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.
Hawkman is probably the most simple of these designs. He hits hard, he moves fast, he doesn’t get tired. His Nth Metal Mace attacks are accurate and hard hitting with his Critical Hit ability. At Orange I gave him an amped up flying charge to be his signature ability. I did juice this power a bit more than comparable movement and charge powers, but given that his kit is otherwise pretty bare bones I think it’s well balanced this way, and allows players to rely on him as a fast hard hitting character. At Red it’s just more of the same, extra moves or attacks, dealer’s choice.
