UNIFIED 
 All Flesh Must
Be Eaten 
 Big Book of
 Aspects
 

All
Weak Spot 
Power: 0 zombie will hold still or it. Likewise, enough bullets
Any attack that harms the living harms the dead. fired in the right region would do the trick. Te problem
No particular area is susceptible. Tey all suffer isn’t made any easier by the act that the best
Dead Point damage until the zombie alls over, again. way to get at the spine is to get behind a zombie and
Just go ahead and bash them. most o the time they are not so cooperative. -4 to hit
None Power: +10 when targeting the spine rom rear; -5 to hit when target-
It could be that the zombie has no weak spot at all. ing the spine rom ront. Dead Points are all located
Whatever orce has animated it has animated every  in the spine, and less than complete destruction o 
bit o it. Tus, each cell o the undead monster operates parts other than the spine has no effect on zombie
under its own supernatural power. Chop off the perormance. Dead Points are 15.
head and the rest o the body keeps coming. Even the Fire Power: -5
decapitated head will bite, i one gets too close. Death has a way o drying the skin and no amount
Amputated limbs squirm around on their own, desper- o moisturizer helps. Some zombies are particularly 
ately searching or something. Destroying one o  susceptible to fire attacks. A little gasoline or napalm
these zombies requires either cutting it into so many  and they flame up like the Fourth o July. Just
pieces that they can’t do any harm or burning it to because these zombies burn quicker than a normal
ashes. A large vat o acid works well too, i there is human does not mean death is immediate. Also,
one lying around. Dead Points are inapplicable (see while a human on fire tends to run around on the
Other Damage, p. 147). panic or roll on the ground, zombies hardly notice the
Brain Power: +6 flames consuming their flesh. Tey keep right on
Te classic weak spot, this one never goes out o  coming. Tis means that or a ew minutes anyway,
style. Even in death the brain remains the seat o con- the zombie is on fire and can set fire to other things
sciousness, as it walks around, like characters. Double damage
such as it is. Damage to the brain means rom fire-based attacks.
that the undead can no longer send signals to the rest Chemicals Power: Varies
o the body telling it what to do. echnically, i someone Acid works well on most zombies, at least i 
wanted to graf a new head onto the old reanimated large enough quantities are available. It is somewhat
body, it would work again, but this seems terribly  disgusting when a zombie melts down to
unlikely. -5 to hit when targeting the head. Dead slime, though. Some zombies are particularly 
Points are all located in the head, and less than complete susceptible to specific kinds o chemicals. Te
destruction o parts other than the head has no  voodoo masters have powders and potions or
effect on zombie perormance. Dead Points are 15. pulling the lie back out o a zombie. Certain
Heart Power: +7 neuro-toxins might effectively paralyze a zombie
What really keeps a zombie going? Te heart is (and who can really tell the difference between a
responsible or pumping whatever blood the monster paralyzed zombie and a corpse?). In some cases
has lef in it to the reanimated limbs and head. In that merely exposing the zombie’s flesh to the chemical
rame o mind, a stake through the heart works well, will do the trick. Other times they must actually 
although a couple o bullets probably does the trick  be injected with it. Double damage rom
quicker and easier. -6 to hit when targeting the heart. chemical-based attacks, or D8(4) per urn rom
Dead Points are all located in the heart, and less than chemicals that don’t normally do damage. Exact
complete destruction o parts other than heart has no chemicals and delivery method must be specified.
effect on zombie perormance. Dead Points are 15. Power: -1 to -10 depending on range o 
Spine Power: +5 chemicals, their destructiveness, their availability 
Te spine holds the whole body together. Even i  and difficulty o delivery method.
everything else is dead, the neurons still have to tell Blessed Objects Power: varies
the muscles when and how to move in order to bring Tere are some zombies who rise again or
down that tasty living morsel over there. Lose the purely religious reasons. In their case, the only 
head and the body can keep on going. Afer all, these way to stop them might be something blessed
things usually work on instinct anyway. However, by God or other higher power. For example,
sever the spinal cord and suddenly the neurons aren’t kosher bullets might harm a zombie just like
firing any more. Tis is easier said than done. Te they would harm a living being while holy 
blade o a shovel to the lower back works well, i the water might act like acid. Zombies susceptible
 

to such methods usually have trouble attacking Weak Spot: Salt Power: –2
those o great aith, destroying churches, and Whatever the nature o the creature’s Weak Spot,
generally are respectul o sacred locations. On salt will wound it wherever it hits. A blade that is
the other hand, sometimes they aren’t. Double moistened and sprinkled with salt will cause normal
damage rom blessed objects. Exact object, damage on the first blow and hal damage on the second.
blessing process, and delivery method must be Afer that, the salt must be re-applied to gain this
specified. Power: -1 to -10 depending on exact bonus. A shotgun loaded with salt will cause damage
object, blessing process and the difficulty o  as birdshot (AFMBE, p. 134). Te Zombie Master
delivery method. should decide on the effectiveness o attempts to treat
Sacred Item Power: +7 other weapons with salt.
Weak Spot: Silver Power: +4/+8
Te zombie’s unlie is maintained by the presence o a sa-
Te creature can be wounded normally by weapons
cred item o power placed somewhere on the body, such
or bullets made o silver. Ashotgun loaded with silver
as a magical scarab or hermetic talisman. Should this
scrap will do the same damage as buckshot (AFMBE,
item be removed or destroyed (usually a -6 to hit, typical
p. 134). At the lower level (+4 Power), all other orms
item has a damage capacity o 5-8), the zombie alls down o attack do hal damage; at the higher level (+8
dead and stops trying to chew on the living. Damage to Power), all other orms o attack do no damage whatsoever.
the zombie’s body has no effect on its perormance. Te Weak Spot: Sunlight Power: –5/–10
item does not have to be in plain sight, but must be car- Burning, peeling, and melanomas are the least o 
ried on the outside o the body (and not, say, embedded the creature’s worries. Tis creature o the night is
in its skull, or used to the skin). actually harmed by exposure to sunlight: it suffers
Mirror, Mirror Power: -3 D8(4) damage per urn at the lower level (–5
It may be dead but it’s still vain. Te zombie cannot stand Power), and D8 x 2(8) per urn at the higher level
the sight o itsel and recoils rom mirrors or other large (–10 Power). At the Zombie Master’s discretion,
reflective suraces (at least one square oot). While this damage may be reduced or indirect sunlight or
doesn’t actually damage the zombie, it prevents it rom heavy overcast.
attacking in the direction o the reflection -- unless it
relies on some way to find its prey other than sight.
Disruption Field Power: Varies
Because their flesh has been so traumatized by 
death, yet is still made o the same basic matter, zombies
receive hal damage rom disruption field guns
by deault (see p. 45). Complete immunity can be
bought or Power +3, while taking ull damage is
Power –3.
Stun Power: –5
Zombies are usually unaffected by stun guns (see p.
45). Tose with this weakness lose Dead Points
instead o Endurance when shot by one. Te ZM can
decide that stun fields cannot kill the zombie, just
incapacitate it.
Weak Spot: Charm Power: –1
Te creature is immobilized by a charm o a particular
sort: an Amulet o Anubis put around the
neck o a mummy, a piece o aoist scripture stuck 
to the head o a Chinese vampire, or some other
object, which is put on the body in a particular way.
When this is done, the creature returns to being a
perectly normal corpse; but i the charm should
come off or any reason, the creature returns to
unlie at ull strength.

