PRM Faction: Zombies

 The original target of the PRM mod, the zombie wrestling brute was the first creature and the very first change made.  The zombie faction functions much like the core game zombie faction does; namely using numbers and support attacks to mitigate their speed disadvantage and make use of their own toughness and specializations.  The zombie faction is the most heavily added to faction, as it is the primary antagonist of the game.

Zombies in C:DDA and PRM are characterized by their medium size, slow speed, high hit points, ability to evolve and specialize, subservience to the blob faction, and their support attacks. They are capable of using the synthetic armor of their hosts, should they have any, and mature forms are capable of using limited ranged attacks. Zombies are the most numerous faction of the game, and they are also the aggressively dumb faction, rivaled only by the individually non-sentient fungus hive mind.

The zombies of PRM have a much more complex evolutionary tree than the original zombies, and take over a full year to mature into their endgame spawns. On average they are faster than their core game analogues, and many simply don't have a clear reciprocal in the core game. The PRM zombies use attacks that slow you down or otherwise weaken you while they attempt to surround you. They grab at you, smash you into structures to cause pain, spit at you, secrete thick gooey sludge, and even create living blobs that can join in the fight. PRM zombies have higher stats, and several can outright kill mine finale creatures at the endgame. Zombies have a scorch mechanic, where they will burn into other zombies. In the core game they will recover with time, but in PRM they will stay permanently burned. There are several kinds of burned zombies, and both animal and human zombies will burn into a succession of zombies on their way to becoming innate corpses.

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Zombies are the largest faction, both in their diversity, membership, and range. They are the primary antagonists of the game, and will likely be the death of you. Zombies can take all manner of mammalian shapes, and will grind down any defense offered against them.

Evolution

Zombies are the original evolving faction, and posses the most and most varied single evolutions in the game. PRM only extends this trait, adding a whole new tier to the standard zombie template.

 Hang on here, you're in for quite a ride with this one.  Unlike most evolutions, the zombie and hungry zombie evolutions are so large I will list them.

 -"Zombie" AND "Zombie_2" AND "Zombie_3" -->

-Zombie, Hungry Zombie, Skeleton, Mangler, Crawling Zombie, Acidic Zombie, Spitter Zombie, Corrosive Zombie, Shady Zombie, Zombie Hollow, Zombie Runner, Zombie Hunter, Zombie Predator, Shrieker Zombie, Screecher Zombie, Smoker Zombie, Grappler Zombie, Grabber Zombie, Zombie Brute, Zombie Wrestler, Zombie Nightstalker, Zombie Necromancer, Zombie Master, Zombie Hulk, Blob, Large Blob

 -"Hungry Zombie" -->

-Zombie, Hungry Zombie, Rotting Zombie, Zombie Mangler, Zombie Husk, Crawling Zombie, Acidic Zombie, Spitter Zombie, Corrosive Zombie, Shady Zombie, Ethereal Zombie, Zombie Hollow, Zombie Nadir, Zombie Runner, Zombie Hunter, Zombie Predator, Shrieker Zombie, Screecher Zombie, Smoker Zombie, Bloated Zombie, Grappler Zombie, Grabber Zombie, Zombie Brute, Zombie Wrestler, Zombie Nightstalker, Zombie Necromancer, Zombie Master, Zombie Lord, Zombie Hulk, Large Blob

 -"Zombie child" AND "Zombie Child_2" AND "Zombie_Child_3" -->

-"Zombie Scrapper" OR "Zombie Anklebiter" OR "Zombie Sproglodyte" OR "Zombie Shriekling" OR "Creepy Crawler" OR "Zombie Snotgobbler" OR "Zombie Waif"

 -"Fat Zombie" AND "Fat Zombie_2" AND "Fat Zombie_3" -->

-"Bloated Zombie" OR "Boomer" OR "Huge Boomer" OR "Huge Boomer" [Glowing] OR "Shambling Zombie" OR "Shambler" OR "Putrid Zombie"

 -"Zombie Scrapper" --> "Zombie Reaver"

 -"Crawling Zombie" --> "Shambling Zombie"

 -"Tough Zombie" AND "Tough Zombie_2" AND "Tough Zombie_3" --> "Hollow Zombie"

 -"Zombie Master" --> "Zombie Lord"

 -"Zombie Necromancer" --> "Zombie Lord"

 -"Zombie Hulk" --> "Zombie Tank"

 -"Smoker Zombie" AND "Bloated Zombie" --> "Putrid Zombie"

