Zombie

Category: Undead

Description

Reanimated corpses that still retain their flesh. Unlike skeletons, zombies are slower, clumsier, and physically heavier, driven forward by dark magic and a crude approximation of life.

Abilities

• Tireless & Immune: Like all undead, they never tire, do not need to breathe, and are completely immune to pain, poison, and mind-affecting magic.
• Damage Resistances: The rotting flesh acts as armor against bludgeoning weapons, absorbing impacts that would normally break bones. However, they are highly vulnerable to slashing weapons (which can sever limbs and tendons) and fire (which burns the necrotic flesh).
• Disease & Rot: Their rotting state means a bite or scratch from a zombie can cause severe infections or necrotic rot in living targets.

Lore

Created through illegal necromancy using relatively fresh or preserved corpses. Zombies are favored as shock troops or laborers by dark mages and the Ibasan army. Because they still have flesh, they are subject to decomposition and rot, making them less durable over long periods compared to skeletons. They are sustained by a necromantic matrix anchored to a granted bound soul; without that soul anchor, the corpse cannot move on its own and must be directly puppeteered by the caster.