 Strength 
Ninety-Pound Weakling Power: -3
Tere’s nothing like dying to shed those unsightly  Claws
pounds. Unortunately, as we all know, muscle disappears
a lot aster than at. Zombies o this low caliber
all below human average when it comes to strength.
However, these weaker zombies are ofen aster than
others and may have special abilities to make up or
their lack o strength. Either that or they come in very  the claws are merely the tough fingernails o the risen
large numbers. Strength 1.
Dead Joe Average Power: 0
Tese walking dead returned with all the muscle
fiber o a regular joe (or jane). Nothing special here,
but not below average either. Strength 2.
Strong Like Bull Power: +5
Tis zombie has returned with a great deal more
going on in the strength department. While much
stronger than average, the zombie is still not beyond
human range or experience -- at least with respect to
strength. Strength 4.
Monstrous Strength Power: +10
Reanimation has made the zombie something quite
special indeed, something capable o breaking rocks
over its own head, punching through walls, and bending
iron bars. Zombies this pumped up would win the
World’s Strongest Man competition hand’s down and
not even break a sweat. Strength 7.
Special Strength Features
Damage Resistant Power: +5
Death has made the zombie’s flesh and bones more
resistant to damage. Te skin is tough as leather, the
muscles resilient as vulcanized rubber. Even the
bones have grown harder, almost as tough as rocks.
Tis makes it much harder to destroy the zombie,
even i it has a weak spot like the brain. All weapons
except fire and chemicals do hal damage.
Flame Resistant Power: +1/+3
Being buried next to an abandoned asbestos actory  zombie grasps its prey in a bear hug and starts
can have its advantages. Whatever the reason, the
zombie is now resistant to fire in all its many orms.
Zombie takes hal (+1) or no (+3) damage rom fire.
Zombies who have fire as their Weak Spot cannot
have this special eature.
Iron Grip Power: +1
Once the zombie grabs hold o something with one
o its hands, nothing is going to make it let go.
Forcibly breaking the grasp is nearly impossible, no
matter how many cool aikido moves are thrown. Te
only way to make a zombie let go is to cut its fingers
off one at a time. Even i its hand gets severed rom
the rest o its body, it keeps on holding on. O course
the zombie can let go anytime it wants, but that seldom
happens once it has its hands on some tasty 
morsel o flesh. Strength or gripping equal to 10.
Power: +8
Humans are not naturally the most impressive
fighting machines. Tey have no real built in
weapons or killing prey. Some zombies have, in their
undeath, developed more potent mechanisms or
destruction, usually in the orm o claws. Sometimes
dead. More ofen the zombie actually chews off the
flesh on the ends o its fingers, revealing an inch or so
o bone. Tese bone tips become preternaturally 
sharp and capable o tearing through flesh, leather,
and even thin sheet metal (like the roo o a car). No
modifier to hit in close combat. D6(3) x Strength in
armor-piercing, slashing damage.
eeth Power: +4
O course, i zombies could talk they would call
them angs because it sounds scarier, but basically 
these are just your average human chompers with a
ew modifications. Most notable is that the strength
o the jaw has increased dramatically. As a result, the
zombie’s bite has all the same advantages o the special
ability Iron Grip (it’s just a little harder to bite
something than it is to grab it). Te zombie’s bite also
does extra damage when it latches on to a target. It
continues to cause damage each urn until the zombie
runs out o flesh to eat or somehow gets removed
(a welding torch works well or this). -3 to hit in close
combat. Damage equals 6 per urn.
Te Hug o Death Power: +8
It shambles orward, arms outstretched. A week 
ago he was a loved one. Ten he drowned in a terrible
ice fishing mishap. Still, he hasn’t lost any o his
affection. All he wants now is a hug . . . o death.
Te zombie needs to get both its arms around the
target, but once it does there’s no getting out o it. Te
squeezing the lie out o her. Te two usually all to
the ground as the zombie even wraps its legs around
the target, causing damage each round until something
stops it. Even i the zombie is destroyed, it still
holds on (although it no longer squeezes). Better cut
it ree beore the next one arrives. -2 to hit in close
combat to establish hug. Strength once hugging equal
to 10; hug damage equals D4(2) x 10 per urn.

 Getting
Slow And Steady
Around
Power: 0
Tese traditional undead cannot run and even
when they walk they do so at much less than normal
human speed. On the other hand, like all zombies,
they never, ever get tired. Dexterity 1; Speed 2.
Lie-Like Power: +3
Te zombie has the same basic mobility as a living
human. Usually this is accompanied by ominous
creakings and crackings rom the zombies dead
 joints and bones, but the dead don’t seem to mind, so
why should you? Even though these zombies can
move around like humans when walking, they still
cannot run well. Te typical zombie does not have
the best sense o balance and running tends to throw  Aquatic
them off rather quickly. Te zombie can walk quickly  Most zombies don’t do very well with water. Tey
however, usually hal as ast as the average walking
pace or living olks. Dexterity 2; Speed 4.
Te Quick Dead Power: +10
Tese zombies can actually move aster and better
than normal humans. Tis makes them particularly  slow pace or, since they do not need to breathe, walk
dangerous. Quick moving zombies ofen look strange
to the living because their movements are not normal.
Tey flail their arms wildly and move like they  unlike some undead, they won’t get trapped in the
had rubber bands or limbs. Teir run is a kind o loping
gait. It may sound unny, but it’s not when there’s
a pack o them closing in. Dexterity 3; Speed 18.
Special Movement Modifiers
Burrowing Power: +3
Most zombies start off unlie buried six eet under.
It’s only natural that some o them would develop a
talent or moving like moles (or the worms that dine
on their unliving flesh). Te zombie has the ability to
tunnel underneath the ground or great distances.
Tis may not be the astest means o traveling -- usually
no more than a couple o eet per minute and
only through sand and dirt (not rock). It can still
come as an awul shock to the living when zombies
start coming up rom beneath the floorboards or
through the basement wall.
Leaping Power: +3
Few zombies possess this high flying movement
technique, but it is not unheard o. Te zombie can
literally leap up great heights or orward great distances.
Tis rog-like movement technique is used
primarily or attacking prey or getting over obstacles.
It is a product o the zombie’s animated musculature
more than actual speed. Preparing or the jump might
still be a slow process i the leaper is a slow zombie.
However, once airborne, the laws o physics take
over and it moves ast and high. Can leap obstacles
up to 6 eet (2 meters) in height. Can leap orward
up to 12 eet (4 meters).
Te Lunge Power: +3
Zombies shamble about in their unlie with no
haste or hurry. All that can change however once it
gets near delicious, living human flesh. Ten instinct
takes over and the thing becomes capable o quick 
bursts o speed. Much like a cat stalking its prey, the
zombie moves at regular speed until it is within striking
distance. Ten, like a flash, it can lunge orward
(up to three yards/meters on average) as quick as a
cat. Tis ofen catches the living off guard the first
time, but i they survive this surprise attack, they will
likely not make the same mistake again. +2 Initiative
in close combat.
Power: +2
 
either float around helplessly or sink to the bottom
like a rock and get mired in the mud. Tere are those
undead, however, who can deal with the watery 
depths admirably. Tese zombies either swim at a
 
along the bottom as they please. Te important thing
is that this ability allows them to do both. Tus,
deep end o the pool. Gain Swimming 2 skill.
Underwater Speed: 3
Climbing Power: +2
As a general rule o thumb, zombies do not climb.
First, they tend to think in two dimensions (ood and
more ood) and second, climbing usually requires
more coordination and dexterity than the zombie will
ever have. In this case, the zombie has the ability to
climb through a combination o heightened dexterity 
and undead strength. Te zombie can scale suraces
that would give pause to an experienced mountain
climber simply by not caring about pain and using its
strength to claw into whatever surace it needs to
climb. Tus the zombie can easily scale things like
chain link ences, wooden barricades, and even the
walls o some houses and buildings. It cannot climb
 vertical concrete, the glass walls o skyscrapers or
any other very tough surace. Gain Climbing 2 skill.
Climbing Speed: 3 eet (one meter) per urn.
Flying Death Power: +3
Te Wehrmacht had a field day experimenting on
the undead; these gruesome critters are one o their
greatest triumphs. Tese zombies have had the marrow 
hollowed rom their bones and have been granted
large, leathery wings with which they can fly 
through the air at a base speed o Dexterity x 2.

Constitution
Weak Constitution Power: –2
No-one really thinks o zombies as getting sick, but
the walking dead can be their immune system’s own
worst enemies. Immunosuppressants are regularly  cannot open doors or climb over things real well, or
used in transplant surgery to reduce the risk o rejection,
and a recently-created construct can be so ull o  things down. Te zombie has Intelligence -2 regardless
these drugs that its immune system is seriously compro-
mised. ransplant patients are usually kept in
squeaky-clean ICU rooms until the danger is long
past, but not all o the creatures in this book may be
as careul. Constitution: 0, Dead Points –8.
Desiccated Power: -1
Te zombie has not taken too well to dying and
being put into the ground. It has wasted away and
become a mere shadow o its ormer glory. Te
body is no longer built or stress and tends to all
apart rather easily. Constitution 1. Minus 5 DPs i a
weak spot other than All is chosen.
Fresh One Power: 0
Tese flesh easters have still got a little o the
old piss and vinegar in their bodies. Te rigors o  Tere are three levels to this intellectual ability.
dying have not done much to hamper the overall
health o these zombies. Tey're still juicy and
have that satisying meaty smack to them when
struck. Constitution 2.
Hardy Specimen Power: +5
Maybe it's the zombie chow (M), but something
has brought these creepies back with a rock-hard
physique and a resistance to pain to rival that o  operate machines that require some thinking, such as
body-piercing anatics. Tese zombies ignore all
pain, even i they have senses that allow them to
eel pain. Constitution 4. Add 5 DPs to the total DPs
i a weak spot other than All is chosen.
ough as Nails Power: +10
Tese powerhouses o the zombie world are prime
specimens off the slab. Tey don't go down easily  Tese zombies are able to puzzle out certain things,
and can take quite a pounding. Tey don't eel pain
and they don't tenderize easily. Constitution 7. Add
10 DPs to the total DPs i a weak spot other than All
is chosen.
INtelligence 
Dumb as Dead Wood Power: 0
Tis is the basic zombie intelligence. It detects
something alive and it tries to kill it, end o story. It
do much more than walk in straight lines and knock 
o how bright it was in lie, and cannot use language
or tools.
Language Power: +1
Te zombie can still talk, although it is not a pretty 
sound. Further, it can understand what others are saying,
whether they be zombies or humans. O course,
its language skills are restricted to whatever abilities
it had when alive. alking zombies can cooperate
with one another and even make deals with the living.
Furthermore, they can read and understand the dangers
o words like “flammable” and “explosive.” At
the very least, they can get on the phone and call or
more ambulances. Add Language (local area) 5.
ool Use Power: +3 per level
ool use is a combination o intellect and manual
dexterity. Even i a zombie is smart enough to talk, it
does not necessarily have the ability to drive a car
because it can’t make its body work that way. At level
1, the zombie can use simple tools like clubs, doorknobs,
melee weapons and anything else that does not
require too much thinking. At level 2, the zombie can
telephones, electrical switches, and firearms. At level
3, the zombie can operate complex machines that
require it do several things at once, like driving a car
or operating a computer. Any level also grants
Intelligence 1.
Animal Cunning Power: +2/+4
and do learn rom experiences. At the lower level (+2
Power), the zombie gains Intelligence 0, and knows
to use a more direct path to cut off prey, to lie in
ambush, and to avoid harmul attacks. At the higher
level (+4 Power), the zombie’s Intelligence becomes
1 but it can only act as an intelligent animal. It can
open doors by pushing, lif things without grasping,
or leave crude traps to get at prey. Tese abilities may 
include crude communication and teamwork, but
nothing beyond the capacity o a relatively smart animal.
ool use o any sort is not possible.

