No full caster, Low Magic, High level fighting Undead... I need help.

Hmmm, a solid choice might actually be Hellreaver from Fiendish Codex II. Normally a demonslaying PrC, nearly all of the abilities function just fine against normal evil foes. If you find an evil outsider, you can really smash them. A simple build would be Barbarian1/Pally of Freedom4/Hellreaver10 for your ECL15 build stub. PoF gives you immunity to compulsions, while Hellreaver gives you back the Immunity to Fear you trade away with PoF. Barbarian 1, with the Spirit Lion Totem ACF from Comp Champ gives you Pounce and 1/day rage, which you can get to 3/day with Extra Rage from Comp Warrior. You'll have full BAB for whatever normal mode of kickassing you chose, either charging or tripping or whatever. Plus, the swift action healing every round for 30 HP is pretty sexy and Mettle is never a bad thing. Pally4 gives you Turn Undead which can be used to fuel something like Divine Might (Cha to damage), Chaos Devotion, Animal Devotion, Travel Devotion, or one of the Libris Mortis feats like Sacred Vitality for true resilience against "Bad StuffTM".

Its super easy to get into as well. BAB +5, Power Attack (who DOESN'T take PA?), and Know:Planes 4 (which you can hit crossclass by ECL5). Oh, and you have to have slain an evil outsider...write that into your backstory, you are ECL 15...
 

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For swift hunter build, be a Necropolitan Wood Elf. Be sure to use the elven racial sub. level at 1 so that your undead FE bonus is +3 per increase, instead of the normal +2. Also grab Solitary Hunting alt. class feature from dragon magazine. Give up your animal companion for FE bonus applying to attack as well as damage.

Boring, but very effective.
 

For swift hunter build, be a Necropolitan Wood Elf. Be sure to use the elven racial sub. level at 1 so that your undead FE bonus is +3 per increase, instead of the normal +2. Also grab Solitary Hunting alt. class feature from dragon magazine. Give up your animal companion for FE bonus applying to attack as well as damage.

Boring, but very effective.
Due to the nature of the Negative Energy Demiplane and the Undead churning machine, when I asked my DM if I could play an undead character, he said due to the compelling power of the Demiplane, no Undead would WANT to shut the thing down.

I'm not inclined to come up with an RP backstory that refutes his statement, so I'll have to pass on Necropolitan template.

I'm starting to get worried as I put together the Swift Hunter, only because without flight, I'm anticipating not being able to move 10' per round when the Zombie Horde scene comes. Even with Travel Devotion. There may simply be to many enemies, and not enough directions to go into.
 

Learn2flynoob! Bring combat to the 3D realm and stump even genetically engineered superhumans! (kudos for the reference).

Raptoran would be a good race for a swift hunter, if you are so inclined. You could even Dragonborn it up, as long as you wait to apply Dragonborn until after ECL5 (when you get full flight). The nice thing about Raptorans is that no aspect of their flight is SU or otherwise magical. Don't worry about stay Dispel Magics or rando plot oriented AMFs grounding you uncomfortably among the fields of the shambling masses.

Plus, footbows (feetbows?) are smexy.
 

Learn2flynoob! Bring combat to the 3D realm and stump even genetically engineered superhumans! (kudos for the reference).

Raptoran would be a good race for a swift hunter, if you are so inclined. You could even Dragonborn it up, as long as you wait to apply Dragonborn until after ECL5 (when you get full flight). The nice thing about Raptorans is that no aspect of their flight is SU or otherwise magical. Don't worry about stay Dispel Magics or rando plot oriented AMFs grounding you uncomfortably among the fields of the shambling masses.

Plus, footbows (feetbows?) are smexy.
Yeah, I mentioned earlier in this thread that when I brought up the idea of my PC flying, my DM made a sad face because he hadn't considered that in the image of his Resident Evil style, thriller, scary around every corner campaign.

I'm intentionally forgoing Flight so as to not mess with his vision. He'd allow it, but it would lead to more Sad face when I stomped on everything.

In any other campaign, flight is a staple as early as I can get it.
 

It's a bit of shame he hadn't thought about flight beforehand. Zombie gargoyles could be rather interesting.

Given your likely lack of movement options swift hunter would seem to be less effective. Would you be able to play a goliath, half-giant, or half-ogre? All of them qualify for the feat Knockback. If you had two levels of barbarian you could get pounce and improved trip, take the knock-down feat from earlier, then shock trooper and you'd have a big bull rush tripping ubercharger machine. Get a spiked chain and combat reflexes and a good Dex score and you can probably take care of stuff fairly handily. Add Thicket of Blades for more control.

If you have a way to get your Dex back up to good levels, taking Psychic Warrior for Expansion would give you an even greater area of control at the risk of definitely being the biggest target. Or are psionics even available?
 

It's a bit of shame he hadn't thought about flight beforehand. Zombie gargoyles could be rather interesting.

Given your likely lack of movement options swift hunter would seem to be less effective. Would you be able to play a goliath, half-giant, or half-ogre? All of them qualify for the feat Knockback. If you had two levels of barbarian you could get pounce and improved trip, take the knock-down feat from earlier, then shock trooper and you'd have a big bull rush tripping ubercharger machine. Get a spiked chain and combat reflexes and a good Dex score and you can probably take care of stuff fairly handily. Add Thicket of Blades for more control.

If you have a way to get your Dex back up to good levels, taking Psychic Warrior for Expansion would give you an even greater area of control at the risk of definitely being the biggest target. Or are psionics even available?
Knockback would be fun.

Psionics are 100% available, me and mine accept that material. I have had one player who makes scary Psions. *Shudder*
 

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