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<blockquote data-quote="Jeff Wilder" data-source="post: 1785092" data-attributes="member: 5122">As it happens, the latest Dragon had a bit on how necromancers can get more bang for their buck, and there was a fairly extensive discussion of how to pick and animate corpses to make the most powerful zombies.&nbsp; I'd recommend taking a look.Zombies have three major weaknesses: they're easy to hit, they're slow, and they don't have much offense.&nbsp; You can make more powerful zombies by addressing any or all of these three factors.Armor: Have them in battle regalia and/or give them more natural armor.&nbsp; There are many ways to justify it.Speed: Put them in an unholy place ... a place that grants them haste.&nbsp; Or slow the PCs down somehow.Offense: This is the hardest one to address.&nbsp; What I've done to good effect when using hordes of zombies is to have them Aid Another on attacks or grapples.&nbsp; Rather than justifying it as conscious tactics, I just call it mindless persistence and sheer numbers.&nbsp; You could also do nasty things like have zombies who are infested with yellow mold (to which they're immune, of course), rot grubs, or who spend their off-hours &quot;marinating&quot; in poisonous brine that gives them a foul ghast-like odor or a poisonous touch.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeff Wilder, post: 1785092, member: 5122"] As it happens, the latest [i]Dragon[/i] had a bit on how necromancers can get more bang for their buck, and there was a fairly extensive discussion of how to pick and animate corpses to make the most powerful zombies. I'd recommend taking a look. Zombies have three major weaknesses: they're easy to hit, they're slow, and they don't have much offense. You can make more powerful zombies by addressing any or all of these three factors. Armor: Have them in battle regalia and/or give them more natural armor. There are many ways to justify it. Speed: Put them in an unholy place ... a place that grants them [i]haste[/i]. Or slow the PCs down somehow. Offense: This is the hardest one to address. What I've done to good effect when using hordes of zombies is to have them Aid Another on attacks or grapples. Rather than justifying it as conscious tactics, I just call it mindless persistence and sheer numbers. You could also do nasty things like have zombies who are infested with yellow mold (to which they're immune, of course), rot grubs, or who spend their off-hours "marinating" in poisonous brine that gives them a foul ghast-like odor or a poisonous touch. [/QUOTE]

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