eamwork Power: +4
Some zombies seem to communicate with one
another with a kind o ESP. Tey always know just
how to work together when in a group, whether it be
to bust down a door by combining their strength or to  
surround some poor human and close in or the kill.
Tis natural teamwork capability requires no verbal
communication between the zombies. Range o communi-
cation is 20 yards.
Long-term Memory Power: +5
Te living dead with this capability learn rom their
mistakes and the mistakes o others. Tus, i they see
that their buddies attacking the humans through a certain
doorway are mostly getting their heads shot off,
they will try to find a saer way to get at the tasty,
well-armed morsel. Likewise, they can remember
where a human is hiding, go off and get a club, and
come back and use it to help bash down the door.
Zombies with this eature are much easier to train
since they actually remember instructions given to
them and know that when they do what they’re told,
they receive a reward (punishment does not work  Like A Hawk
well since most zombies don’t eel pain). Tis eature
is a prerequisite to retaining skills rom lie (each
such skill level adds to Power level). Zombies gain
Intelligence 2 or purposes o memory (no language).
Problem Solving Power: +15
Te zombie is capable o advanced leaps o logic
when it comes to getting at its next victim. For  
instance, it might realize that the dead mall security  Like Nothing You’ve Ever Seen
guard has a key to open the door that those three tasty  Death has given the zombie a clarity o senses
humans are hiding behind. Or something even simpler
like moving a box next to a window in order to
climb up high enough to break the glass and crawl
through. Most zombies, even tool users, don’t think  and breathing. In act, it can hear breathing rom a
this ar ahead, preerring to move (mentally and physically)
in straight lines. Te zombie gains Intelligence
2 or purposes o problem solving only (no language
or memory). Includes the ool Use eature at level 3
or ree, and allows or increases in Intelligence up to
level held during lie (each level adds to Power level).
Like Te Dead
 Senses Power: 0
A ew days/months/years underground hasn’t
exactly done wonders or the zombie’s senses. Tey 
are significantly less than human standard. Te zombie
can only make out dim orms moving around --
just the outline o a human figure or instance. Teir
senses o smell and touch are gone completely and
their sense o hearing is pretty shabby. Basically, the
zombie will chase down anything that moves without
too much discrimination. Even so, it will not attack 
other zombies. A zombie always knows a brother living
dead. Perception 1.
Like Te Living Power: +1
Tis zombie returns with the perception o an average
human. Te better to see you, my dear! Tere is
a drawback to this -- since the zombie retains its sense
o touch, it can also eel pain. While attacks to nonvital
parts cause no real damage, it still eels like they 
do. As a result, the zombie becomes temporarily distracted
every time it takes significant damage. It is
unable to act the urn afer it suffers 10+ Dead Points
in a single attack. Perception 2.
Power: +2
Te rejuvenation process was better than complete
and the zombie retained all o its senses at
better than average human level. Again, the zombie
eels pain (see Like Te Living). On the plus
side, its vision is good enough to see exactly who’s
doing the shooting and exact appropriate
vengeance. Perception 3.
Power: +10
unparalleled in nature. Te zombie has eyes like a
zoom lens and hearing like an FBI bug. Hardly 
anything escapes its notice, especially i it’s living
hundred yards away. Tese super-perceptive zombies
make deadly hunters, but do eel pain (see
Like the Living). Perception 7.
 

Mindless Pawn
Willpower  Power: -2
Special Senses Modifiers Tese zombies unlive to serve. Tey barely have
X-ray Vision Power: Perception x2 a will to speak o and would probably do something
Te zombie has the ability to see through walls, rash i they were alive. Tey are most likely ound
trees, and anything less than three eet (one meter) in the thrall o zombie lords and other would-be
thick that is not lead. In act, the zombie probably  necromancers. Willpower 1
sees the world this way all o the time -- a series o  Te Every-Zombie Power: 0
solid and semi-transparent objects, some o which Tese creatures have about as much will to succeed
move around and look especially delicious. Range as the average Joe on the street. Although
equals ten times Perception in yards. they will happily chase down a hapless victim they 
Lie Sense Power: Perception x2 may not have the angst and gumption to climb
Tese zombies always know where their next through that barbed wire ence or over those precariously 
meal is going to come rom -- right around that stacked barrels. I it's too much work it's
corner. Being dead has given the walking corpse probably not worth it. Willpower 2
the ability to sense the presence o living beings Resilient Power: +5
within a certain range, no matter what obstructions Te zombie could be a shrewd businessman or
lie between it and its moving dinner. O course, being able someone who could take the stresses o staying in
to sense a living thing does not mean the zombie can get the wilds with little more than a pocketknie and a
to it. Zombies are simple creatures, however, and once they compass i it were alive. Now, it's merely an unstoppable
find a nearby source o ood they tend to stay as close as orce o will. Tese creatures can shrug off all
possible. Tus, holing up in the old barn is not such a great but the most persistent zombie lords and stop at
idea. Te zombies cannot get in (at the nothing to get at their prey. Willpower 4
moment), but they keep massing outside, waiting Will o Iron Power: +8
or you to come out. Tey know there’s ood Tese zombies can endure the harshest conditions
inside and they are hungry! Range equals ten and are hardly ever bothered by the eeble minds o 
times Perception in yards. zombie lords. In act, i these creatures were intelligent
Scent racking Power: Perception they could be the masters o their domain,
Like a well trained bloodhound, the zombie has a bending others to their will. Willpower 7
nose or human flesh. Even i the zombie’s senses are
normally terrible, when it comes to sniffing out prey,
there’s no stopping this reanimated cadaver. It can
ollow the scents o living beings that are up to 24
hours old. Like any tracker, it loses the scent i the
target passes through water -- although i it’s just a
stream, the zombie can probably already smell the
scent rom the opposite bank. Zombies tend to ollow 
these scent rails around until they find something to
eat. Once a zombie encounters potential prey, it ofen
single-mindedly ollows that particular scent until it
finds the prey once more. Perception times 2 or purposes
o smelling (minimum 4).
Inravision Power: Perception x2
No, zombie elves or dwarves are not the only ones
to come back with Inravision. Tese zombies home
in on the heat given off by living creatures, just like a
guided missile. In act, most zombies with this ability 
can only tell the living rom the dead because o 
the heat signature. Tis allows them to hunt day or
night, but can cause some problems on a really hot
day when even zombie bodies reach temperatures
over 98 degrees. Also, the zombies can be distracted
by high heat sources. Range equals ten times
Perception in yards.

Need to Feed
 Sustenance 
Constantly Power: –4
Te creature is racked by unending hunger, and must eat
every chance it gets. Afer 5 minutes without eating, the
creature starts to lose Strength. For every 5 minutes o star-
 vation, the creature loses one quarter o its original Strength
score (rounded up or the purposes o using the Attribute),
to a minimum o zero. I ood o its desired type is visible
(or within range o smell), the creature must make a Diffi-
cult Willpower est (repeatable each urn) in order to do
anything except head or the ood and start eating.
Need to Feed: Hourly Power: –2
Te creature is racked by unending hunger, and must eat
every hour. Afer an hour without eating, the creature starts
to lose Strength. For every hour o starvation, the creature
loses one quarter o its original Strength score (rounded up
or the purposes o using the Attribute), to a minimum o
zero.
Daily Power: 0
Everyone needs three square meals a day to
make the most out o lie and these zombies are no
exception. Tey don’t need to eat a whole lot but
they must consume at least 10 ounces o whatever
it is they crave each day. Afer a day without eating,
the zombie starts to lose Strength. For every  the skin and just get as much as they can, as quickly
day o starvation, the zombie loses one quarter o  as they can. Just or uture reerence, the larger the
its original Strength rating (round up or purposes
o using the Attribute) to a minimum o zero. Once
Strength drops below one, the creature is very  Soul Sucker
weak and can do little more than drag itsel slowly  For the more supernaturally oriented zombies out
along. Lack o ood will not destroy the zombie,
but it will render it unable to do anything but lie
around and moan “Braiiiiiins . . .”
Occasionally Power: +2
Te zombie can go up to three days without eating,
but every ourth day it needs to consume at least 16
ounces o its preerred nutrient. It doesn’t have to eat
all 16 ounces at once, but it does need at least that
much each three day period. Each day afer that, the
zombie starts suffering Strength loss (see Daily).
Weekly Power: +4
Te zombie can keep going with even the smallest
amount o ood. Once a week it needs to have a nice
big meal o at least 24 ounces or it starts to suffer the
effects o starvation (see Daily).
Who Needs Food? Power: +8
Tese rare zombies have no need to eed at all.
Tey kill just or the un o it. Ofen these zombies
are powered by something in the environment, such
as sunlight or massive amounts o radioactivity.
Should the zombie ever be cut off rom its seemingly  Sealed Quality would be useul). Being urther away or clos-
endless source o reanimatory energy, it will lose its
Strength as i it were starving (see Daily).
Te Menu
All Flesh Must Be Eaten Power: 0
Many zombies just aren’t too particular -- they’ll
take any meaty bit o living flesh they can sink their
teeth into. Tis diet works well or zombies who need
to eat a lot.
Braiiiiiins Power: -3
Te classic zombie are; the living dead love the
tender taste o human brains. Ofen it’s all they can
think o, repeating that same word over and over. Te
tricky part is getting the skull open, so only zombies
with either high strength or the ability to use tools
should have brains as their main source o nutrition.
Sweet Breads Power: -3
Most know these as organs. Pick a particular
human organ that the zombie is ond o and have
them literally tear in. Te liver is always popular, but
one kidney is never enough to satisy a hungry zombie.
Ten there’s the heart, a perennial avorite with
the sentimental living dead.
Blood Power: -2
It’s not just or vampires anymore. Te zombie
needs to drink resh human blood to keep going.
Unlike certain suave bloodsuckers who can take a little
and leave the victim living, zombies tend to break 
 
