Homebrew Zombie Species Details

You are an undead, whether partially resurrected by a god, a Fiend, or a mortal, you have somehow retained, regained, or been regifted your sentience. You may be a fresh corpse, bloated, rotting, or even nothing more than a skeleton, but you think, therefore, you are.
 
Traits-
 
 Ability score changes-
 
Con +2; Str +1; Wis -4; Cha -4; Int -6
 
Undead Fortitude.

If damage reduces you to 0 hit points, you must make a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 5+the damage taken, unless the damage is radiant or from a critical hit. On a success, you drop to 1 hit point instead.

Fleeting Memories- You still have fleeting memories of your past life, retaining specific skills, traits, and/or abilities from it. You gain one feat.

Undead Nature.

You are immune to poison damage and exhaustion, and you can't be poisoned. You don't require air, food, drink, or sleep. In addition you count as undead in terms of spell effects.

Driver of the Dead.

You appear to be undead to other undead, and they will not attack you unless provoked by you or commanded to. In addition, you can attempt to guide the horde with a charisma check against a DC 10 wisdom save if they are not controlled. If they are controlled, it's against their controller's spell save DC. If you succeed, then you can change the current course of the horde.

Darkvision.

You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Languages.

You can't speak, but you can understand, and possibly read and write in (only if your intelligence is 5 or higher), the languages you knew in life.

Zombie Traits

Your un-life, still filled with strife, yet you continue to fight.

Dark vision

You have dark vision out to 60 feet. You see in shades of grey in darkness.

Undead Nature

You are immune to poison damage and exhaustion, and you can't be poisoned. You don't require air, food, drink, or sleep.

Undead Fortitude.

If damage reduces you to 0 hit points, you must make a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 5+the damage taken, unless the damage is radiant or from a critical hit. On a success, you drop to 1 hit point instead.

Fleeting Memories

You still have fleeting memories of your past life, you gain one feat.

Driver of the Dead

You appear to be undead to other undead, and they will not attack you unless provoked by you or commanded to. In addition, you can attempt to guide the horde with a charisma check against a DC 10 wisdom save if they are not controlled. If they are controlled, it's against their controller's spell save DC. If you succeed, then you can change the current course of the horde.

Ability Score Change

Con +2; Str +1; Wis -4; Cha -4; Int -6

Skeleton

Your flesh has been stripped, either from wear or on purpose. You're nothing more than a skeleton, but you move, and you have a need, a need to not shatter. You're vulnerable to Bludgeoning damage, but resistant to piercing damage. You are also indistinguishable from a normal skeleton while motionless. Those attempting to discern that you're an undead skeleton cannot except through magic or by you choosing to move. You're more spindly than your fleshy brothers.

Skeletal Nature

You're nothing more than a skeleton, but you move, and you have a need, a need to not shatter. You're vulnerable to Bludgeoning damage, but resistant to piercing damage. You are also indistinguishable from a normal skeleton while motionless. Those attempting to discern that you're an undead skeleton cannot except through magic or by you choosing to move.

Zombie

Rotting, decaying flesh. You're resistant to cold as your flesh is already drained of liquid and is stone cold, however you're vulnerable to fire damage. You are also Stronger than most allowing you to both make a powerful bite attack as well as a slam attack.

Pack Monster

You can make a slam attack with one free hand dealing 1d4+str mod, then making a grapple check to grapple the creature. You  were also used for moving equipment and or hard labor before you regained sentience.

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