D&D 5E Zombies: Sink or Swim?

[Baldurs_Underdark]

Well, if they were thinking that much, they'd realize that putting a pipe in a mouth that doesn't have lips would be ineffective.

You'd almost think that it shouldn't work in real life.

 

[Umbran]

You'd almost think that it shouldn't work in real life.

"Almost," only counts in hand-grenades, horseshoes, and thermonuclear devices, and then only sometimes.

 

[Umbran]

I've toyed around with doing a zombie themed campaign or side-arc but if did there would definitely be different types. So it just depends, the types of zombie are quite varied.

New from White Wolf Games! Zombie: The Shambling.

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

They build a raft.. out of other zombies!

 

[James Gasik]

Didn't 1E Greyhawk Adventures have an entry for Drowned Zombie? (I sold my copy a few months ago, so I can't check.)

Well they did drown, they just did it before they became a mixed-up zombie.

 

[iserith]

If you want to torture spellcasters and anyone who uses a weapon unsuitable for underwater combat, the zombies sink.

Scenario: Villagers have recently dug a new well, only they tapped into a crypt flooded by ground water. Now a terrible curse has fallen upon the village that can only be cleansed by dealing with the shambling dead in the cold and dark water below.

 

[Tonguez]

2e Sea Zombie
On land sea zombies moved at a very slow, clumsy and shambling gait, but in water they were very fast swimmers. They could also sink and walk unimpeded by the water.

 

[Mind of tempest]

View attachment 2701482e Sea Zombie
On land sea zombies moved at a very slow, clumsy and shambling gait, but in water they were very fast swimmers. They could also sink and walk unimpeded by the water.

give the sear list of options how come necromancers do not just rule all dnd worlds? they have undead for all possible options it would seem.

 

[Mind of tempest]

Throw in 28 Days Later, World War Z, Resident Evil, The last of Us, Left 4 Dead and so on. Some zombies are still living creatures controlled by some other force, be that virus or priest. Others are on their way to becoming animated skeletons. Some are weirdly in-between depending on type.

I've toyed around with doing a zombie themed campaign or side-arc but if did there would definitely be different types. So it just depends, the types of zombie are quite varied.

add in left-for-dead style special variants for mini-bosses or just to make the combat more than just hoards.

 

[Oofta]

add in left-for-dead style special variants for mini-bosses or just to make the combat more than just hoards.

There's fun things like the zombie clot from Van Richten's and of course greater zombies. I may have thrown in some custom zombie boomers boomers now and then, of course things like giant zombies are a good stand-in for tanks.

Hmm, Halloween episode may have to come a bit early this year.