holes in the victim, the more blood available or a
hungry ungrowing undead.
Power: +5
there, the flesh o the living does not do the trick.
Tey hunger or something greater: the immortal
human soul. Devouring the souls o the living usually 
requires some sort o physical attack. Examples
include a big messy kiss, tearing out the throat, or
simply squeezing the lie out o the victim. Whatever
the method o retrieval, it’s invariably painul and
may leave the victim quite, quite dead (until they rise
again, that is). Te zombie drains Essence points
equal to double its Willpower, but only consumes
(gains the benefit o) hal that (the rest is wasted).
Each Essence Point consumed is equal to one ounce
o sustenance or purposes o the starvation rules.
Radiation Power: +2
A zombie that eeds on radiation needs at least 200
rems or a ull meal (see p. 67).
Solar Powered Power: +5
Some zombies don’t need meat at all, just the eeling
o warmth on their hides. It takes two hours o 
strong sunlight to make up a complete meal, or one
hour i the zombie can receive the light unshielded by 
atmosphere or glass (in which case, the Vacuum
er to the sun, compared to Earth’s orbit, might require more
or less hours spent sunbathing, but that is lef to the Zombie
Master’s discretion.

Acid Blood
 Special Power: Varies
Te zombie’s blood would make a vampire need
dentures. It is highly corrosive and will eat through
any biological material and some metals. Te zombie
itsel cannot use its blood in an offensive way, but it
makes things dangerous or anyone in close combat
with the creature. Oddly enough, the zombie’s flesh is
immune to the acid blood, even afer the zombie is
destroyed. Zombie fighters searching or protective
wear may choose to garb themselves in the flesh o  decomposes, the zombie is able to actually open its
their oes or added, but gruesome protection. Acid
does regular damage per urn equal to double the
Power level o this eature.
Diseased Corpse Power: +3
Corpses are renowned or their unsanitary nature.
Zombies with this ability carry some dread disease
along the lines o the bubonic plague or the ebola
 virus (although it could be something as mundane as
a really bad flu). Any contact with one o these zombies
carries a risk o catching the disease, even i the
zombie does not successully attack the person. In
act, the disease ofen proves a more deadly killer
than the zombies themselves. Disease rules are discussed
in Chapter Tree: Shambling 101 (p. 108).
Noxious Odor Power: +5
No corpse really smells good, but these zombies
stink to high heaven. In act, the stink is so great that
anyone coming within six eet (two meters) o the
estering cadaver is almost immediately overcome by  search o prey. Te zombie has ull control over
the odor. Living olk begin to vomit uncontrollably  what the detached body parts do and can even sense
and may even pass out i exposed to the smell or too
long. Nearby characters must make a Difficult
Constitution est or be rendered unconscious or otherwise
incapacitated.
Nest Power: Varies
Although most zombies have maggots and worms
living in their bodies, these zombies have developed
a special, symbiotic relationship with some o the
parasites. Feeding off the undead flesh has turned the
insects into zombies o a sort. Tey work in conjunction
with the living dead that hosts them, swarming
out and attacking anything that comes close (close
combat distance) to the creature. Tey can be biting
ants, stinging wasps, pinching beetles, even deadly  When this zombie returns to the dead (the kind that
spiders. Whatever they are, it’s sure to creep the Cast
Members out the first time they come swarming
orth. Creatures do regular damage per urn equal to
the Power level on this eature (they ignore armor).
Spitter Power: Varies
Te zombie can spit some sort o toxic fluid. Ofen
this is a mixture o saliva, embalming fluid, and other
unidentifiable internal liquids. Te substance causes
living skin to itch and burn, much like a very bad case
o poison ivy or jellyfish stings. Te real threat rom
this spitting attack is i the zombie manages to hit the
target in the ace and the toxin gets in her eyes. Te
burning sensation effectively blinds the target or
D4(2) hours unless she can somehow rinse the fluid
rom her eyes with lots o running water. Range
equals hal Constitution in yards (meters). Spit does
regular damage per urn equal to hal the Power level
o this eature (armor is ignored i ace is targeted).
Spew Flame Power: Varies
Trough a curious chemical process that results
rom the production o methane gas as the body 
mouth and release a short range blast o flame, much
like the fire eaters at carnivals and renaissance estivals
the world over. Te zombie can only do this once
every six hours, and ofen does so uncontrollably,
although it will save the flaming belch or a living target
i one is nearby. Even worse, because the flame is
powered by methane, the stench o the belch can be
debilitating even i the flame misses. Range equals
Constitution in yards (meters). Te attack requires a
Resisted est between the zombie’s Dexterity and
Perception, and the target’s Dodge and Dexterity ask 
(or Difficult Dexterity). Flame does regular damage
per urn equal to the Power level o this eature.
Detachable Body Parts
Power: Varies, but at least +10
Te zombie has the bizarre ability to actually separate
off parts o its body and let them act on their
own. Te most common use o this power is removing
a hand and letting it crawl about, like Ting in
what it senses (which is usually only by touch).
ool-using zombies can use this ability to sneak 
their hands through a hole or window, and have the
crawling thing unlock a door rom the inside. Others
throw their hands like weapons and have them latch
onto the necks o prey that are trying to run away. O 
course, the zombie can detach any part o the body,
including internal organs. Tus small intestines
become animated, constricting snakes and so orth.
Te possible uses are endless. Te specifics o this
eature, including any special damage are lef to the
Zombie Master’s discretion.
Explosive Personality Power: +2/+5
does not move, that is), it does so with a bang . . . literally.
Once the zombie’s Dead Points are exceeded,
its body parts, at least those that remain, fly apart
with a loud and messy explosion. At the lower level
(+2 Power), the parts spread over a 4 yard (meter)
radius. Tis causes no damage to those caught in the
blast, but does orce a Fear est at -4 (at least or the
first dozen or so times it is witnessed). At the higher
level (+5 Power), the flying guts cause D6(3) points
o damage to all those in the explosion radius, and a
Fear est or those who witness it.

