Use Google groups and do a search in AGD for skellimancer build :-)

Alan - feeling like a smartass today.

max raise skseleton. max skeleton mastery. put a point in amp damage.
tune to taste, most likely a lot in corpse explosion.

Generic build:
max Raise Skel, max Skel Mastery, max Corpse Explosion, at least 1 in
revive, each curse, each golem, and each pre-req. That still leaves you a
lotta points to play with, so you could boost 1 or more curses to expand
their radius, could boost revives or mages for a larger army, could put
points in bone spear/spirit for a direct damage attack or in bone
armor/wall/prison for defensive purposes, whatever you prefer really.

I'll narrow down some specifics, since everyone else has covered basics
inskill points.  Put just enough points in STR to equip your highest
gear--ideally around 60-75 max.

My own preference is 0 pts in Dex, but some people like to equip a
shield to block.

CE burns mana like crazy, so put a point or two per level, you can
always plug a sapphire or two in your early equipment to pick up the
slack.  Early in NM you can find high mana rings to use.

Every thing else in VIT.

Keep checking the vendors especially Normal, act 1 and 2 for wands with
plus skills to RS--later on, there are tons of wands that have plus to
summoning.  Extra points to CE on a Head or a wand also comes in handy
early.

I gotta go, but I'll add more later.

Sean

Playing the char is a matter of style, but there are a few basics.

Amp damage is a key skill, because it doubles the damage your minions
create.  Only place one point in this skill, since its low mana cost
makes it easy to reacast--this eliminates the need to increase its
radius or duration.

Once you've created a corpse, you can start blowing them up with CE,
which is is half fire damage, and half physical damage.  Here, radius
is very important since you want to harm as many monsters on the screen
as possible.  Your plus skills will dictate how many hard points you
want to put here.  Its not hard to find a head or wand as early as Act
1 that has plus three to CE, which allows you to put your points in
RS/SM to start out.

Besides AD, a curse that will help you get past Duriel is Decrepify,
since it both slows him down, and reduces his damage.  Since your
skellies and merc will be slowed down by his Holy Freeze aura, it makes
for a more even playing field.

Golems are a matter of choice, although I don't know of anyone who used
Blood Golem.  Clays are nice for the Bosses, particularly when combined
with Decrepify, since they slow them down.  I have been using the Fire
Golem, since they draw a lot of heat off of your skellies and merc,
particularly when you cast them behind a group of baddies.  The
monsters will turn around en masse and start beating on the FG.  This
is particularly effective when you're facing the type of monster that
delivers stunning types of hits like Blunderbore and Crushers--your
skellies won't get stuck in stunlock and deliver blows to the back of
the big apes.

more later

Sean