief shaman reign whilst it lasts. Soon as you use it, you don't hit with it but instead point it forward. Lost one's, or ancient civilization Skeletons will spawn and attack anything except your crew in the nearby vicinity.
If you have two pirate crews with a shaman stick each, the Skeletons will attack rival tribal skellies summoned by the other Shaman Stick and the enemy crew so you could have a kind of necromancer skeleton battle.
In the wild ancient civ Skeletons are aggressive to normal pirate Skeletons and can be seen fighting each other.
Given pirate Skeletons have ships and serve flameheart, ancient civ Skeletons do not as they are natives. They decide to hide on the islands making little camp fires.
If you want to find an ancient civ skelly simply look for smoke for nearby camp fires on islands.
Claim your shaman stick and enjoy a few thrusts of skeleton summoning power until it crumbles to dust!
Can't be used on ships however...as they come from below the dirt. They will follow you so long as you hold the stick but cant enter water so cant come aboard your ship. Although you could get them to board a rowboat if you pushed it on land.
Soon as the stick turns to dust the ancient civ Skeletons will run away from you and then become hostile upon which they act as normal Skeletons... Without firearms.
