zombies + finger of death = how to do template?

[Bellberith]

okay, has anyone figured out how to do the zombie template?

levels/HD/stats/extra attacks ect.....

cause finger of death says any humanoid.... and there is a distinct lack of info in the zombie section of the MM

[Yorrin]

Zombie is no longer a template, it's just a creature (or collection of creatures, as the case may be). So for a humanoid just use the stock "zombie" stat block straight out of the MM.

[Bellberith]

Zombie is no longer a template, it's just a creature (or collection of creatures, as the case may be). So for a humanoid just use the stock "zombie" stat block straight out of the MM.

no diverse zombies? lame.

[EugeneVoid]

For Diverse Zombies I suggest:

Ask your DM


5e has made the game much less RAW and more "Mother May I," which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

[SiuiS]

For Diverse Zombies I suggest:

Ask your DM


5e has made the game much less RAW and more "Mother May I," which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Indeed. This is how a lot of folks end up playig 3e and 4e anyway, so it's not like there's any loss.

[MaxWilson]

Zombie is no longer a template, it's just a creature (or collection of creatures, as the case may be). So for a humanoid just use the stock "zombie" stat block straight out of the MM.

This doesn't seem right to me. The zombie template has AC 8 (10 for unarmored, -2 for DX) but if you reanimate a hobgoblin corpse, the armor doesn't just fall off. It should still have high AC. The zombie description even explicitly notes that if you give a weapon to a zombie it will use it, so it doesn't always rely on slams.

Hopefully the DMG will have official guidance, otherwise I'd tentatively say "use the zombie stats but modify for equipment worn."

[Kyutaru]

You know just having armor on doesn't actually protect you much. There's lots of vulnerabilities in the armor to exploit if you're shambling around as slow as zombies do. Even full plate has joints. It'd be reasonable enough to argue that armor doesn't help a zombie.

[JoeJ]

This doesn't seem right to me. The zombie template has AC 8 (10 for unarmored, -2 for DX) but if you reanimate a hobgoblin corpse, the armor doesn't just fall off. It should still have high AC. The zombie description even explicitly notes that if you give a weapon to a zombie it will use it, so it doesn't always rely on slams.

Hopefully the DMG will have official guidance, otherwise I'd tentatively say "use the zombie stats but modify for equipment worn."

Do you really official guidance for that? It seems pretty obvious to me.