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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 824041" data-attributes="member: 8461">There are, as written, no rules on undead decomposing, so the basic answer here is no. Some undead do need to feed, such as ghouls, ghasts, and vampires, and bad things happen to them if they don't, but beyond that, the undead do not decompose in a manner that'd interfere with their stats (i.e., no appreciable decomposition that'd interfere with their having to function). You make a zombie now, and seal it away, and when adventurers come along a thousand years later, its still a zombie. It looks worse for wear, but its obviously still a zombie when seen, just more corroded. Any decomposition that happens is purely flavor material (and that phrase brings gruesome thoughts to mind). A ghoul, left to feed for centuries, will still remain a ghoul after all that time. A zombie will never just decompose down to becoming a skeleton. Decomposition doesn't make stat changes unless you're using a product that specifically deals with that.A general rule of thumb is that where flesh remaining is important (such as with ghouls, and with zombies to distinguish them from skeletons), its still there, just more papery and shrivelled around the bones. For undead on whom flesh doesn't matter per se, such as mummies and liches, they can have flesh or be skeletal (and having them be skeletal and posing as mere skeletons is a great way to surprise a party).And of course, vampires never decompose, looking human (or mostly human if you have more Buffy-esque vampires). Incorporeal undead are beyond this entire question, since they have no physical bodies.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 824041, member: 8461"] There are, as written, no rules on undead decomposing, so the basic answer here is no. Some undead do need to feed, such as ghouls, ghasts, and vampires, and bad things happen to them if they don't, but beyond that, the undead do not decompose in a manner that'd interfere with their stats (i.e., no appreciable decomposition that'd interfere with their having to function). You make a zombie now, and seal it away, and when adventurers come along a thousand years later, its still a zombie. It looks worse for wear, but its obviously still a zombie when seen, just more corroded. Any decomposition that happens is purely flavor material (and that phrase brings gruesome thoughts to mind). A ghoul, left to feed for centuries, will still remain a ghoul after all that time. A zombie will never just decompose down to becoming a skeleton. Decomposition doesn't make stat changes unless you're using a product that specifically deals with that. A general rule of thumb is that where flesh remaining is important (such as with ghouls, and with zombies to distinguish them from skeletons), its still there, just more papery and shrivelled around the bones. For undead on whom flesh doesn't matter per se, such as mummies and liches, they can have flesh or be skeletal (and having them be skeletal and posing as mere skeletons is a great way to surprise a party). And of course, vampires never decompose, looking human (or mostly human if you have more Buffy-esque vampires). Incorporeal undead are beyond this entire question, since they have no physical bodies. [/QUOTE]

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