Corrupted Zombie

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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

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.