Regeneration Power: +2/+5
Tese zombies have the special ability to recover
rom the damage done to them. Tis does not mean
that ineffective holes or partially missing limbs are
repaired. Tat is window dressing that gives the
zombie a real visual ummph. Tis regenerative ability  to the victim’s memories or voice, only his physical appear-
is limited to Dead Point damage that will ultimately  ance. I the ZM wishes, those amiliar with the victim may
orce the zombie to stop moving around and
eating. At the lower level (+2 Power), the zombie
regains 1 Dead Point per minute. At the higher level
(+5 Power), 1 Dead Point is gained per urn.
Blight Power: +1/level
Due to the plague toxins carried in its diseased body, the
zombie’s second “death” results in an area o inertility and
blight, as though salted with lime. What ew plants grow in
this blackened area are twisted and poisonous, and animals
avoid the spot. Te radius o the effect is equal to five eet
per point o power spent. Once an area is stricken with
blight, it can only be reversed through metaphysics (such as
Bountiul Harvest). A zombie massacre can render an entire
area unusable by survivors or years to come.
Boneless Power: +3
Te reanimation process has restructured the zombie’s
bones, turning them into a cartilage-like substance. Tis
sofened skeleton allows the zombie to squeeze through
tight places a normal body could not, to a minimum o our
inches wide. Tus, a Boneless zombie could wriggle through
a ventilation duct or the space between prison bars. Te
zombie also suffers less damage rom smashing attacks such
as those rom clubs or maces (acts as D4(2) armor against
attacks -- no bones to break).
As a downside, the sof bones provide a weaker structure
or the zombie’s muscles and ligaments, so the zombies can
have a maximum o Strength 2.
Bulletproo Power: +4
Te zombie is less susceptible to the impaling damage o
bullets than to other kinds o harm. Te zombie only re-
ceives the minimum damage (typically the weapon’s dam-
age multiplier drops to x1) rom any normal bullet attack.
High-explosive rounds and other specialized ammo may
still inflict normal damage, at the ZM’s discretion. Damage
rom close combat weapons remains unaffected.
Death Mask Power: +6
Trough some bizarre trick o preservation, the zombie
looks and smells like a living human to other people. Tis
effect is strictly visual and olactory -- the zombie cannot
speak or interact unless those special abilities are taken
separately. In order to pose as ully human, it must also
possess Aspects such as Language and ool Use. It contin-
ues to move and act like a zombie without Getting Around
(Lie-Like) and Senses (Like the Living) or better. Dogs and
other animals are not ooled, however, and react according-
ly. I the ZM wishes, potential victims may make a Difficult
Perception est to notice that something seems wrong.
Doppleganger Power: +8
You are who you eat! Tis power allows the zombie to take
on the eatures o its last victim, permitting it to pass itsel
off as that individual, though a lack o a pulse or body heat
may give the truth away. Te zombie does not gain access
make a Difficult Perception est to notice something is
wrong with their riend.
Gremlin
Power: +2/level to a max o our levels
Te zombie exerts a strange electro-magnetic field -- like
an EMP pulse -- disrupting electrical devices. Equipment
and objects requiring electricity do not operate when the
zombie is near -- cars won’t start, flashlights ail, watches
stop. Te radius o effect o the field equals five eet per level
purchased. Large groups o zombies can ampliy the effect:
A close group o one hundred can incease the range by a
actor o ten (or fify yards per power level). A mob o one
thousand zombies increases it by a actor o one hundred
(or 500 yards per power level).
Hive Mind Power: +8
A simple expansion o the eamwork Aspect, this ability
allows total communication between zombies out to a range
o 100 miles. Tey act as a part o a single entity, coordinat-
ing attacks and activities as though part o a single mind
with an Intelligence 1. I a “queen” zombie acts as the nexus
or the hive, reduce the power cost or all zombies to +6.
Te death o this leader zombie disrupts the hive mind, and
all other zombies revert to Intelligence -2.
Liche Lord Power: +15
On ezombie rules them all, and in the darkness binds them.
Te ZM assigns this power to one zombies in every thou-
sand, providing this individual the equivalent o Long-term
Memory and Problem Solving, as well as the ability to com-
mand undead as per the Rule Te Dead power (see AFM-
BE, p. 209). Instead o paying Essence Points to command
zombies, the Liche Lord pays Dead Points, which can be
reconstituted by eeding.
Rule the Dead : A Zombie Lord and any sealed
human may converse or command any sealed
zombie within earshot. Simple commands or
questions to less than 5 zombies costs 1 Essence
Point. Detailed commands or commanding large
groups o zombies costs 2 Essence Points. Large
groups o zombies may not be given detailed
command. In all cases, the zombies will obey 
until given another command, even i the object
o the commands no longer exists or urther
activity would do more harm that good.
 

Locust Power: +3 while the overall DPs o the creature are still calculated
When delicious human meat becomes scare, zombies with in the usual manner. Add 1 to the basic
this power can supplement their diet with whatever is Dexterity o the zombie and +5 to the Speed. A Billy 
handy, stripping trees o bark, devouring plants, and taking Bones is harder to hit with piercing weapons, there
chunks out o animals, Although the zombies continue to being so little to target, and -2 is applied to attack 
starve, dropping by one-quarter strength or each day with- rolls (except attacks to the head) when using piercing
out ten ounces o whatever they crave, Strength cannot be weapons against it.
reduced below 1 as they supplement their diet Greenpeace Displacement Power +4
style. But they still crave sweet, sweet flesh, and again a +2 Looking at this zombie is something akin to looking
to Preception-based ests to find it (while starving only). at an object lying at the bottom o a clear pond.
Afer a month o oraging by a zombie army, most areas It’s never in the place it looks like it is. Te zombie
are become stripped clean and the zombies must move on, has the uncanny ability to reract light to make its
leaving a desolate land in their wake. location seem to be where it’s not. Anyone attempting
Sticks Around to attack the zombie does so at -4 at a distance
Power: +2/level to a max o our levels and at -2 in hand-to-hand range.
Maybe it’s chemicals in the zombie’s system that kill all the Fog Power +10/+1 per 50- yd radius
normal bacteria, or re-animating microbes that preserve ne- Tis ability is an advanced version o that ound
crotic flesh, but the zombie’s unctional deteriorating occurs in the Atlas o the Walking Dead (p. 101). Some
at a slower rate than normal, allowing it to delay or avoid zombies or even ghostly vessels are able to blanket
the detrimental effects o decay (see pp. 79-84). Te first lev- an entire town, port, or island in a porridge-thick og
el multiplies the time beore skeletonization (as calculated that obscures all but the keenest o vision. Te
by the ormula on p. 80) by ten, the second increases it by power begins at a 500-yd (meters) radius and is an
a actor o fify, and the thrid by a actor o 100. the ourth additional +1 Power or each additional 50 yds
level means the zombie does not effectively decay at all, and (meters) beyond this. Te og spreads out at 10 yds
can only be eliminated through starvation or destruction. (meters) per second and drops almost all visibility 
O course, the body can still decay cosmetically becoming to zero. Tose attempting to sight a target within
more gaunt, grotesque, and gooey over time, but it retains this og do so at -6 beyond a range o 10 yds
its ull abilities as long as it meets its eeding requirements (meters). Some Ghost Ships have this ability, creating
Will o the Dead Power: +3 a massive and unnatural blanket o og to quite
Like a cobra mesmerizing its prey, the zombie can some- suddenly appear out o nowhere to envelop their
how stun a victim into inactivity. Tis may be the power o quarry. Tose on the Ghost Ship have no minuses to
tis red-eyed gaze, a wol-like howl, or some kind o mental  vision and can still see through the og as though the
ability that overcomes the will o a single individual, reez- objects they were looking at were shadows or mistlike
ing the victim in his tracks orms. Te og travels with the ship, with the
Make a Restricted est between the zombies Willpower  vessel at its center.
(usually 2) plus 3 or the Power itsel versus the victim’s From Te Ashes Power: Variable
Willpower. Inspired Cast Members add +2 to their roll. Te Sometimes zombies just don’t know when to stay 
Denial and other metaphysical deenses may also aid the dead, even when they’re incinerated. A zombie with
 victim at the ZM’s discretion. Tis effect lasts only D6 turns, this Aspect can literally be reborn in a spectacular,
afer which the victim can make another Willpower est to or even creepy, display on the night ollowing its
break the zombies’ hold on their mind. destruction, or on a particular night, depending
Billy Bones Power +15 upon the Power level o the Aspect. Te zombie
Tese zombies are only about hal the men they  rises rom where it died, either by a bolt o lightning
once were. No flesh remains on these clacking rom the sky, in a bright flash o fire or just by 
skeletons to hamper their movement. Tey don’t reconstituting itsel rom the lefover bits.
need to eat, and even i they did, where would it go? Ghostly Form Power: +10
Tese zombies have only their will (or the will o  Tar be nothin’ worse than a zombie on a pirate
some zombie lord) driving their bones onward, but ship...unless it be a zombie on a pirate ship that can
the will can be a powerul thing. Tey are also aster walk through your best sword swing to get at you.
than most run o’ the mill zombies, as they don’t have With this power the zombie can temporarily turn
all that hanging flesh to worry about. A Billy Bones himsel insubstantial. Te power is very useul or
uses its Willpower, or the Willpower o the controlling evading those pesky weapons that want to chop you
entity, zombie lord, whatever, instead o its into fish bait. Ghostly Form takes one urn to activate
Strength when dealing damage or lifing things, and costs the zombie one Essence point per

