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.
We come at last to an actual zombie Green Lantern, and he’s weird looking alien one. Awesome. Tomar-Re is a flexible support character. Like most Green Lanterns his ranged power ring attacks have good stats for crowds, 3 dice hitting on 4+. His skills are mainly about support. At Blue his leadership abilities allow him to pass out Zombie Traits. Don’t forget how valuable these can be to other Green Lanterns. It’s a good skill for a Ranged character in general but on a team with other zombie lanterns it becomes an engine. At Orange he gets a classic taunt ability, allowing him to herd prey towards him, very useful for a zombie team. Finally at Red he boosts his offense getting free hits on neighboring zones when he attacks.
