When DCeased was announced a lot of returning fans were a little disappointed to learn there would be no playable Zombie mode to match with Marvel Zombies. Now of course there are a number of reasons for this; they’ve been explained elsewhere if you’re interested. As for myself, I say there’s always reasons not to do something. I think a bunch of us want to do it anyway. So this is my effort, over the coming months, before the Kickstarter ships out I will have posted playable rules for every Zombie Hero. You can mix them with your Marvel Zombies, custom up some rules to run them in DCeased missions, or just laugh at how bad my ideas are. Lots of people have some cool ideas for how to make these characters. These are just mine.
My customs are designed to feel balanced next to existing designs. They are designed with simplicity in mind; simplicity is what makes Zombicide so fun. I also design my customs to match the sculpt of the model and the version and powers that are presented there. In designing custom playable Zombie Heroes I have developed the term “Militia” as a shorthand to mean Trooper, Guard or Specialist. All cards were made using Wuxyteo’s card creator, which is pretty great.
So here’s Green Lantern, Hal Jordan specifically as a Zombie. He’s a powerful ranged character with good mobility. In the comics Hal gets taken out pretty quickly by Black Canary so I wanted to build him with some focus on fighting with Super Heroes, maybe not a hero killer build, but at least a character that would be ready to respond to a Super Hero showing up. I drew inspiration from the living Green Lantern characters, including living Hal. Like them he can use the power ring to attack at a great distance. And like his living self he uses his strong will and the adaptability of the ring to give himself powerful flexible options in combat. His final ability, Evil’s Might lets me use a piece of the Green Lantern oath in his abilities, just like the living lanterns all do, and sets the stage for his epic confrontation with enemy Super Heroes. Once he has this he can soar over enemies and position himself to start the battle on his terms with a free move and as much or little Hunger as he wants.
