Corrupted Zombie (CR 4)
| Chaotic Evil - Medium - Undead
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| Initiative
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7 |
Defense
| AC
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20 |
| Man Def
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19
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| Monster Health
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| 61 |
30 |
6
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| Hit Points |
Bloodied |
Hit Dice
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| Saving Throws
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| Fort: |
+7
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| Refl: |
+2
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| Will: |
+2
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Strong Against:
- (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
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| Size: |
Medium
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| 5 ft. |
5 ft.
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| Space |
Reach
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| To-Hit
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+7 
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| Man Off
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+7
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Standard Attack (Melee):
- 1x Bite +7 (1d10+4/x2)
as undefined damage typeExpression error: Unexpected < operator.
Full Attack (Melee):
- 1x Bite +7 (1d10+4/x2)
as undefined damage typeExpression error: Unexpected < operator.
Standard Attack (Ranged):
- 1x Hurl Offal +7 (1d10+4/x2)
as undefined damage type
as negative energy, plus Offal Splatter (Increment: 20 ft.; Max Range: 100 ft.)
Siege Damage: Not siege capable
Statistics
Feats:
Special Abilities
| Lifesense (Su)
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A corrupted zombie can sense life within 30 feet, and once detected, are unshakably persistent stalkers. This sense grants them a bonus to their Perception checks equal to their hit dice (+5; already included), and allows them to ignore invisibility, though they must still roll perception to detect stealthed creatures. If they detect an invisible creature, that creature gets only partial concealment (20% miss chance) against the zombie's attacks.
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| Hurl Offal (Su)
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A Corrupted Zombie seethes with vile negative energy, causing its flesh to swell and weep from rents within its skin. This flesh is torn loose by the Corrupted Zombie and hot, wet clumps are hurled, dripping and vile, in combat. Using Hurl Offal never provokes attacks of opportunity, even if the Corrupted Zombie is in melee. Hurl Offal has a range increment of 20 feet. Note that the Corrupted Zombie may not use Hurl Offal as an opportunity attack; instead it uses its Bite attack for threatening, flanks, and attacks of opportunity.
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| Offal Splatter (Su)
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When a Corrupted Zombie uses its Hurl Offal ranged attack and successfully hits, all creatures adjacent to the space of the targeted enemy are subject to Offal Splatter. This is similar to splash damage in that it does a flat 5 points of damage and allows a Reflex save vs a DC of to take half damage. Note that this is negative energy damage, and as such, will heal undead and other creatures healed by negative energy.
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| Relentless Hunger (Ex)
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When a Corrupted Zombie is reduced to zero or fewer hit points, instead of dying, he is replaced with a single Zombie Parts, Afflicted (Minion Role). This is to represent that the largest still-intact bit of the zombie continues to seek to extinguish all life from the world. When the minion is slain, the zombie is dead (but see "Immortal" in the Out of Combat section, below). Note that players should receive XP and treasure for killing both the zombie and the Zombie Parts minion, assuming they successfully slay both.
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Corrupted Zombie
Most zombies are shambling undead horrors which mindlessly seek the flesh of the living. But a large minority of zombies develop into far worse things, their undead flesh warping and corrupting with negative power and stinking corruption.
- Of these greater types of zombies, one of the most common is the Corrupted Zombie. The hideous contagion seething in its flesh lends it much greater vigor than lesser zombies, and the bulging, oozing tissue that seeps from the wounds upon its form provide a ready supply of ammunition for its disgusting attacks.
Combat Tactics
Corrupted zombies are simple creatures. They always use Hurl Offal, even in melee, pulling out and throwing disgusting lumpy wads of their own vile tissue. This simple tactic serves them well, as they are deadly against the living at range, and in melee their Offal Splatter helps heal them and keep them in the fight. Corrupted Zombies are not quite perfectly mindless, and if they encounter a foe who is immune to or helped by their negative energy attacks they will switch to biting or clawing attacks.
Out of Combat
Immortal (Su)
- Corrupted Zombies cannot be killed through normal means. However, zombies may lie shattered and dormant after being defeated for months or even years before their bodies recompose and they once again rise to seek and consume the flesh of the living. Sanctify Corpse (Spell), Consecrate (Spell) or Gentle Repose (Spell) will add a year and a day to the time it takes for a zombie to re-compose. Resurrection (Spell) will bring the person associated with the zombie's corpse back to life, destroying the necromantic bond on its corpse.
Rewards
XP: 1,200
Treasure: Sellable Goods worth 1,188 gp.
- Weight: 40 lbs. Volume: 1.6 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
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| 1 - 10 |
Nothing Found
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| 11 - 14 |
1 Languid Remnant (tier 1)
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| 15 - 17 |
1 Pale Remnant (tier 2)
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| 18 - 19 |
1 Bright Remnant (tier 3)
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| 20 |
Roll on Table 2
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| ### |
Nothing to see here!
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| ### |
Or here. Move along.
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| Table 2: Remnant(s) Found
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| 1 - 5 |
3 Languid Remnants (tier 1)
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| 6 - 10 |
3 Pale Remnants (tier 2)
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| 11 - 14 |
1 Intense Remnant (tier 4)
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| 15 - 17 |
1 Blazing Remnant (tier 5)
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| 18 - 19 |
1 Vital Remnant (tier 6)
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| 20 |
Roll on Table 3
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| ### |
Or here. Move along.
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| Table 3: Remnant(s) Found
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| 1 - 5 |
3 Bright Remnants (tier 3)
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| 6 - 8 |
3 Intense Remnants (tier 4)
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| 9 - 11 |
3 Blazing Remnants (tier 5)
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| 12 - 14 |
3 Vital Remnants (tier 6)
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| 15 - 17 |
1 Prime Remnant (tier 7)
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| 18 - 19 |
1 Mythic Remnant (tier 8)
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| 20 |
1 Empyrean Remnant (tier 9)
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