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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kesh" data-source="post: 1540840" data-attributes="member: 1308">Borrow from all kinds of monster legends, not just zombies:Use normal zombies. Then use normal zombies who can only be killed by fire/acid (ie. regeneration). Then use zombies that are intelligent and have class levels. Then use zombies that have special abilities (Jump +20 or Improved Sunder or spider climb as a spell-like ability). Then use zombies that have DR 10 / silver. Then have zombies that can only be fully destroyed if you perform a bless or gentle repose after they're reduced to 0 HP or below (otherwise they rise X rounds later). For fun, make them only fully destroyable with a blow to the head (ie a Crit or coup de gras).Then, use them in new ways. Pit trap full of zombies. A stream or pool of water that a group of zombies emerge from, where they had been hiding. Mummified remains are really zombies, not true mummies. [spoiler]Corpses hanging from meathooks in a dungeon come alive and try to grapple anyone who gets too close.[/spoiler] The zombies are poisonous, or are being used as a magical 'culture' for a plague the bad guys want to unleash. The zombies do absolutely nothing while the PCs approach... then explode/release gasses/release spores/etc when touched or struck. Have the zombies start talking to the PCs. Make them require some kind of sustenence (flesh, blood, a specific plant, and so on).Just stuff like that. Mix it up a little and watch the players try to figure out how to deal with this batch. If you do, though, they should have some way to identify the various kinds after a while.</blockquote>

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