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The Dresden Files => DFRPG => Topic started by: ways and means on April 07, 2011, 03:59:41 PM
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I was wondering what powers people would think a Jurassic Velociraptor zombie would have and what level of complexity would be required to summon one assuming you had access to a full skeleton? In terms of powers I was thinking along the line of mythic speed, pack insticts, inhuman strength, inhuman toughness, and claws (jaws) in terms of complexity though I am at a complete loss though I think the summoning might be 10 complexity and the binding (for a week) 20.
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I'd treat the full skeleton as an Aspect to get a +2 to a roll, but the way I do zombie creation is I take their refresh and then use that as the base. That allows crazy Kemmlerians to raise a single powerful human zombie every exchange, which I think they would want to take advantage of.
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I was wondering what powers people would think a Jurassic Velociraptor zombie would have and what level of complexity would be required to summon one assuming you had access to a full skeleton? In terms of powers I was thinking along the line of mythic speed, pack insticts, inhuman strength, inhuman toughness, and claws (jaws) in terms of complexity though I am at a complete loss though I think the summoning might be 10 complexity and the binding (for a week) 20.
I'd go with supernatural or inhuman speed rather than mythic. Supernatural speed is going by the fluff "faster than the eye can see—or at least so fast that what’s seen is only a blur". A velocirator might be fast enough to met that description, but it's certainly not faster than that, otherwise it seems reasonable.
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From the Generic NPC thread:
Zombie Velociraptor (Feet In The Water)
High Concept: Zombie Velociraptor
Other Aspects: Unliving Fossil, My Drum Beats Like A Heart, Pack Hunter
Skills:
Great: Fists, Athletics
Good: Endurance, Survival
Fair: Might, Stealth
Average: Intimidation, Alertness
Powers:
Pack Instincts [-1]
Living Dead [-1]
Claws [-1]
Inhuman Strength [-2]
Supernatural Speed [-4]
Inhuman Toughness [-2]
The Catch (unknown) [+0]
Total Refresh Cost:
-11
Refresh Total:
-5
As for summoning, I'd use a complexity from this thread: http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,23624.30.html (http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,23624.30.html)
My method gives a complexity of 24 plus duration plus behaviour. Which seems about right to me.
I don't think that you should be able to raise zombies casually unless you are very very powerful.
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Just a note:
You could probably summon a hunting spirit or prehistoric one and conjure it an ectoplasmic body - summoning a Velociraptor like being the way you would summon a demon.
Richard