urn to maintain. However, while insubstantial, the
zombie cannot be affected by any physical attacks
and can walk or glide through solid substances.
Metaphysics, Miracles and magical or blessed items
can still affect the zombie in its insubstantial orm.
Glamour Power +2/+5
Some zombies look quite human, that is until you
bring them into the light. For whatever reason, these
zombies have some glamour placed upon them to
make them look human until something happens to
reveal them. Tey could’ve been cursed by some
ancient treasure, disguised by a powerul zombie
lord, or any other cause. Te circumstance is completely  champion or even the superior intellect o a mad scientist.
up to the ZM (or the player and ZM i it’s
taken by a Cast Member) and can include anything
rom daylight to being under the light o the moon
to being near a holy symbol. Whatever the circumstance,
the zombie looks completely human in all
respects until the circumstance is met. Ten, his true
orm emerges immediately, which could be a real
shocker to anyone believing him to be a living
breathing mortal being. At the higher Power level,
the zombie can actually control the Glamour, only  Members, as there may be a potential or min-maxing.
revealing its true orm when it wants to inspire terror
in its victim. Te zombie will be revealed or
what it is, however, once it actually grabs its victim.
Graf Power +5/+10
Flesh, it’s not just or eating anymore. With this
Aspect the zombie can take pieces o flesh or bone
rom its victim and literally graf it onto itsel,
allowing it to heal wounds using the grafed piece.
Lost limbs can be replaced, gaping wounds can be
closed, and spilled guts can be sealed back inside
where they belong. O course, this does look  instantly, even using the technique as a deensive action to
strange; something akin to a patchwork zombie, but
it is effective. It does take time to graf, however. A
zombie graf takes about 30 seconds to complete or
each hal-pound (8 ounces) o flesh and each halpound
can regenerate 10 DPs o damage. Lost limbs
take longer to attach, 5 minutes, and heal the zombie
o all the damage it took to remove or destroy  oot, used into a jagged blade. As soon as the oot begins
the limb (see AFMBE p. 147). At the higher level,
the zombie can actually graf multiple limbs onto its
body, giving it more combat actions per urn. Each
pair o arms grafed onto the zombie gives it one
more attack action at no penalty. No more than 6
arms total (including the ones it already had) can be
on a zombie. ZMs may even allow the zombie the
ability to graf its torso onto an animal’s body (like
a centaur) at their discretion. Grafing additional
limbs takes the same amount o time as replacing a
limb.
Natural Armor Power: See Below 
Some zombies have hide that is just a bit tougher
than most others do. Natural armor is or those creatures
that have hardened exoskeletons or chitinous
shells or are in some way hardened to damage.
Below is the Power level o the Aspect and the
Armor Value o each. Tere is also a description,
which can be used as a guide to determine what type
o hide the creature may have.
Increased Attribute (ype) Power +2 per Level
Some zombies are a cut above the rest, whether it’s a
ballet dancer’s dexterity or the strength o a body building
For each level o this Aspect, the chosen Attribute
is increased by 1 point. Tis Aspect must be purchased in
addition to an Aspect that sets the Ability. For example,
a zombie with Increased Strength would have to have
one o the base Strength Aspects beore purchasing
Increased Attribute. Speed is calculated as or a living
being when this Aspect is taken or Getting Around,
instead o using the speed provided in the base Aspect.
ZM Note: May not be suitable or PC zombie Cast
Bloody Mass Power: +4
Sometimes the best deense is not being around to be hit at
all. Te zombie has such incredible control over its undead
orm that it can cause itsel to break down into a bloody
mass o blood, bones, and sick goo. Tis puddle is ully
animate and moves with hal the zombie’s normal Speed.
Although the zombie cannot attack, it is immune rom all
physical attacks except fire, explosives, and acids while in
this orm. It can seep under doors, through grates and even
stay cohesive under water. Te zombie can all into the orm
avoid an attack. However, it takes a ull two urns or it to
reorm into a solid body.
Bone Blade Kick Power: +2
Some zombie martial artist masters have added a special
kicker to their kick. As the zombie’s oot rockets towards
its opponent, the flesh peels away to reveal the bones o the
to withdraw, the flesh slides back over the blade, covering
it again by the time it touches the ground. Te Bone Blade
Kick does D6(3) x (Strength + 1) slashing damage.
Bullet Sponge Power: +2
Few zombies really mind getting hit by bullets
(unless it hits them in their Weak Spot). Some zombies
actually like it. It means they don’t have to go
looking around or ammunition. Bullets that strike the
zombie do damage as normal (i applicable), but then
go through the strangely evolved organs o the zombie,
making them good to go again (including cartilage
casings and organic gunpowder). Te zombie
can excrete these at will rom its hands, or i its got a
built-in gun, directly into the weapon. Recycling’s so
important in this modern day, it’s touching to see the
undead involved too . . .

Burrowing Finger Power: +5
Tis deadly attack works best against living oes
and those zombies with a particular weak spot. Using
only its index finger to attack (regular close combat
attack), the zombie jabs the digit deep into the target’s
flesh. Once it penetrates, the finger breaks off and
begins to worm its way through the target’s body,
causing massive internal damage. It makes its way  Dexterity est. I successul, the target is partially
towards the target’s heart or brain, depending what
the zombie wishes. Te finger then works its way out
and crawls back to the owner, who may attach it again
with no penalty. Te zombie can only use one finger
at a time in this manner.
Te initial finger attack causes D4(2) x Strength
damage. Each round afer that, it moves six inches
(15 centimeters) towards the target’s vital organs,
causing an additional D6 x 2(6) damage each urn.
When it reaches the heart or brain, it causes D8 x
6(20) damage each urn until the target dies.
Buzzsaw orso Power: +4
Te skeleton within the zombie is highly animate,
“dying” to get in on the fighting action. Te ribs and
other bones o the torso work with the flesh to create
a bizarre but deadly attack. Te ribs shif and expand
through the flesh until they protrude in a circle out
rom the spine in the middle o the zombie’s chest.
From the top, it looks like the spokes o a wheel
(since all the ribs extend to the same length). Ten
they start spinning—really, really ast, like the blades
o a helicopter. Tese super-strong ribs slice and dice
anything that comes near. It is hard to attack with the
torso, however, so a zombie must first Grab or grapple
(Resisted Simple Dexterity ests) an opponent
beore pulling them into the spinning bones o death.
Once a victim comes into contact, D12 x 4(24) points
o slashing damage are delivered per urn.
Chi Suck Power: +4
Chi Suck is related to Soul Sucker (see AFMBE, p.
155). Zombies with this ability border on being vampiric,
although blood is not what they suck. Once a
zombie Grabs, grapples (Resisted Simple Dexterity  Te zombie can use the whip simply to attack,
ests) or bites someone, it can hold on and start sucking
out the person’s very lie essence. In games terms
that means, well, Essence. Each urn the zombie
sucks in D10 x 3(15) Essence Points, adding them to
the zombie’s own Essence Pool. Any Essence
absorbed in excess o the zombie’s normal Essence
Pool level dissipates afer 24 hours, but may be used
until that point. Tis Aspect does not serve to raise the
zombie’s permanent Essence Pool level.
Crimson Spray Power: +1
Not only does the master zombie have unbelievable
control over its dead body, it can also control the
stagnant, stale blood that lies in its veins. Te zombie
can, at will, fire spurts o blood rom anywhere in
its body. Tese jets have a range o just three yards
(meters). In combat, their greatest use is to temporarily 
blind or distract an opponent. Te zombie can use
this Aspect and make one other attack in the same
urn without incurring multiple action penalties.
Striking a target in the eyes requires a Difficult
 
blinded and suffers -3 on hand-to-hand attacks and -
6 on ranged attacks.
Decaying Bite Power: +3
Te zombie carries special, supernatural parasites
that devour flesh. Fortunately or the zombie, this
Aspect renders its own flesh immune to the parasites.
Others are not nearly so ortunate. Whenever the
zombie successully bites someone (causing at least 4
points o damage), a number o the nasties get passed
to the victim. Tey immediately start to eat away at
the target’s flesh, starting with the location o the bite.
Te consumption spreads at the rate o one inch (2.5
centimeters), causing one point o damage, per
minute. Eventually, it devours the entire body—be it
zombie or human—unless the victim cuts out the
inected area or scours it with flame or acid. O 
course, the treatment causes its own damage, but no
one said this was going to be easy.
Entrail Whip Power: +2
Digestion is all well and good, but certain undead
masters have learned to put their internal organs to
other uses. earing open their own stomachs (which
causes no damage), they pull out their small intestine,
which has become leathery and tough in death and
makes a perect whip. Te whip extends up to thirty 
eet (10 meters) and can be used to swing rom chandeliers,
inflict stinging blows on an opponent, or
entrap a target in its undead grasp. Since it is part o 
the walking dead’s body, it is also somewhat animate.
It can grab onto things with its own strength rather
than relying on simple momentum like a plain old
inanimate whip.
causing D4(2) x (Strength - 1) damage. Making a
grappling attack requires targeting a specific location
on the target’s body (damage is still suffered). I successul,
the whip ensnares the body part and does not
let go until cut (10 points to sever), removed (effective
Strength 4) or withdrawn by the zombie. Te
entrails have an armor value o D6 + 1(4).
Fighting Flying Head Power: +3
Te secret to winning any fight is using one’s head.
Certain zombies take this adage very literally. Tose
with this Aspect can remove their heads and let them
fly and attack on their own. Te zombie’s body continues
to fight without any penalty as long as the head

