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Zombie Lord

CR 3.00 Undead LE Medium
Gore stains this creature's tattered clothes, grimly appropriate garments for the rotting corpse inside.

Zombie lords are the fleshy counterparts of skeletal champions—intelligent, cunning, and envious of creatures whose bodies aren't rotting away. Despite their decaying flesh, they are not slow like common zombies, and can easily pursue fleeing prey. Zombie lords are more powerful than common zombies and retain their class levels.

"Zombie lord" is an acquired template that can be added to any corporeal creature (other than undead) that has a minimum Intelligence of 3. This corporeal creature is referred to hereafter as the base creature.

STR
17
DEX
16
CON
-
INT
12
WIS
15
CHA
10
HP
30 (5d8+8)
AC
18, touch 16, flat-footed 14 (+3 Dex, +1 dodge, +2 Wis, +2 natural)
Speed
40 ft.
Init
+3
Melee
unarmed strike +6 (1d6+3) or flurry of blows +5/+5 (1d6+3)
BAB
+3
CMB
+7
CMD
22
Fort
+3
Ref
+6
Will
+8; +2 vs. enchantments
DR
5/slashing
Defensive Abilities
evasion, channel resistance +4

Weapons: Simple

flurry of blows

stunning fist (3/day, DC 13)

fast movement

maneuver training

Combat Reflexes from Feat

<p class="stat-block-1"> You may make a number of additional attacks of opportunity per round equal to your Dexterity bonus. With this feat, you may also make attacks of opportunity while flat-footed.</p>

Deflect Arrows from Feat

<p class="stat-block-1"> You must have at least one hand free (holding nothing) to use this feat. Once per round when you would normally be hit with an attack from a ranged weapon, you may deflect it so that you take no damage from it. You must be aware of the attack and not flat-footed. Attempting to deflect a ranged attack doesn't count as an action. Unusually massive ranged weapons (such as boulders or ballista bolts) and ranged attacks generated by natural attacks or spell effects can't be deflected.</p>

Dodge from Feat

<p class="stat-block-1"> You gain a +1 dodge bonus to your AC. A condition that makes you lose your Dex bonus to AC also makes you lose the benefits of this feat.</p>

<p class="stat-block-1"> You are considered to be armed even when unarmed&mdash;you do not provoke attacks of opportunity when you attack foes while unarmed. Your unarmed strikes can deal lethal or nonlethal damage, at your choice.</p>

Nimble Moves from Feat

<p class="stat-block-1"> Whenever you move, you may move through 5 feet of difficult terrain each round as if it were normal terrain. This feat allows you to take a 5-foot step into difficult terrain.</p>

Power Attack from Feat

<p class="stat-block-1"> You can choose to take a &ndash;1 penalty on all melee attack rolls and combat maneuver checks to gain a +2 bonus on all melee damage rolls. This bonus to damage is increased by half (+50%) if you are making an attack with a two-handed weapon, a one handed weapon using two hands, or a primary natural weapon that adds 1-1/2 times your Strength modifier on damage rolls. This bonus to damage is halved (&ndash;50%) if you are making an attack with an off-hand weapon or secondary natural weapon. When your base attack bonus reaches +4, and every 4 points thereafter, the penalty increases by &ndash;1 and the bonus to damage increases by +2. You must choose to use this feat before making an attack roll, and its effects last until your next turn. The bonus damage does not apply to touch attacks or effects that do not deal hit point damage.</p>

Step Up from Feat

<p class="stat-block-1"> Whenever an adjacent foe attempts to take a 5-foot step away from you, you may also make a 5-foot step as an immediate action so long as you end up adjacent to the foe that triggered this ability. If you take this step, you cannot take a 5-foot step during your next turn. If you take an action to move during your next turn, subtract 5 feet from your total movement.</p>

Stunning Fist from Feat

<p class="stat-block-1"> You must declare that you are using this feat before you make your attack roll (thus, a failed attack roll ruins the attempt). Stunning Fist forces a foe damaged by your unarmed attack to make a Fortitude saving throw (DC 10 + 1/2 your character level + your Wis modifier), in addition to dealing damage normally. A defender who fails this saving throw is stunned for 1 round (until just before your next turn). A stunned character drops everything held, can't take actions, loses any Dexterity bonus to AC, and takes a &ndash;2 penalty to AC. You may attempt a stunning attack once per day for every four levels you have attained (but see Special), and no more than once per round. Constructs, oozes, plants, undead, incorporeal creatures, and creatures immune to critical hits cannot be stunned.</p>

Toughness from Feat

<p class="stat-block-1"> You gain +3 hit points. For every Hit Die you possess beyond 3, you gain an additional +1 hit point. If you have more than 3 Hit Dice, you gain +1 hit points whenever you gain a Hit Die (such as when you gain a level).</p>

Acrobatics +11, Climb +11, Intimidate +8, Knowledge (religion) +6, Perception +10, Sense Motive +8, Stealth +11

Details
Type
Undead
Alignment
LE
Size
Medium
Environment
any
Organization
solitary, pair, or cult (3–6)
Treasure
NPC gear
Senses
darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +10
Languages
Abyssal, Common
Source
Bestiary 4
Sources Used in This Record
9 House/Core
  • Uses feat: Combat Reflexes (Feat)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
  • Uses feat: Deflect Arrows (Feat)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
  • Uses feat: Dodge (Feat)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
  • Uses feat: Improved Unarmed Strike (Feat)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
  • Uses feat: Nimble Moves (Feat)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
  • Uses feat: Power Attack (Feat)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
  • Uses feat: Step Up (Feat)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
  • Uses feat: Stunning Fist (Feat)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
  • Uses feat: Toughness (Feat)
    House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
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