 -"Shady Zombie" --> "Ethereal Zombie"

 -"Zombie Hollow" --> "Zombie Nadir"

 -"Swimmer Zombie" --> "Zombie Snapper"

 -"Swimmer Zombie_2" --> "Encrusted Zombie"

 -"Skeleton" --> "Zombie Mangler" --> "Zombie Husk"

 -"Zombie Hulk" --> "Zombie Tank"

 -"Shambling Zombie" --> "Shambler"

 -"Zombie Dog" --> "Zombie Chaser"

 -"Z-9" AND "Rotweiller" --> "Zombie Hunting Dog"

 -"Skeleton Dog" --> "Hellhound"

Scorched Evolutions

In addition to the above evolutions, most zombies will burn into new monsters. Some of these monsters evolve, and while they will never heal they can be further burnt into weaker creatures and grow into stronger critters.

Evolutions

 -"Scorched Zombie" --> "Scorched Zombie" [Upgraded]

 -"Zombie Kinderling" --> "Burned Zombie Child"

 -"Fiend" --> "Fiend" [Upgraded]

De-Evolutions

 -"Scorched Zombie" [Upgraded] --> "Scorched Zombie --> "Gutted Zombie" --> "Gutted Zombie" [Terminal]

 -"Burned Child Zombie" --> "Zombie Kinderling" --> "Gutted Zombie" [Terminal]

 -"Fiend" [Upgraded] --> "Fiend" --> "Gutted Zombie" --> "Gutted Zombie" [Terminal]

 -"Hooved Horror" --> "Torrid Beast" --> "Putrid Pile" --> "Putrified Pile" --> "Putrified Pile" [Terminal]

Monster Summaries

Greenies

Variant	Speed	Damage	Health	Dodge	Aggression	Morale	Physical Armor	Special Attacks
Zombie 1	70	2d3 bash	80	Zero	Total	Average		Bite, Grab
Zombie 2	80	1d4 + 1bash, 1 cut	70	Poor	Total	Average		Bite, Grab
Zombie 3	65	2d4 bash	80	Zero	Total	Average	Low	Bite, Grab
Hungry Zombie	75	2d7 bash, 2 cut	100	Zero	Total	Average	Low	Bite, Grab

'Greenies' are the basic, standard zombies of the game. They have no special powers, no unusual attacks, no outstanding features (for a zombie), and special perceptions.

Being the basic zombie unit, greenies form the majority of the actual zombies in the game. They overwhelm with their numbers, and are the backbone and linemen of the horde. If the horde were so organized as to have a backbone or line.

Children

Variant	Speed	Damage	Health	Dodge	Aggression	Morale	Physical Armor	Special Armor	Special Attacks
Child Zombie 1	65	2d4 bash, 2 cut	40	Poor	Total	Average
Child Zombie 2	80	2d3 bash, 2 cut	35	Competent	Total	Average	Low bash
Child Zombie 3	60	3d3 bash, 3 cut	50	Poor	Total	Average	Low
Zombie Scrapper	90	4d4 bash, 1 cut	55	Poor	Total	Average	Low		Bite
Zombie Reaver	105	4d5 bash, 5 cut	80	Competent	Total	Average	Moderate	Moderate fire, Moderate acid	Bite

Zombie children are low damage, high dodge monsters. They can cause guilt, and increasingly use their small frame and higher speed to hunt down survivors. Their nature is standard, and as a whole they posses no special attributes, merely adding horrifying flavor we would all know was there whether or not they were represented.

Tough Zombies

Variant	Speed	Damage	Health	Dodge	Aggression	Morale	Physical Armor	Special Attacks
Tough Zombie 1	85	3d3 bash, 1 cut	100	Poor	Total	Average	Low	Bite, Grab
Tough Zombie 2	100	2d4 bash, 2 cut	90	Poor	Total	Average	Low	Grab, Bite
Tough Zombie 3	80	3d4 bash	125	Poor	Total	Average	Moderate bash, Low cut	Bite, Grab

Tough Zombies are described as fit, in shape human corpses. They are faster dodgier, and have more hp than the Greenies. They are superior enough to cause the death of a zero-skill survivor should they meet one.

However, with any significant skill tough zombies and regular zombies have little practical differences.

