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Zombie Hydra
Huge
Zombies
50,000 gp
9,000 lbs
Legendary Creature
Brute Role
15
110.57
Body
Mind
Soul
Vitality
147 / 147
Armor
14
18
Luck
Walking Speed
30
Jumping Speed
18
Swimming Speed
30
Climbing Speed
15
Nightsight
60
Unhindered Attacks
5
Reach
10
Damage Type Immunity
Immune Status Effect
ST 4 | 10 SP | d7
ST 6 | 16 SP | d9
Can understand languages, but cannot speak

  • Natural Armor Natural Armor:
  • Natural Armor +4
    64 0 gp

  • Natural Weapon Natural Weapon(s):
  • Bite (10) (d10)
    108.09
  • Slam (d6)

  • Passive Ability Passive Abilities:
  • Hydra Heads
    10000 gp
  • Multiple Head Attacks
    2500 gp
  • Reactive Heads
    8000 gp
  • Wakeful
    1500 gp
  • Living Weapon (d6)
    Requires Skill Tier 3 Natural Weapon Skill

  • Ability Abilities:
  • Legendary Defenses

  • Quick Ability Quick Abilities:
  • Shoulder Throw
    19.69 Requires Skill Tier 4 Natural Weapon Skill

  • Attack Ability Attack Abilities:
  • Zombie Fever Strike
    500 gp
  • Palm Burst
    100 gp Requires Skill Tier 2 Natural Weapon Skill
  • Iron Grip
    11.51 500 gp Requires Skill Tier 3 Natural Weapon Skill

  • Free Ability Free Abilities:
  • Undead Fortitude
    1000 gp

  • Reaction Ability Reaction Abilities:
  • Thick Hide Absorption, Adept
    75 Requires Skill Tier 3 Natural Armor Skill
  • Quick Look
    Requires Skill Tier 5 Attention

  • Monster Bit Monster Bits:
  • 10350 Chimeric Organ
    1 gp
  • 9630 Hard Skin
    0.1 gp

From the stagnant mire, the undead hydra lumbers forward, its rotting heads swaying like wilted branches. Each maw drips blackened ichor, jagged teeth scraping together as it lunges to snare its hapless prey.

Environment: Swamp

FateTide: Game Master's Guide
Zombies
Creature Sub Type
Undead
Creature Sub Type
200

Zombies are a classic and chilling addition to any campaign. These undead abominations are a staple in the horror genre, and when they shamble onto the scene, players know they're in for a nightmarish challenge.

Origin of Zombies:
In the darkest corners of your world, sinister necromantic magic weaves a ghastly tapestry. It's this dark sorcery that raises the dead to serve as zombies. These vile minions are the twisted puppets of their creator, devoid of fear, hesitation, or any remnant of their former selves.

Unpredictable Creation:
While most zombies are fashioned from the remains of humanoid creatures, the malicious magic can bring any once-living being back to a semblance of life. Sometimes, they rise spontaneously when an area becomes saturated with dark magic. Once turned into a zombie, only the most potent magic can bring them back to the world of the living, such as a powerful resurrection spell.

Dreadful Appearance:
Zombies are a sight to behold, or rather, to be repulsed by. They appear as they did in their final moments, their rotting forms carrying the grotesque wounds that brought about their demise. Warriors might rise from a battlefield, bloated and eviscerated, while peasants claw their way from the ground, infested with maggots and worms. Others may emerge from waterlogged graves or washed ashore, their bodies swollen and reeking after weeks in the water.

Mindless Pursuit:
The unrelenting nature of zombies makes them a relentless foe. They move in the most direct path toward their prey, incapable of understanding obstacles, strategy, or treacherous terrain. A zombie might blindly stumble into a fast-flowing river, clawing at the water's surface as it's battered against rocks, determined to reach foes on the other side. They'll disregard their own safety, walking through fires, wading through acid pools, and mindlessly advancing across fields littered with caltrops.

Simple Obedience:
Zombies possess only rudimentary cognitive abilities. They can follow basic orders and differentiate between allies and adversaries, but that's the extent of their intellect. When armed with a weapon, they use it to menacing effect, but they won't retrieve a dropped weapon or any other tool without explicit command.

In your adventure, when you introduce zombies, the players will find themselves confronting an implacable and gruesome threat. The combination of their relentless pursuit, horrifying appearance, and obedience to dark magic commands will make every encounter with these undead creatures a harrowing experience.

  • Senses Special Senses:
  • Nightsight Nightsight: +60

  • Damage Type Immunity Damage Type Immunity:
  • Poison Poison

  • Immune Status Effect Immune to Status Effect:
  • Moderate Bleeding Bleeding (2d6)
  • Severe Bleeding Bleeding (3d6)
  • Bleeding Bleeding (d4)
  • Drunk Drunk
  • Exhausted Exhausted
  • Food Poisoning Food Poisoning
  • Hungry Hungry
  • Parched Parched
  • Poisoned Poisoned
  • Sleeping Sleeping
  • Slightly Drunk Slightly Drunk
  • Starving Starving
  • Suffocating Suffocating
  • Thirsty Thirsty
  • Unconscious Unconscious

  • Attack Ability Attack Abilities:
  • Zombie Fever Strike
    500 gp

  • Free Ability Free Abilities:
  • Undead Fortitude
    1000 gp

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D6
D8
D10
D12
D20
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d100
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