Category:Zombie Lord
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So-called for its ability to control and create zombies, a Zombie Lord is a powerful undead creature that is marked by a foul aura of rot and decay. This aura can have any number of foul effects, anywhere from causing mere nausea to disease or even death (followed swiftly by reanimation as a normal zombie. In game mechanics, this effect is determined by a roll on a random table). Unlike normal zombies, zombie lords retain their intelligence and lack the normal sluggishness that impairs their weaker kin.[1][2]
As previously mentioned, zombie lords have almost supreme command over zombies[1], 
at least ones reanimated by "normal" means such as necromancy or negative energy. Nor does their control seem to preempt the control by more powerful sources such as darklords. For example, a zombie lord is not able to control yellow musk zombies or Strahd Zombies.[1][2] Zombie lords also have the power to cast animate dead and speak with dead.[1][2]
Canon sources say that zombie lords form from corpses targeted by raise dead spells gone wrong in Ravenloft.[1][2] Marcel Tarascon[3] is one such example. However, this does not account for the origins of canon zombie lords. Anton Misroi[4] and Coetlicrota the Undying[5] are two examples of how dark pacts, whether accidental or purposeful, can bring zombie lords to "life".
The Zombie Lord Template can be applied to humanoid or monstrous humanoid creatures.[2]
Zombie lords can be encountered in the following domains: Falkovnia[6]. As undead, they may be found in the domains of Barovia[7][8], Darkon[9][10], Har'Akir[11][12], Mordent[13][14], Sanguinia[15], Sithicus[16][17], Souragne [18], and Valachan[19][20] As a type of undead that does not feed, zombe lords may be encountered in Keening.[21][22]
Appearances
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix I & II p. 67
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Denizens of Dread p. 231-233
- ↑ Night of the Walking Dead
- ↑ Domains of Dread p. 98
- ↑ A Guide to Gothic Earth, p.109-110 Masque of the Red Death and Other Tales
- ↑ Gazetteer II p. 91
- ↑ Ravenloft: Realm of Terror, p. 65
- ↑ Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens, p. 10
- ↑ Ravenloft: Realm of Terror, p. 68
- ↑ Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens, p. 13
- ↑ Ravenloft: Realm of Terror, 84.
- ↑ Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens, p. 39
- ↑ Ravenloft: Realm of Terror, p. 77
- ↑ Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens, p. 25
- ↑ Realm of Terror (Black Boxed Set) p. 84
- ↑ Ravenloft: Realm of Terror, p. 79
- ↑ Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens, p. 31
- ↑ Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens p.41
- ↑ Ravenloft: Realm of Terror, p. 81
- ↑ Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens, p. 32
- ↑ Ravenloft: Realm of Terror, p. 75
- ↑ Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens, p. 21
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Pages in category "Zombie Lord"
The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
- Canon
- Speculation
- Zombie
- Undead
- Cadaver
- Corpse
- Reanimator
- Template
- Neutral Evil
- Cause of Disease
- Cause of Nausea
- Corporeal Undead
- Native Monster of Barovia
- Native Monster of Darkon
- Native Monster of Falkovnia
- Native Monster of Gundarak
- Native Monster of Har'Akir
- Native Monster of Keening
- Native Monster of Mordent
- Native Monster of Sanguinia
- Native Monster of Sithicus
- Native Monster of Souragne
- Native Monster of Valachan
