@JDH
I’ll be totally honest, I didn’t search at all. My general approach to forums, especially active ones like this is to ask a question and see what comes up. I realize it can annoy some people, and I mean no offense. I’m not being lazy; Usually I’m equal parts caught up in having my own question answered, and often not satisfied by other answers I’ve found other times I’ve searched. Straight out asking usually gives me better engagement with people than lurking in old threads, and allows me to ask follow on questions for people who’ve chimed in.
Speaking to the “one bite and you’re screwed” feel, I’ve been thinking about doing D4 CON saves to save from infection. This could represent differing severity of a bite, and add quite a bit of stress, but at the same time could be too fatal, unless I allowed some way to fight the infection.
I dig your bug idea. I’m fairly certain there aren’t too many people who, when faced with the prospect of being bitten by a bug and taken over cordyceps style, would be all too cool with it. The number will never be zero, but then that’s the world we live in. Maybe it could be like COVID is, where the more exposure you get the worse it gets, or subsequent infections become harder to fight off, reflected by a increasing target number.
Thanks for your reply. There’s lots of good stuff here.
@Jaide
Lots of good stuff here too.
I have an unusual perspective on fighting Zombies. I think with a melee weapon, targeting the head or limbs should be easy. They have no interest in protecting themselves. Our Martial Arts club taught a Kids “How to survive the Zombie Apocalypse” class a few years ago. We would armor up with helmets and Gambesons and gloves and walk zombie like at the kids. They would chop at our hands, legs and heads. The hard part for them was always when there was a bunch of us, grabbing for them, but getting good hits on limbs wasn’t hard at all, and these kids had literally 2 hours of training.
And your disease thing is great. I love the idea of re-skinning an existing rule. I’ll give that a hard look.
@chrisbynum
HA! I can hear the music in my head as the handle gets turned…
@BigGrump
The Idea of a swarm is terrifying. The other rules here are good for onsie twosie zombies, but the idea of counting them like a swarm is an interesting one I hadn’t considered. The Self - Skywalkering you’d have to do to fight off an infection is terrifying. I happen to have a 12 sided hit location Dice I’ve been wanting to use… LoL
@glocke
Wonderfully simple. What do you mean, roll CON or drop dying. Like they pull you down and you are dying, or If you are down, you roll CON or immediately die?