Looking for feedback on judging how players can deal with zombies.
The adventure I plan is either the player as a Necromancer or the player against Necro as the villain. Either way I want to be prepared for the player to go after and defeat the necromancer or if the necromancer for the CS or whoever (psi-stalker, mercs, etc) to not be idiots about going after the player.
The player unload on a zombie. The zombie is lasered, cut, blasted.
So, either they see the humaniod they beat is a zombie or not.
IF they do, what is the roll Lore: Magic or Demons & Monsters?
What do they need to roll to know how to kill a zombie?
The assumption is they loot the corpse. Then maybe they bury it, leave it be or set fire to it. Most games I have run the players let slain enemies lie.
Zombie description reads they regenerate and go back to their master in 48 hours.
Is their no option where they continue their last "mission/job"?
Either the player know or don't that zombies regenerate. Roll?
Is there some magic that teleports the zombie next to its master after 48 hours?
Or does the zombie corpse stand up and zombie walk to their master?
IF that's how it works, can a smart player just watch it happen and tail the zombie back to the zombies master (Necromancer)?
Or will the zombie do evasive action and conter tracking?
Put an eletronic tracking device and/or listening bug on the zombie?
Will the zombie attack the player if he doesn't attack the zombie or keep it from returning to its master?
Would the zombie resist the player helping the zombie but taking it in the direction it wants to go by a car or hovervehicle?
What about hiding a bomb on the back of the zombie so they can remotely blow it up while watching from bionoculars?
I assume the zombie has a magical way of knowing the direction to walk towards its master even if the spell caster is moving.
I assume the zombie only walks to its master without any effort to pilot a car, bike, etc and without any urgency.
I assume it walks the path of least resistance going around fires, fights, bodies of water etc.
Would the zombie fall into a trap if the player set one in front of its straight line travel? (Pit trap and such, rope around leg pulls up like in the movies, etc). Assuming it does, the zombie does not give up but, what, climbs out, breaks rope?, etc.
Could the player trap a zombie in a basement or holding cell and put others in the basement for the zombie to kill? Would the zombie only attack those who attack it? Or just ignore everyone and keep trying to return to its master?
IF the player "trapped" the zombie could they keep fighting it and defeating it watching it regenerate every 48 hours and get experience points for fighting and beat it?
Zombies
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Re: Zombies
My opinions about zombies.
Zombies are not as well known as vampires or animated dead.
Lore: Demons & Monsters at -20% unless they take their time in daylight or flashlight to study how their recently killed was already dead. Watching the zombie rise from its regenerated corpse makes it clear it is no longer living. They would get a 2nd roll of Lore: Monsters. They could experiment with various spells and learn.
Figure a successful roll under 20% and they will figure or remember to get off the head and put them in separate graves.
Zombie regenerate in 48 hours. Then return to their master on foot. Players who watch will see the zombie slowly grow back its pieces to look like it was the way it died. So my opinion is that Zombies stay they way they look when their dead body was made into a zombie.
The zombie once destroyed is "reset" and returns to its master (regardless of weather their mission was complete).The zombie walk to their master in the shortest path that does not damage it but will endure damage to return to its master (climb cliff, risk falling off, swims, etc) but does not drive or ride.
IF a zombie returning to its master it does not resist being carried or driven in the direction of its master. If the vehicle it is being transported on is no longer taking it in the direction of its master it will get off. It will not take orders. It will not answer questions under torture or interrogation. With its limited intellgence if placed with the means of transportation can it can pilot (put the zombie on a horse, in the seat of a car, it will take this path of least resistence driving the car until it is out of gas but on roads that go in the right direction. Same with a horse. After the transportation out of "gas" it abondons it or walk (unless someone helpful refuels it. Possibly after killing the zombie and leaving it in the drivers seat to with a full tank of gas.
As a GM I might judge that it does NOT take a full 48 hours to regenerate the zombie if all the pieces are kept together or the necromancer uses spells to speed the regeneration [Assemble Bones (2), Bone & Joint Bonding (2), Death Bolt (30), others?].