remains within line o sight. Te head itsel can fly at
a rate equal to three times the zombie’s normal
Speed. Attacks against the head suffer a -5 penalty.
Unless the brain is a Weak Spot, damage short o total
destruction (30 non-weapon/60 weapon) is ignored.
Te flying head has an unlimited range and can
attack with a bite or head butt that causes D4(2) x
(Strength - 1) damage.
Fingerblades Power: +1
Te bones in the tips o the zombie’s fingers can
extend through the flesh at will, becoming razor
sharp bone blades capable o severing flesh and muscle
with ease. Tese retractable blades stretch out as
ar as eight inches (10 centimeters) and cause D4(2)
x Strength slashing damage.
Flesh Fist Power: +4
Some o the most effective techniques in the
martial arts involve grabbing a hold o the opponent
in some way, but ofen this maneuver is more
easily said than done. Te Flesh Fist combines the
damaging power o a punch with a grab that does
not require the zombie to use its hands at all. Te
flesh on the zombie’s hand slides orward along
the orearms and stretches out, wrapping around
the target and grasping it tight. Zombies with this
power automatically perorm a Grab Combat
Move on an opponent whenever they successully  smallish spikes at a time. Te spikes increase the multiplier
strike with their fist (unless they do not wish to).
Tis allows them to execute any throws or lock  would be done normally.
moves on the same urn without multiple combat
action penalties.
Flesh Holster Power: +1
Te zombie, either through some quirk o  a while. A little extra protection never hurts. Zombies with
undeath or by design, has one or more pockets o  this Aspect have steel or kevlar plates sewn into the fleshy
flesh in its body. Te skin covering these pockets
looks perectly normal, at least normal or a walking
corpse. However, the zombie can, with no
harm to itsel, reach into the pocket with ease to
put something in or pull something out—something
like a knie or gun. Tis happens as ast as a
normal person would draw a gun rom a holster.
Te pocket can range rom wide and deep (roughly  harm through the use o chi. In death, this effect
the size o a high-velocity handgun) to long and
slim (or a katana or the like). Larger weapons cannot
be stored.
Grasping Feet Power: +5
Trows, locks, and chokes are an important part o any
martial arts attack, but first the opponent must be grappled
successully. Undeath has loosened the zombie’s eet up a
bit, allowing the bones o the eet and toes to grasp a target
as effectively as a hand. Te zombie can make a normal kick
attack but instead o pulling the oot back afer the strike, it
latches on to the target. Zombies with this power automati-
cally perorm a Grab Combat Move on an opponent when-
ever they successully strike with their eet (unless they do
not wish to). Tis allows them to execute any throws or lock
moves on the same urn without multiple combat action
penalties.
Hand-Gun Power: +3/+5
In this guy’s case, they couldn’t pry the gun rom his cold,
dead fingers. Te zombie orces a stripped down gun into
his hand, parting flesh and bone to make it fit. While this
makes the hand pretty useless or anything but shooting,
that’s okay, who wants to do anything else anyway? At the
higher Power level, the gun merges with flesh, and can-
not be distinguished until bullets start popping out o the
back o the hand. Each gun can be fired eight times be-
ore reloading, a process that takes one urn per bullet to
accomplish since the zombie must peel back a flap o flesh
to insert new shells. Alternatively, the zombie can swallow
the bullets and they are channeled to the proper places in
one hour. Te guns have a range o 3/10/20/60/120, and do
damage depending on the shell inserted (up to 9mm, see
AFMBE, p. 134).
Horns, usks, and Spikes Power: +2
Control over the body, the key to success or all martial
artists, has developed in undeath to the point where the
zombie can cause spiky protrusions to grow rom its body.
Horns rom the head, spikes rom the elbows or knees—
anything the zombie desires. Even better, the spikes spring
orth with the speed o a stiletto and retract just as ast. On
the down side, the zombie can only create one large or two
o an attack by one, or grant a D10(5) damage i no damage
In-Bodied Armor Power: +6
While sticks and stones and guns might not hurt a zombie
as much as they do living olks, they still take their toll afer
parts o their body, usually the torso and sometimes the
legs. Tis acts just like normal body armor except that it
cannot be taken off and is not immediately obvious to the
casual observer (although it does give the zombie an extra
bit o bulk). Protection is (D8 x 3) + 18(30).
Iron Shirt Body Power: +3
In lie, masters can protect their bodies against
requires no Essence expenditure. Te flesh hardens to
the strength o iron, yet remains supple enough or
the zombie to move. Te result: a natural armor rating
o D8 + 8(14).
Just a Flesh Wound Power: +5
A zombie with this Aspect may restore all those
nicks, dents, gouges, cavities and severed limbs that
add luster to a walking dead’s appearance. Te Aspect
allows a zombie to regain 2 Dead Points per day, but
more importantly missing body parts and other cosmetic
blemishes (say, gaping holes in the chest, pealing
skin on the ace, etc.) slowly return to normal. Te
exact time rame is up to the Zombie Master, but the
Zombie Restoration able may be instructive.
 

Mind Eating Power: +3 per level Plus, it’s really cool at parties. Zombies with this ability 
Amind is a terrible thing to waste. Zombies with this ofen hide weapons in their hair until the moment to
ability actually absorb the knowledge and skills o the strike comes. Te hair has a Strength 2 less than the
people they attack. Afer a successul bite attack to the zombie’s normal Strength (minimum o 1) and provides
head o the target, the knowledge-hungry zombie the zombie with an extra attack action each urn.
makes a Resisted est pitting a Willpower and Mind Ribs o Doom Power: +3
Eating Level ask against the victim’s Difficult Zombies who like ood that really sticks to their
Willpower est. For every Success Level o the zombie’s ribs love this Aspect. First, the undead warrior has to
ask over those o the victim, the zombie gains get in nice and tight next to his opponent. Ten, its
either one key act or one level o skill rom the unwilling own ribs extend orth and latch onto whatever is in
donor. I the zombie consumes the victim’s entire ront o them, usually the body o the zombie’s opponent.
brain, 10 acts or skill levels are absorbed. Te newly  Te ribs not only pierce the opponent’s flesh but
gained acts or skills last a number o days equal to the grasp him tightly as well. Tis attack leaves the zombie’s
level o this Aspect. For an additional 2 points per hands ree or other things, usually tearing away 
level, the absorbed knowledge is permanent. at parts o the hapless victim. A successul Grab or
Melding Power: +3 grapple (Resisted Simple Dexterity ests) entangles
Tis truly disgusting technique immobilizes both the the zombie’s victim, and does D4(2) x Strength
zombie and its target. First, the zombie must successully  crushing damage in addition to whatever other attack 
Grab or grapple (Resisted Simple Dexterity ests) the zombie launches. Each urn thereafer, D4(2) x
the opponent, bringing his body into close contact. (Strength - 1) damage may be caused, as well as
Ten, the flesh o the zombie becomes sof and gooey  whatever other attack the zombie launches. Escaping
and begins to meld with the flesh o the target, seeping the ribby grasp requires a successul Resisted ask or
through any natural or fibrous clothing (plastic, rubber, est (a Simple Strength est, or a Strength and
or metal bars the meld). Te two bodies become inseparable Martial Arts ask, whichever is higher).
and both all to the ground. Te zombie then Shifing Bones Power: +3/+5
tries to bite, eat or otherwise inflict a close combat Skilled martial artists know to strike sof flesh and
attack (+4 bonus). Avictim can try to tear away by succeed- muscle rather than bone when they punch. With some
ing at a Resisted Simple Strength est. I successul, zombies, however, the exact location o the bones is
both the victim and the attacker suffer D10 x 5(25) never a sure thing. Undead masters with this ability 
points o damage. Te zombie using the power can can swifly shif the location o portions o their
undo its effects at any time. Few masters possess this skeleton in order to help block incoming attacks.
Aspect, but some lesser zombies have it, sacrificing Worse still, the bones grow through the flesh in the
themselves to effectively immobilize an opponent orm o damaging spikes. Te zombie must make a
while their master carries on with other business. Difficult Willpower est in order to maneuver its
My Body is a Deadly Weapon Power: +2 bones to intercept an incoming attack. I successul,
Sometimes in a fight, a weapon would be useul the bone meets the blow. I an unarmed attack was
but none are handy. For some zombies, this possesses blocked, the zombie suffers no damage, and the
no problem—any arm or leg will suffice. Te zombie attacker incurs D4(2) + their own Strength damage
can detach one o its own limbs and use it as a points. I the attack was with a close combat weapon
weapon. Any master capable o this trick has no problem o some sort, the bone acts as (D8 x 2) + 8(16) armor.
balancing on one leg and hopping around at hal  At the higher Power level, the bones’ protection
its normal Speed. An arm acts as a club and does applies to ranged attacks, including bullets.
D8(4) x Strength damage. Aleg acts as a big club and Shot-Arms Power: +4
does D10(5) x Strength damage. Both can be used A variation on the Hand-Gun Aspect, the zombie
two-handed i desired (except o course when one instead imbeds a stripped-down, single-shot shotgun
arm is being used as a weapon). in each arm by orcing it between flesh, cartilage and
Prehensile Hair Power: +3 bone. Te zombie can still use its hands normally, and
Many masters keep their hair long either out o vanity  until the gun fires (or someone uses a metal detector),
or as a sign o devotion to their art. In death, these no one can tell that the guns are there. Firing one o 
long locks serve them in new and exciting ways. the guns rips a hole in the zombie’s palm, which may 
Undeath makes the hair strong as piano wire and totally  cause 1 point o damage depending on the Weak Spot
animate. Using this preternatural third limb, the chosen. Each gun can only be fired once beore
zombie can make grasping and throwing attacks, wield reloading, a process that takes two urns per shell to
small weapons (knives, shuriken) and throw objects. accomplish as the zombie must peel back a flap o 

