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.
Next on the agenda is the other girl from the song; Ice. Ice is a ranged area attack specialist that punishes enemies for closing in on her. Her basic Ice Spikes attack rolls 3 dice hitting on 4+ at Range 0-1. Her Blue Skill, Windchill lets her Push all enemies in a zone she attacks once per turn. You can use this either to slide them away from you or if your Hunger is growing draw them close enough to put the bite down on them. At Orange Whiteout is her ambush ability, allowing her to create driving snows around herself when enemies close in. This translates to a free attack when enemies enter your zone. Usually this will be an Ice Spikes attack, but if you are Ravenous she can make a Devour attack instead. Finally at Red she gets Fimbulwinter which lets her paint the board white. When she makes an Ice Spikes attack, once per turn she gets to repeat that attack, rolling the same number of dice against an adjacent Zone. You’ll probably want to do this when her Hunger is nice and high. Note that even if the first attack makes her Ravenous, she will still get to make the extra attack.
