Zombie Parts

Zombie Parts (Minion; CR 2)

Pure Evil - Small - Undead

Lore:	Know (Religion)
4		19
Basic DC		Full DC

Initiative

4

Perception:
13	+3
Passive	Active

Ambush:

10+

on a d20

Senses:

• Standard Senses
• Darkvision 60 ft.
• Lifesense 30 ft.

Movement Types:

• Walk 25 ft.

Defense

AC

16

Man Def

16

Monster Health
1	0	3
Hit Points	Bloodied	Hit Dice

Saving Throws
Fort:	+1
Refl:	+0
Will:	+5

Strong Against:

• (Mindless) Immune (no effect): all mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, fear, morale effects, patterns, and phantasms)
• (Undead 1) Immune (no effect): diseases (infected, diseased, blighted), poisons (tainted, poisoned, blighted), ability damage (dilution, damage, drain), and essence damage (suppression, omission, destruction)
• (Undead 2) Immune (no effect): bleeds (bruised, bleed, ruptured), fatigued, exhausted
• (Undead 3) Immune (no effect): magical sleep (drowsy, sluggish, asleep), paralyzed, stunned
• (Undead 4) Immune (no effect): any effect that requires a Fortitude save (unless the effect also works on objects, or is harmless)

Weak Against:

Offense

Size:	Small
5 ft.		5 ft.
Space		Reach

To-Hit

+4

Man Off

+4

Action

0

Points

Standard Attack (Melee):

• 1x Bite +4 (1d6/x2)
  as crushing (physical, common)
  diseased bite

Full Attack (Melee):

• 1x Bite +4 (1d6/x2)
  as crushing (physical, common)
  diseased bite
• 1x Digging Grasp +4 (1d3/x2)
  as slashing (physical, common)

Standard Attack (Ranged):

Full Attack (Ranged):

Siege Damage: Not siege capable

Statistics

17

STR

14

DEX

—

CON

—

INT

10

WIS

10

CHA

Skills:

• Perception: 3
• All other skills: 0 (no ranks)

Languages:

Feats:

Special Abilities

Sense Life (Su) Always On

Zombie Parts can sense life within 30 feet, and once detected, are unshakably persistent stalkers. This sense exists even if the zombie parts lack a head or other discernible sensory organs. The very flesh of a zombie is eager to terminate all life it can get within its grasp.

Diseased Bite (Su) Auto After Any Bite

Any time a creature is bitten by a zombie, there is a chance it will contract a disease: Zombie Rot    (Injury vector; Diseased intensity) Save: Fort DC 15;     Frequency: 1/day for 3 days Effect: 1d2 STR Damage per interval Fruition: death, and victim becomes a zombie of the same type which caused the disease Fruition Duration: permanent There are no visible warning signs of the disease's fruition, other than the ongoing sickness, until the zombie begins trying to eat all his nearby friends. Similarly, anyone killed by a zombie though damage will also rise as a zombie in 2d6 hours. If resurrection is cast on a zombie, it returns to life and is no longer a zombie.

Packed Like Sardines (Ex; Minion Role) Always On

Minions are able to fight effectively in close quarters with one another. As a result, up to two minions may occupy the same space without penalty as long as they are both the same size.

Buffs and Heals (Ex; Minion Role) Always On

Minions never gain temp hit points or healing, although both count as a buff. If a minion receives any buff, at all, it gains a +2 untyped bonus to their Armor Class and a +2 untyped bonus on all saving throws. This is instead of the normal effects of the buff. Buffs on minions never stack. The duration of any buff is equal to the normal duration of the buff. Any buff on a Minion is treated as a Condition, and can be overwritten by any other condition in the rare case where applying that condition doesn't kill the minion.

