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 on we have Talon. This is kind of a strange one because I feel like Talon was already a Zombie before being infected. I guess he’s just not as cool as Solomon Grundy. Anyway he fits in perfectly with the Anti-Life crew as a mobile difficult to shake stalker and killer. Starting with his basic attack he can throw knives with a high degree of accuracy up to a Zone away. His Blue Skill is Quick Bite, which lets him simultaneously thin out opposition in his own Zone while keeping his hunger somewhat in check. Remember that while he can throw the knives up to a Zone away, the bite must target his own Zone. At Orange his assassin training shines, letting him dodge and weave around crowds to track his target anywhere, and also giving him the ability to make a free throwing knife attack at the cost of Hunger. Note that Quick Bite can negate this cost, but if he is already Ravenous it’s too late to use it. Finally at Red the chosen agent of the Court of Owls lets out the true murderous power of his calling, becoming deadly accurate and getting free attacks whenever he puts down a hard target.