flesh to insert new shells. Alternatively, the zombie
can swallow the slugs and they are channeled to the
proper places in one hour. Te guns have a range o  monstrosity and only one can join at a time. Te first zom-
5/25/50/100/200, and do damage depending on the
shell inserted (see AFMBE, p. 134).
Shuriken Nails Power: +1
Why carry around unwieldy, pointy throwing stars
when fingernails are always handy? Te zombie’s nails
have become hard as steel and sharp as a razor in death.
Tey are also detachable. With a flick o the wrist or
ankle, the zombie can send one fingernail or toenail flying
with the speed o an arrow. O course, the zombie
only has a total o 20 o these projectiles, but i  now has our arms and Strength and Constitution o 4. For
retrieved, they can be put back in place. I the zombie
also has some unnatural healing capacity, the nails grow  attack and deense action that urn without
back in 48 hours. Te nails have a range o 3/5/8/10/13,
and cause D4(2) x Strength slashing damage.
Snake’s Spine Lunge Power: +2/+4
Despite the name o this Aspect, the zombie does
not actually have the spine o a snake. Rather, or the
duration o this bizarre yet devastating attack, its
spine kind o looks like a snake. Te spine actually  zombie. Once the zombies decide to separate again
extends up out o the body, telescoping out up to a
distance o our yards (meters). At the end o the
spine is, o course, the head, which bites (D4 x 2(4)
slashing damage) or head butts (D4(2) x Strength damage)
on a successul Simple Dexterity est, or Dexterity and close
combat skill ask. At the higher Power level, the head acts
as a bludgeoning flail weapon, and causes D10(5) x Strength
damage. Tis all happens as quickly as a snake strikes (thus
the name) and can be a devastating attack against unwary
opponents who think they are out o reach (-4 to deense
actions on the first attack, -2 on the second). Tis strike
takes the place o a regular attack action.
Spying Eyes Power: +2
Not so useul in actual combat, this technique allows crafy
warriors to spy on their enemies beore the fight ever be-
gins. Simply plucking out an eye activates the Aspect. Te
floating eye moves at a rate equal to our times the zombie’s
normal Speed to a distance o Willpower x 10 yards (me-
ters). It not only lets the owner see whatever the eye sees,
it lets them hear as well, strangely enough. Te zombie can
concentrate on what it sees through the flying eye or what it
sees with its remaining eye, but not both at once.
Strength in Numbers Power: +6
raditionally, zombies have always ound their greatest
strength in numbers. While individual master zombies can
be quite ormidable on their own, sometimes they find the
classic ways are the best. In order or this Aspect to work,
each participating zombie must possess it. Te zombies ac-
tually meld their flesh and bones into one another, creating
a larger, more powerul zombie creature. When two or more
zombies join together they can add extra limbs i they wish
or simply use their masses together to make a bigger body.
No more than five zombies can join together in this way.
It takes one ull minute or each zombie to join the fleshy
bie’s stats serve as the base or the rest o the creature. Every
additional zombie that joins in adds 1 to all o the zombie’s
physical Attributes (which may affect Secondary Attri-
butes depending on the Aspects held by the base zombie).
Optionally, it can orgo one physical Attribute bonus, and
choose to add another pair o limbs instead. For example,
two zombies with physical Attributes o 3 join together.
Tey decide they want to have our arms and so lose one
Attribute bonus (they choose Dexterity). Te new creature
each extra set o arms, the zombie gets an additional
multiple action penalties. Additional legs allow or
two extra kick attacks each urn but slow the zombie’s
Speed by two per pair (it’s really hard to move
with extra legs). Te zombie can only use Qualities,
Skills, Combat Moves, Metaphysics (including
Special Chi echniques) and Aspects held by the base
(which takes one minute per zombie), divide whatever
damage has been suffered equally between them.
Sword-Arm Power: +2/+4
Te zombie has removed the flesh rom one o its
arms and used the bones there into a single sharpened
mass. On a successul close combat attack, this sword
bone causes D8(4) x Strength slashing damage. At the
higher Power level, the flesh o the arm actually peels
back, revealing the bone blade only when desired.
Tis allows the zombie to hide the true extent o its
abilities. Afer it has finished using the blade or whatever
slice-and-dice work is at hand, the flesh closes
back around as i the sword arm had never existed.
Tef o the Body Power: +5
A zombie’s body is simply a tool or its ends (eating
brains, or instance). Some zombies can upgrade
their set o tools, making additions by stealing cool
parts rom their riends and enemies. Te newly 
attached limb unctions perectly normally, no matter
where the zombie places it. Unortunately, the attachment
only lasts or about an hour and then the process
starts to ail. Still, during combat there’s nothing
more annoying to an opponent than chopping off his
arm, sticking it in the middle o your chest and using
it to punch him.
Each additional arm allows the zombie to make
another attack or deense action that urn without
multiple action penalties, i the arm is located somewhere
were it can reach the opponent. Additional legs
are a little more unwieldy—each one allows or an
extra kick attack each urn but slow the zombie’s
Speed by 1 (it’s really hard to move with extra legs).

Chopping off a limb requires targeting the body  zombie can squirm through any opening large enough or
part (see AFMBE, p. 104), and doing damage equal to
one ourth (round down) o the target’s total Lie
Points with some sort o slashing weapon. earing it
off requires that the zombie have a Strength equal to
twice the target’s Constitution and do one third
(round up) o the target’s total Lie Points in damage
to the arm.
rapping Flesh Power: +3
Decomposition and rot have lef the zombie’s body  Zombies do not usually need blood to keep going, making
in an almost gelatinous state. Trough sheer orce o  all those veins and arteries useless under most circumstanc-
will, the zombie holds itsel together and looks relatively  es. Tis Aspect allows the shambling horror to control and
solid (or a walking corpse). It can, when
struck, release some o this concentration, causing the  
blow to sink into the disgusting, rotting mass o flesh.
Tings get real tricky when the zombie solidifies
itsel again, trapping the hand, oot, or weapon inside
its body. Attacks against the zombie cause normal
damage, but all close combat attacks against the zombie’s
torso result in the attacker getting caught within
the zombie’s body. Te weapon or limb remains
unusable until pulled ree. Tis requires a Resisted
est—the attacker’s Simple Strength est against the
zombie’s Simple Constitution est. In the meantime,
the zombie is ree to engage in any close combat
attack desired, particularly those which require a
Grab or grapple action. Te walking dead can release
the hold at any time.
urret orso Power: +1
Sometimes, ollowing a running target with an  
automatic weapon is difficult. Other times, running
one way and shooting another can be a problem.
Zombies with this Aspect do not suffer rom such
hassles. Teir torsos are unrestrained by the traditional
limitations o the spine—they can turn a ull 360
degrees. Tis added flexibility allows the zombie to
easily keep its eye and gun on the target, even while
its eet are headed somewhere else. It also allows the
zombie to better aim since it simply extends an arm
like the barrel o a gun rom a tank, fixes its head and
aims head and gun as one. For zombies, this is an easier
way o doing things (cuts down on pesky hand-eye
coordination problems). Te zombie gets a +2 bonus
to hit targets when it is standing still, and suffers no
multiple action penalty rom moving and shooting at
the same time.
Undead Flexibility Power: +3
Te constant struggle o every athlete—building strength
while keeping limber and loose. Death makes it that much
easier to loosen up. Te zombie can bend all o its joints in
any way it pleases. Elbows and knees can bend backwards,
hips rotate beyond the normal extremes, and even the head
can spin around 360 degrees. Te advantage o all this?
First, the zombie’s Dexterity increases by 1. Secondly, the
them to get their body mass through in some orm (note
that or those with a Weak Spot, that portion must come
through relatively intact). It’s a slow process, but that cat-
flap, vent, or chimney, is now access enough to the tasty
humans dwelling within. Also, the zombie gains a +3 bonus
when resisting locks, grabs, or throws, or perorming Escap-
ism asks.
Venous Deense Power: +2
animate its veins and arteries and use them as weapons. Te
veins separate and poke out o the body, writhing about like
worms. ough as leather and sharp as needles, these veins
orm a kind o sparse, animate ur all over the zombie’s
body, extending three inches out. Tey provide D6 + 1(4)
armor. Also, they burrow into and tear at the flesh o anyone
that comes into contact with the zombie. As a result, anyone
grappling with the zombie suffers automatic attacks (D6 x
2(6) slashing damage) rom the zombie’s veins.
Wall Crawling Power: +2
A combination o undead claws and the stickiness o rotting
flesh allow the zombie to move over almost any surace with
ease, regardless o incline. In other words, the zombie can
move up walls and even across ceilings as easily as it walks.
Tis gives the zombie unparalleled maneuverability in com-
bat, since it can fight rom a wall or hang rom the ceiling
with ease. Tis ability also lets it move up and down ropes,
vines, and other hanging means o conveyance with ease.
Whirling Cyclone Kick Power: +3
Sometimes a skilled martial artist spins his body around as
he kicks in order to increase speed and power. However, the
way the body’s joints and bones work limit amount o spin
and the motion o the leg. For a zombie, joints and bones no
longer limit movement. Te zombie can twist its torso a ull
360 degrees. When using this Aspect, the zombie kicks out
and lets the orce twist the lower portion o its body around
and around. His lower body spins like a top, balanced on
one leg while the other swings around and around with
cyclonic speed. All the time the zombie’s torso remains erect
and unmoving, allowing it to use hand and head normally
and direct where it moves. While spinning, the zombie can
move its normal Speed. As soon as its leg makes contact
with something the spinning stops as the ull orce o the
attack is unleashed. Te whirling cyclone kick does D10(5)
x Strength damage. Te zombie must spend one urn build-
ing up speed beore it strikes an opponent.