Afflicted Zombie Parts (Basic Lore)

Afflicted Zombie Parts (Minion; CR 4)
Chaotic Evil - Small - Undead
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. Afflicted Zombie parts are lingering chunks of Corrupted 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 glob 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 4 Corrupted Zombie is reduced to zero or fewer hit points, it spawns a single Afflicted Zombie Part minion in its place, continuing its relentless pursuit of murder. Afflicted Zombie parts can also be encountered in small packs, perhaps all originating from a few Corrupted 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.