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<blockquote data-quote="random user" data-source="post: 1502894" data-attributes="member: 16581"><p>Thanks for all the replies folks! This is what I've decided to do:</p><p></p><p>Many sections of the city willl have zombies doing what they did in normal life. Creepier still, they will ignore the adventurers unless they get in their way or attack them.</p><p></p><p>There will be some inanimate skeletons lying about, as well as some undead ones strewn about. The skeletons don't do anything when the adventurers aren't there; they are just idle. When the party nears them, though, the skeletons will spring up and attack. At this point, any nearby zombie will assist the skeletons (they will assist any other undead as well).</p><p></p><p>In addition there will be ghouls and ghasts running about (hopefully the party won't encounter them all at the same time). These guys are territorial and belong to one of two factions, who occassionally fight with each other (there is a reason for the two factions if the party pieces it together). They will run around in small packs in an insane manner, sometimes looking for food outside the city, other times running around defending territory. Zombies will assist ghouls attacking non-undead, but will go back to their normal routine for ghoul vs ghoul fights.</p><p></p><p>There will also be a couple wights and shadows, and maybe wraiths. These guys have been cursed to remain with 100 yards of where they died, and will either be idle (and bored stiff) or randomly pacing their territory. Zombies will also assist any of these creatures.</p><p></p><p>At least that's my current thinking. Thanks for all the ideas, and if you have more let me know <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="random user, post: 1502894, member: 16581"] Thanks for all the replies folks! This is what I've decided to do: Many sections of the city willl have zombies doing what they did in normal life. Creepier still, they will ignore the adventurers unless they get in their way or attack them. There will be some inanimate skeletons lying about, as well as some undead ones strewn about. The skeletons don't do anything when the adventurers aren't there; they are just idle. When the party nears them, though, the skeletons will spring up and attack. At this point, any nearby zombie will assist the skeletons (they will assist any other undead as well). In addition there will be ghouls and ghasts running about (hopefully the party won't encounter them all at the same time). These guys are territorial and belong to one of two factions, who occassionally fight with each other (there is a reason for the two factions if the party pieces it together). They will run around in small packs in an insane manner, sometimes looking for food outside the city, other times running around defending territory. Zombies will assist ghouls attacking non-undead, but will go back to their normal routine for ghoul vs ghoul fights. There will also be a couple wights and shadows, and maybe wraiths. These guys have been cursed to remain with 100 yards of where they died, and will either be idle (and bored stiff) or randomly pacing their territory. Zombies will also assist any of these creatures. At least that's my current thinking. Thanks for all the ideas, and if you have more let me know :) [/QUOTE]
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