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.
And now a dead bird of a different color, Red Robin. Red Robin’s a solid melee character with martial arts attacks rolling 3 dice and hitting on 4 or better. At Blue he gets Combat Reflexes which lets him counter attack people who step into his zone, which is a powerful ability to have at starting level but plays into his cunning fighting style. At Orange he gets YUM which lets him use his teamwork abilities for evil, sharing Devour victims like a snack bar with his team mates. Finally at Orange his Acrobatic Combo allows him to make accurate attacks and then bounce away out of harm’s reach or into another enemy as he likes.
