Corrupted Zombie
Corrupted Zombie (CR 4)
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 for a ready supply of ammunition for its disgusting attacks.
GENERAL
CR 4 Hit Dice 5
XP 1,200
CE, Medium Undead
Init +2; Senses Darkvision 60ft, Perception +6
DEFENSE
AC 20, touch 13, flat-footed 17 (+3 dex, +7 armor)
hp 40
Fort +7, Ref +3, Will +3
Aura: -
SR: -
Special Defenses: Undead traits
Immunities: -
Weaknesses: -
OFFENSE
Speed 20 ft.
Space / Reach: 5 ft. / 5 ft.
Single Melee Bite +8 (1d8+1/x2)
Full Melee 2x Claws +8 (1d6+1/x2)
Ranged Hurl Offal +8 (1d8+3/x2 Negative energy damage)
Special Attacks Offal Splatter
Action Points 0
STATISTICS
Str 16, Dex 13, Con -, Int 4, Wis 12, Cha 14
Base Atk +4; CMB +9; CMD 20
Feats -
Skills Stealth +6
Languages none
SPECIAL ABILITIES
- Hurl Offal
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. Note that the Corrupted Zombie may not use Hurl Offal as an opportunity attack: instead it uses it's Bite attack for threatening, flanks, and attacks of opportunity.
- Offal Splatter
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 4 points of damage and allows a Reflex save vs a DC of 13 to take half damage. Note that this is negative energy damage, and as such, will heal undead and other creatures healed by negative energy.
TREASURE
sell value of approximately 1,125 gp
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.