(1/Day) The zombie hurls a ball of infectious goo that explodes at a point it can see within 30 feet. Add this action to really mess with your playersвЂ™ perceptions of zombie fights. Zombie goop: WhatвЂ™s worse than a zombie thatвЂ™s walkingВ towardВ you? One that can hit you from afar with nasty, decaying goo. The target can reroll the ConstitutionВ save at the end of each turn to end the condition. On a failed save, the target takes 2d6 necrotic damage and suffers from the poisoned condition. You can add this to giveВ a lingering effect to zombie bites.Д«onus action : If the target is hit by the bite attack, the target must succeed on a 12 ConstitutionВ save. Infect:В We like the idea of zombies that infect their targets. The target dies if this effect reduces its hit point maximum to 0.ДЄ humanoid slain by this attack rises 24 hours later as a zombie unless the humanoid is restored to life or its body is destroyed. This reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest. This is a bonus action that can be added to a zombie with a bite or claw attack.Д«onus Action.В If the target is hit by the zombieвЂ™s bite attack, the target must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or its hit point maximum is reduced by an amount equal to the damage taken in the bite attack. This will really mess up PCs, and should make them run scared from the undead. Life drain:В Zombie bites not only hurt, theyВ can turn you into a zombie. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. You can add this as anВ action option, and you may want to add Multiattack as well so your zombie can bite and do a second attack. If you want more than a shuffling undead, you can spice up your zombie with some fun abilities we whipped up based on other monster effects.Д«ite: Zombies want brains. (An regular minoitaur with 76 HP would drop toВ 58 HP as an undead minotaur.)

Hit points: Drop the monsterвЂ™s hit die one level (d12 to d10, for example) andВ recalculate using your zombieвЂ™s new Constitution bonus. (If they have natural armor, itвЂ™s rotting right off.) Decrease the monsterвЂ™s AC by 3. Charisma:В All zombies have a Charisma of 5.ДЄrmor class: Zombies are slow and their armor is decaying or incomplete.Intelligence: All zombies have an Intelligence of 3.Languages: CanвЂ™t speak but understandsВ the languages it knew in life.ДЄdjusting ability scores, armor class and hit pointsвЂ¦.ДЄbility scores: Zombies are deteriorating, and their ability scores should, too.

Immunities:В Zombies are immune to poison and the poisoned condition.Дarkvision.В Zombies have darkvision to 60 ft. On a success, the zombie drops to 1 hit point instead. If damage reduces the zombie to 0 hit points, it must make a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 5 + the damage taken, unless the damage is radiant or from a critical hit. The features all 5th edition zombies must haveвЂ¦ДЄll undead in the Monster ManualВ have the following features, and you should add themВ to your zombie monster. UseВ these ideas andВ youвЂ™ll have an army of undead with which you can combat those pesky PCs.ДЄt the end, weвЂ™ll show you how we made two new zombie monster stat blocks for an adventure weвЂ™re converting.

We used D&DвЂ™s 5e Monster ManualВ to get some traits every zombie should have, but we also worked up some of our own using other monster traits. Use the guide and you can make any monster into a shambling undead. To help you along, we madeВ a guide to creatingВ zombie monsters for D&DвЂ™s 5th edition. Halloween is coming, so here at Crit For Brains HQ, weвЂ™re whipping up some zombie adventures.Д«ut to craft your very own zombie adventure (or convert one from another source) youвЂ™re going to have to do a little bit of work.

Dnd 5e monster stat block