Info on the "Pretty Zombie"

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Re: Info on the "Pretty Zombie"

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Its in the Dead Reign sourcebook "Civilization Gone Wild" pg 42
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So horribly tempting.

Would you?
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Snake Eyes wrote:Its in the Dead Reign sourcebook "Civilization Gone Wild" pg 42


I see what you did there ;)

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Did the feed on Ppe right after they die,so they do not decompose like the other types?
What are the Zombie types and Occ in Dead reign:soucebook1,Civiliation gone^
Palladium books did not give out much info on it.
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flatline wrote:
Snake Eyes wrote:Its in the Dead Reign sourcebook "Civilization Gone Wild" pg 42


I see what you did there ;)

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:lol: :lol:
I just realized that i added 'wild' at the end........
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Snake Eyes wrote:
flatline wrote:
Snake Eyes wrote:Its in the Dead Reign sourcebook "Civilization Gone Wild" pg 42


I see what you did there ;)

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:lol: :lol:
I just realized that i added 'wild' at the end........


Freud would be proud :)

It was an excellent joke, intentional or not.

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I don't need stats or anything, but what is the premise of the Pretty Zombie?
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Alrik Vas wrote:I don't need stats or anything, but what is the premise of the Pretty Zombie?


It is surprise and shock. The PC thinks he is helping a beautiful woman survivor. Then the woman tries to eat his face.
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ArmySGT. wrote:
Alrik Vas wrote:I don't need stats or anything, but what is the premise of the Pretty Zombie?


It is surprise and shock. The PC thinks he is helping a beautiful woman survivor. Then the woman tries to eat his face.


Wow, that's a whole lot less interesting than the run up in this thread had lead me to believe.

Oh well.

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flatline wrote:
ArmySGT. wrote:
Alrik Vas wrote:I don't need stats or anything, but what is the premise of the Pretty Zombie?


It is surprise and shock. The PC thinks he is helping a beautiful woman survivor. Then the woman tries to eat his face.


Wow, that's a whole lot less interesting than the run up in this thread had lead me to believe.

Oh well.

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Exactly what I was thinking. LoL!

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gaby wrote:Did the feed on Ppe right after they die,so they do not decompose like the other types?
What are the Zombie types and Occ in Dead reign:soucebook1,Civiliation gone^
Palladium books did not give out much info on it.
In the Dead Reign setting, Zombies have a "default" appearance -which is to say, whatever state of decomposition or damage their bodies have either 'started at' (i.e., how they looked right after they died or were killed), or whatever sorry state of decomposition they have arrived at through lack of feeding or other causes.

A so-called Pretty Zombie is one who had a high P.B. stat when living, that was killed and turned with minimal damage to the body; and as long as they stay fed with PPE from their victims, they can maintain that high P.B. indefinitely.
The books also imply that Pretty Zombies are a subset of the so-called Pattern Zombies, and these particular creatures can often be found primping themselves and looking completely normal apart from whatever (hidden?) wounds that killed them -which is one hell of a potential trap for anybody who hasn't encountered one yet and who wants to help the pretty woman in front of them get to safety.
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That's...messed up.

Like, what kind of mental faculties do Pattern and Pretty Zombies have? can they still talk and perform basic tasks?
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How come we have Hound Masters but no Zombie Pimps?
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cornholioprime wrote:A so-called Pretty Zombie is one who had a high P.B. stat when living, that was killed and turned with minimal damage to the body; and as long as they stay fed with PPE from their victims, they can maintain that high P.B. indefinitely.
The books also imply that Pretty Zombies are a subset of the so-called Pattern Zombies, and these particular creatures can often be found primping themselves and looking completely normal apart from whatever (hidden?) wounds that killed them -which is one hell of a potential trap for anybody who hasn't encountered one yet and who wants to help the pretty woman in front of them get to safety.


Not to mention that pretty zombies set ambushes.

Tor wrote:How come we have Hound Masters but no Zombie Pimps?


I'm sure there is a variant on the zombie lover that would accomodate this.
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ArmySGT. wrote:
Alrik Vas wrote:I don't need stats or anything, but what is the premise of the Pretty Zombie?


It is surprise and shock. The PC thinks he is helping a beautiful woman survivor. Then the woman tries to eat his face.

Or a post-apocalyptic psycho tries to force himself on her, and she eats something else. :twisted:
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Captain Shiva wrote:post-apocalyptic psycho tries to force himself on her, and she eats something else. :twisted:

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