Infection: Direct contact with an infected fluids such as blood or saliva can be infectious. When infected there is a time limit (Equal to your Con modifier in days, treat each day as a level of exhaustion) to seek some help.
- Infection can be cured by a greater restoration, wish, or reincarnation
- Killing an infected while wounded has a Con Save DC 15 to determine infection.
Not Quite Unholy: They are not vulnerable to Radiant damage and are not affected by abelites such as Turn Undead.
Multiattack. The zombie makes two claw attacks and a bite attack. For each of these attacks that reduces a creature to 0 hit points, the zombie can make an additional claw attack.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) slashing damage.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) piercing damage. On a hit roll a DC15 con save to fight infection.
Description
The Infected are the result of a sudden outbreak of a mutant Cordyceps fungus that now affects human beings as opposed to insects. The fungus reportedly originated in South American crops; various newspapers in Austin in 2013 support this claim. The fungus infects the human brain, growing mycelium inside the brain tissue and killing the brain's cells. This erases their memories and drives them insane, modifying their instincts to seek no goal other than spreading the spores to others. Eventually the fungus kills its host, and will then grow out of the host's body to spread spores.
How they got to this realm and survived is a mystery.
Runners are people who recently turned into Infected. They are defined by their intense speed, sluggish attacks, and tendency to attack people in hordes.
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