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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 3959346" data-attributes="member: 54846">First and Foremost: 0) Don't use the player's charactersIf you really want to play a Survival Horror-type adventure with D&D, pre-generate some temporary characters with NPC classes. That's right, Commoners, Experts and Aristocrats. Maybe an adept if you're feeling gracious. Having a single hit die, meager weapons, and no magic should put the fear of god into your players.Give these pre-generated characters to the players, run them through your survival horror session, and don't sweat it if they die or escape. Use this session as a Preface to the next adventure. Maybe the survivors come across the group's PCs at the beginning of the next session. If everyone dies, have the PCs find the corpses of their temporary characters (possibly as zombies).Not only will you have scared the crap out of them, but giving them their characters back and letting them take on the zombies in the real adventure will give them a sense of vengeance. 1) Split the party up. If the Fighter is over here, and the rogue is over there, and the mage is back there... and they all get surrounded... 2) Swarm TacticsThe above mentioned grapple suggestion except have the zombies use Aid Another on one or two of their friends. This way, you have a horde of zombies trying to drag an opponent down. Try the above, but with a disarm, or a trip. Impose using improvised weapon problems. Make sure you stick to AoOs.3) The environment. Zombies in water, just grabbing a PC and pulling him down, or zombies on thin ice, in a gas-filled room, difficult terrain, or other sorts of "It's difficult/dangerous to be here" is great. Like say, a partially caved in mine shaft that could fall in, narrow bridges/ledges over pits with tons of zombies inside...4) Alter stats.DR 5/Slashing + Fast Healing 2. Or instead of DR 5/Slashing, give them Regeneration 5/Good or Acid.Toss in some large zombies in there. Ogres, giants, etc. This is great if they're doing the grappling, and the medium sized creatures Aid Another.5) Other Undead or creatures.Seriously, a ghoul who tries to steal some food, or who is herding the zombies around as a protective technique, is slick. Or hey, an NPC using a potion of Hide from Undead. He attacks, then retreats into the mob. Plant-based monsters (Yellow mold), stirges, or other small monsters that could have a symbiotic relationship with the zombies makes a great spice for an encounter. The "Zombie that has a swarm of centipedes inside of it" is a great surprise.</blockquote>

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