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.
Continuing our tour of Gotham’s most famous naughty list, we come face to face with Clayface. For him, I obviously wanted to focus on his ooey gooey shapeshifting powers. We start out with a basic attack that gives 3 dice hitting on 4s, good for crowds. At Blue Sculpt Weaponry is Clayface’s big trick. He can grow heavy smashing spikes that hit harder or long slime tentacles that reach farther. Or both, but this will build your Hunger fast so be careful. At Orange he can play innocent or pretend to be scenery long enough to lure somebody in and the surprise that vase is really bitey! This is a great way to get a soft target out of a crowd and to get your snack on from a distance. Finally at Red he has his iconic ability to morph like putty around attacks allowing him to increase Hunger if he would be injured. All in all, Clayface is a great crowd control character, able to clear whole squads of goons and survive pretty well against most aggression that might reach him in turn. Just watch out for hard targets that can absorb his offense, he doesn’t have a great way to escape if he gets a Super Hero in his Zone.
