Scattered Zombie Parts (Basic Lore)

Scattered Zombie Parts (Minion; CR 17)
Pure Evil - Tiny - 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 other roles if desired. The unnatural stain of Undeath lingers long after it should, by rights, have been reduced back to mere wholesome filth by the workings of Nature. This lingering stain is often evidenced by the fact t hat bits and shards of zombies may persist, long, long after the principal beast is long-ago destroyed and laid to rest. Scattered zombie parts are such unnatural stains. These horribly animate bits of flesh are completely mindless, of course, but the eternal Hunger still drives even these scraps on a restless quest for the warmth and vitae of the living. Scattered zombie parts are tiny scraps left from very powerful examples of zombie, those ones which are deeply steeped in the horror and curse of undeath. They are most commonly encountered when they are 'fresh', ie, right after a Salt Zombie or even more powerful Zombie is destroyed in accident or battle, but that is by no means the only time they can be found. Due to their small size and startling speed (which has to be seen to be believed) scattered zombie parts are a serious menace. They seem to blend into the background and then appear out of nowhere. Any solid hit smashes them (although the squirts of corruption this releases are no fun), the real problem arises in hitting them in the first place, as they scuttle around like horrifying little crabs, grasping and constricting and clawing...