Shambler

The Shambler

You are the shambling, groaning, typical undead. Others might have vast strength, superhuman speed, or other great strengths, but you have a gift far better than those: you dabble freely into powers that all other zombies possess. While you’ll never reach the lofty heights that other zombies might reach, you benefit from versatility. They are restricted to one or two strengths, while you have access to a vast range of options. None can match this.

Automatic Talents:

Talented – Instead of taking a talent from one of your talent trees, you may take a talent from another zombie type’s talent tree. You must meet the requirements to take the talent, and you can take no more than two talents from any one tree (this includes taking one talent multiple times.).

Versatile – Choose up to two ability scores. You gain +2 to each of those scores. If you choose Humanity as the only ability score affected by this talent, you may take either +4 or -4 to that score instead of a +2. 

Statistics:

HP: 15 + Resilience score at 1st level, +5 each time you gain a level. 

Ability Score Modifiers: See “Versatile” Automatic Talent, above.

Starting Humanity: 10

Class Skills: Athletics, Intimidate, (in progress)

Versatile Master Talent Tree: You specialize in blending talents from all walks of unlife.

• Versatile Strike: You gain a bonus to attack rolls equal to the number of other zombie types you have taken talents from (for example, if you have taken talents from two other zombie types, you gain a +2 to attack rolls). 

• Versatile Body: You gain additional hit points equal to three times the number of other zombie types you have taken talents from (for example, if you have taken talents from two other zombie types, you gain 6 additional hit points).

• Versatile Mind: You gain a bonus to all Willpower tests equal to twice the number of different zombie types you have taken talents from. 

• Natural Talent: Choose any one skill; you gain a +2 bonus to all checks with that skill. 

- Special: You may take this talent multiple times; each time you take this talent, choose a different skill for it to apply to. 

• Natural Prodigy: Choose any one skill that you have taken Natural Talent for; increase the bonus granted to +4. 

- Special: You may take this talent multiple times; each time you take this talent, choose a different skill for it to apply to.

- Requires Natural Talent

• Versatile Master: Choose one Automatic Talent from a zombie type you have taken at least one talent from. You gain that talent. 

Power of Unlife Talent Tree: Your undead body is stronger, faster, and tougher than most.

• Undead Vigor: You gain the “Undead Vigor” power:

Undead Vigor Recharge Encounter

Minor Action No Roll

Targets: Personal

Result: You regain hit points equal to twice your Resilience modifier.

• Undead Strength: You gain the “Undead Strength” power:

Undead Strength Recharge Encounter

Minor Action No Roll

Targets: Personal

Result: You gain a +4 bonus to your next Strength test or melee attack roll this turn.

• Undead Speed: You gain the “Undead Speed” power:

Undead Speed Recharge 6

Minor Action No Roll

Targets: Personal

Result: You gain a +2 bonus to speed until the end of your turn.

• Undead Mind: You gain the “Undead Mind” power:

Undead Mind Recharge Encounter

Minor Action No Roll

Targets: Personal

Result: You gain a +4 bonus to all Willpower tests made before the start of your next turn.

• Improved Undead Vigor: You can use your “Undead Vigor” power twice per encounter.

- Requires Undead Vigor

• Improved Undead Strength: You can use your “Undead Strength” power twice per encounter. 

- Requires Undead Strength

• Improved Undead Speed: The recharge of your Undead Speed power becomes “Recharge 5 6” instead of “Recharge 6”.

- Requires Undead Speed

• Improved Undead Mind: You can use your “Undead Mind” power twice per encounter. 

- Requires Undead Mind

• Undead Prodigy: Choose one power granted by this talent tree that you have the “Improved” talent for. Once per day, you can use this power even if it has already been expended and is not yet recharged. 

- Requires one “Improved” talent from this talent tree

• Undead Mastery: Choose one power granted by this talent tree that you have the “Improved” talent for. Once per encounter, you can use this power even if it has already been expended and is not yet recharged.

- Requires Undead Prodigy for the selected power