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<blockquote data-quote="Rygar" data-source="post: 6305195" data-attributes="member: 6756765">This.Play up the horror.&nbsp; A Zombie isn't a Zombie,&nbsp; it's a woman wearing the tattered remains of her bridal gown,&nbsp; still showing the dried blood where she was stabbed on her wedding night.&nbsp; Throw a kid in there.&nbsp; Think Walking Dead.&nbsp; A child ghoul is pretty disturbing.&nbsp; Don't just have a room with a lich in it,&nbsp; have remenants of horrific experiments.If you want the players to be worried about the undead,&nbsp; think outside the box.&nbsp; Have the zombies/skeletons/ghouls carry disease.&nbsp; Have the erupt on death.&nbsp; Have one of them keep turning up,&nbsp; following the party,&nbsp; attacking when they're sleeping,&nbsp; seemingly indestructible.&nbsp; The undead were people at one point,&nbsp; don't let the players forget that,&nbsp; the undead are dead and putrescent,&nbsp; and the undead are the epitome of relentless as they have nothing but time and feel no pain or fear.&nbsp; You don't have to take away their levels to make them scared,&nbsp; you can have them chip away at their resources,&nbsp; weakening them.&nbsp; Weakened parties have a progressively harder time advancing,&nbsp; make the low end undead a curse.&nbsp; Make the high end undead use them to pick away at the party.&nbsp; Resource denial is at least as effective as level drain,&nbsp; and likely more fun because at least the party can try to do something about it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rygar, post: 6305195, member: 6756765"] This. Play up the horror. A Zombie isn't a Zombie, it's a woman wearing the tattered remains of her bridal gown, still showing the dried blood where she was stabbed on her wedding night. Throw a kid in there. Think Walking Dead. A child ghoul is pretty disturbing. Don't just have a room with a lich in it, have remenants of horrific experiments. If you want the players to be worried about the undead, think outside the box. Have the zombies/skeletons/ghouls carry disease. Have the erupt on death. Have one of them keep turning up, following the party, attacking when they're sleeping, seemingly indestructible. The undead were people at one point, don't let the players forget that, the undead are dead and putrescent, and the undead are the epitome of relentless as they have nothing but time and feel no pain or fear. You don't have to take away their levels to make them scared, you can have them chip away at their resources, weakening them. Weakened parties have a progressively harder time advancing, make the low end undead a curse. Make the high end undead use them to pick away at the party. Resource denial is at least as effective as level drain, and likely more fun because at least the party can try to do something about it. [/QUOTE]

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