Fat Zombies

Variant	Speed	Damage	Health	Dodge	Aggression	Morale	Physical Armor	Special Attacks
Fat Zombie 1	55	2d4 bash	95	Zero	Total	Average	Moderate bash, Low cut	Bite
Fat Zombie 2	65	2d3 bash, 1 cut	90	Poor	Total	Average	Moderate bash, Low cut	Bite
Fat Zombie 3	50	2d5 bash	115	Zero	Total	Average	Moderate bash, Low cut	Bite
Glowing Huge Boomer	85	3d3 bash	120	Zero	Total	Average	Moderate	Glowing Bile, Breathe

Fat Zombies are high health, higher damage Greenies. They were corpulent in life, and in death this was only made more pronounced so they could better kill. After all, fat is an excellent buffer between skin and valuable muscle.

The glowing boomer does just as its name implies. It possesses no special function, no hidden attack, and is in many ways weaker than the original huge boomer.

Crawling Zombies

Variant	Speed	Damage	Health	Dodge	Aggression	Morale	Physical Armor	Special Armor	Special Attacks	Angered By	Fear Of
Shambling Zombie	80	1d10 bash, 1 cut, 12 acid	90	Poor	Total	Average	Moderate bash, Low cut	Low Fire, Immune Acid	Grab, Acid Barf, Create Blob, Night Invisible, Acid Blood
Shambler	70	1d6 bash, 4 cut, 8 stab, 6 acid	90	Poor	Total	Average	Moderate bash, Low cut	Moderate fire, Immune acid	Emit Sludge, Acid Barf, Grab, Create Blob, Acid Blood, Absorb Items

The shambler has made quite a name for itself with its ability to absorb items to gain health over its max hp. Not only does it delete items left on the ground, it can have thousands of hp if left to do so long enough.

While the shambling zombie is no pushover, using its sludge to slow down the player and its acid to cripple them, the shambler does this while creating new blobs and while having hp pools that can take whole ingame days to deplete.

 The shambler has very poor movement speed out of water, and it is  almost blind.  It can hear and will eventually find combat or a wrecked car.  Best to avoid it if you can or to kill it when it is alone.

Deformed Zombies

Variant	Speed	Damage	Health	Dodge	Aggression	Morale	Physical Armor	Special Armor	Special Attacks
Scabby Zombie	50	2d4 bash, 2 cut	80	Zero	Total	Average	Moderate bash, High cut	Electric Immune	Grab, Bite, Emit Flesh, Venom
Maimed Zombie	50	2d3 bash, 3 cut	60	Zero	Moderate	Average			Bite, Grab
Blind Zombie	80	2d4 bash	80	Zero	Moderate	Average			Bite, Drag
Unseeing Zombie	115	2d6 bash, 3 cut	80	Skilled	Moderate	Average	Moderate		Bite, Drag

Deformed zombies, those that have obvious physical defects that are not from battle, are added in to add flavor to the game, add comparison points to the Greenies, and provide more zombies to upgrade into the Decay group.

These zombies are weaker than even standard zombies, excepting the unseeing zombie. The unseeing zombie has become adept at fighting despite its blindness.

Corrupted Zombies

Variant	Speed	Damage	Health	Dodge	Aggression	Morale	Physical Armor	Special Armor	Special Attacks	Angered By	Fear Of
Shadowed Zombie	75	2d7 bash, 2 cut	100	Competent	Moderate	Average	Low	Night Invisible, Bite, Grab	Grab, Bite, Emit Flesh, Venom	Close, Faction Died, Hurt
Ethereal Zombie	100	3d6 bash, 1 true	90	Skilled	Low	Average	Moderate bash, Insane cut	Low acid, Moderate fire	Bite, Grab, Night Invisible	Close, Faction Died, Stalk, Hurt	Fire (placate)
Hollow Zombie	80	2d8 bash, 3 cut	115	Competent	Total	Average	Moderate bash, Moderate cut, High stab		Stretch Bite, Stretch Attack, Grab
Unseeing Zombie	85	2d12 bash, 5 cut	140	Competent	Moderate	Average	High bash, Moderate cut	Low fire, Low acid	Stretch Bite, Stretch Attack

Corrupted zombies, the most bloblike of the zombies, have begun acting less like physical being of our universe and more as if governed by another. The blob's influence on them is clear to see, granting them tough natural armor and elastic skin. They can hide in the shadows and attack a target from 3 or more tiles away.

while the shady zombies are found throughout the game, the nadir and the ethereal are endgame monsters that are more than capable of wiping out lesser survivors. A player who has found and destroyed nadirs has seen or been given the chance to see almost all the zombie hordes have to offer, save 1 or 2 others...

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