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Modified raised zombies

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I was thinking the other day about how while zombies fill a role, and fill it well, they are rather bland.

Human lineman -2MV, -1AG +regen -10k

And I'm more likely to cut the free zombies I get then keep them.

But...why do they have to only be human zombies? What if you could get zombies of other races when you raise their dead?

Something like:

Human zombie 4/3/2/8 regen G 40k
DE/HE zombie 4/3/3/8 regen G 50k
SK Zombie 5/3/2/7 regen G 40k
Orc Zombie 3/3/2/9 regen G 40k
Chaos Zombie 4/3/2/8 horns, regen GM (doubles) 50k

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This is a nice house rule, but would not be official with the current KISS principles in place.

If you kill a +MA +AG Leap Gutter Runner do you get a 8247 Dodge Leap Zombie? It certainly would add a lot of fun and flavour to the game.

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DoubleSkulls wrote:This is a nice house rule, but would not be official with the current KISS principles in place.

If you kill a +MA +AG Leap Gutter Runner do you get a 8247 Dodge Leap Zombie? It certainly would add a lot of fun and flavour to the game.
That just sounds like a lot of fun.....an undead skaven team with regenerating gutter runners....just cannot destroy the critters

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Might be interesting to give any player raised in this fashion (who had skilled up at some point) Bonehead, seeing if the freshly-raised Undead can quite remember how to use their super-skills in the first place.

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DoubleSkulls wrote:This is a nice house rule, but would not be official with the current KISS principles in place.

If you kill a +MA +AG Leap Gutter Runner do you get a 8247 Dodge Leap Zombie? It certainly would add a lot of fun and flavour to the game.
That's why I kept it to a lineman base - otherwise killing Chaos Warriors, BOBs, and such would be too awesome.

A Chaos Warrior Zombie as 3/4/2/9 Regen GM (doubles) for 90k. Yes please! He'd be as resilient as a troll with being RS!

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I think you can make the rules a little more complex and get a more even result.

You can't regen stunties and S5 players. So perhaps something like

e.g. MA = Halved, +1, rounding towards 4. So MA5,6,7 = MA4, MA8&9=5, and you can do something similar for the other stats.

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The MBBL2 league had a rule like this, much fun when you killed a decent player.

My best 2 were (from Harvest of the Battlefield):

11 Hersmell Zombie Squire Thrower 5 3 2 7 Regenerate, Sure Hands, Pass, Honorable, +1 MA, Accurate 50,000gps

and

14 Ninja formerly known as Orugato Zombie Ninja 6 3 4 7 Dodge, Shadow, Side Step, Block, Sprint, +1 AG, Stiff Arm, Regenerate 90,000gps

Iirc they kept their SPP total (which added TR) and had a 10K reduction in price (might have been more).

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