One Hit Point (Ex; Minion Role) Always On

Minions only have 1 hit point, but it is special. Killing a minion requires either the attacker to succeed on a to-hit roll, or the minion to fail on a saving throw roll. Even then, if the minion is able to successfully mitigate all of the damage with its defenses (such as DR or ER), they live anyway. Minions NEVER take damage from misses or from a successful saving throw against a spell or effect, even of that spell or effect would normally deal partial damage on a successful save. Always-hit spells (which have no to-hit roll, and no save, such as Magic Missile or the Fog spells) are counted as spells which allow a save. If the save is failed, the minion dies. If the save is successful, the minion lives. Unless the spell or effect specifies otherwise, the saving throw is resolved against the minion's strongest save. Note that making a caster level check to overcome a Minion's SR (if any) is NOT counted as a successful roll against a minion and can never kill it.

Zombie Parts

This creature possesses the Minion role, and therefore counts as 0.25 monsters for purposes of encounter size, XP award, and treasure.

This monster frequently has the minion role, but may be set to different roles if desired.

Zombies are compelled to seek out and exterminate life wherever they find it. They do this by tearing, chewing and clawing what living things they find to death, spreading zombie rot as they go. But often times, life fights back. Zombie parts are those zombies which have had a rough time of things, but haven't given up their quest to quench all life from the world. These undead things can be any chunk of zombie flesh capable of rudimentary locomotion and some means of attacking. This means zombie parts are anything from a crawling hand, to a zombie that was cut in half at the torso (either half is a good zombie part, really). For game purposes, a zombie part is always treated as being capable of biting and clawing an enemy, and its actual features and description are purely illustrative.

When a normal CR 2 Zombie is reduced to zero or fewer hit points, it spawns a single Zombie Part minion in its place, continuing its relentless pursuit of murder. Zombie parts can also be encountered in small packs, perhaps all originating from a few zombies that were recently defeated and left for dead.

Minions are typically encountered in larger numbers than a single opponent. Four minions are equal to a single creature of the same CR for purposes of creating encounters. This means that a typical party of 5 adventurers could encounter 20 minions as a single equal-CR encounter.

Combat Tactics

Much like fully intact zombies, zombie parts use the tactic "get 'em". Zombie parts are mindless and will always attack the nearest living creature or the creature that most recently attacked them. If a quarry runs from them, they will chase them until they catch them, or until a new living creature is closer to them than their quarry. Zombie parts will chase prey forever, since they are immortal and really have nothing better to do. If they've defeated all prey they've sensed, they will shamble aimlessly until they detect new prey.

Zombie parts do not need eat, sleep or breathe.

Out of Combat

When there is no battle, Zombie Parts creep around mindlessly, seeking living victims, and seeking to coalesce back into a whole zombie. This process is completely by chance, and tests have shown that it takes a tremendously long time...but it does happen.

Rewards

XP: 150 (Minion role included.)

Treasure: Sellable Goods worth 125 gp.

Weight: 5 lbs.     Volume: 0.2 cu. ft.

Optional Treasure Rules: Roll a d20 on Table 1 below once per encounter (NOT per creature). Any items discovered are in addition to the normal treasure for the encounter.

Table 1: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 10	Nothing Found
11 - 14	1 Languid Remnant (tier 1)
15 - 17	1 Pale Remnant (tier 2)
18 - 19	1 Bright Remnant (tier 3)
20	Roll on Table 2
###	Nothing to see here!
###	Or here. Move along.

Table 2: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 5	3 Languid Remnants (tier 1)
6 - 10	3 Pale Remnants (tier 2)
11 - 14	1 Intense Remnant (tier 4)
15 - 17	1 Blazing Remnant (tier 5)
18 - 19	1 Vital Remnant (tier 6)
20	Roll on Table 3
###	Or here. Move along.

Table 3: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 5	3 Bright Remnants (tier 3)
6 - 8	3 Intense Remnants (tier 4)
9 - 11	3 Blazing Remnants (tier 5)
12 - 14	3 Vital Remnants (tier 6)
15 - 17	1 Prime Remnant (tier 7)
18 - 19	1 Mythic Remnant (tier 8)
20	1 Empyrean Remnant (tier 9)