YES, a smart player can just watch it happen and tail the zombie back to the zombies master.
Zombies do not attempt to conceal their return or evade those tailing them.
Players can put an eletronic tracking device and/or listening bug on the zombie. It will not resist unless it perceives it being an attack (reverse pick pockets if skill roll is used to conceal the electronic device from another watching).
The returning zombie does not attack the player unless attacked or the zombie attacking is the easist way to return to it's master.
Hiding a bomb on the back of the zombie would work
It walks (max speed) the path of least resistance going around fires, fights, bodies of water etc.
The zombie could fall into a trap if the player set one in front of its straight line travel.
IF it did, the zombie does not give up but, what, climbs out, breaks rope.
YES, the player trap a zombie in a basement or holding cell. It would attempt escape.
It would ignore others unless they attacked it. Attack those who attack it.
IF the player "trapped" the zombie could they keep fighting it and defeating it watching it regenerate every 48 hours and get experience points for fighting and beat it?
Unless the players are at risk of being hit and damaged by the zombie players would not get experience. Its would just be target practice or punching a punching bag. Its practice NOT experience.
Zombies are not as well known as vampires or animated dead.
Lore: Demons & Monsters at -20% unless they take their time in daylight or flashlight to study how their recently killed was already dead. Watching the zombie rise from its regenerated corpse makes it clear it is no longer living. They would get a 2nd roll of Lore: Monsters. They could experiment with various spells and learn.
Figure a successful roll under 20% and they will figure or remember to get off the head and put them in separate graves.
Zombie regenerate in 48 hours. Then return to their master on foot. Players who watch will see the zombie slowly grow back its pieces to look like it was the way it died. So my opinion is that Zombies stay they way they look when their dead body was made into a zombie.
The zombie once destroyed is "reset" and returns to its master (regardless of weather their mission was complete).The zombie walk to their master in the shortest path that does not damage it but will endure damage to return to its master (climb cliff, risk falling off, swims, etc) but does not drive or ride.
IF a zombie returning to its master it does not resist being carried or driven in the direction of its master. If the vehicle it is being transported on is no longer taking it in the direction of its master it will get off. It will not take orders. It will not answer questions under torture or interrogation. With its limited intellgence if placed with the means of transportation can it can pilot (put the zombie on a horse, in the seat of a car, it will take this path of least resistence driving the car until it is out of gas but on roads that go in the right direction. Same with a horse. After the transportation out of "gas" it abondons it or walk (unless someone helpful refuels it. Possibly after killing the zombie and leaving it in the drivers seat to with a full tank of gas.
As a GM I might judge that it does NOT take a full 48 hours to regenerate the zombie if all the pieces are kept together or the necromancer uses spells to speed the regeneration [Assemble Bones (2), Bone & Joint Bonding (2), Death Bolt (30), others?].
YES, a smart player can just watch it happen and tail the zombie back to the zombies master.
Zombies do not attempt to conceal their return or evade those tailing them.
Players can put an eletronic tracking device and/or listening bug on the zombie. It will not resist unless it perceives it being an attack (reverse pick pockets if skill roll is used to conceal the electronic device from another watching).
The returning zombie does not attack the player unless attacked or the zombie attacking is the easist way to return to it's master.
Hiding a bomb on the back of the zombie would work
It walks (max speed) the path of least resistance going around fires, fights, bodies of water etc.
The zombie could fall into a trap if the player set one in front of its straight line travel.
IF it did, the zombie does not give up but, what, climbs out, breaks rope.
YES, the player trap a zombie in a basement or holding cell. It would attempt escape.
It would ignore others unless they attacked it. Attack those who attack it.
IF the player "trapped" the zombie could they keep fighting it and defeating it watching it regenerate every 48 hours and get experience points for fighting and beat it?
Unless the players are at risk of being hit and damaged by the zombie players would not get experience. Its would just be target practice or punching a punching bag. Its practice NOT experience.