Why couldn't that special event be the origin skill of the undead race? The way zombie works now...it make's no sense how you make a family of 4 undead. Without Larian expanding how undeath works,most go to stereotypes promoted by WoW and Walking Dead,where you need some necromancer to use his own version of revive or undeath is a curse/disease that you curse.
I don't particularly care to use Zombie myself, but I see no reason why it should be restricted. Larian had no problem with Zombie being unrestricted in D:OS 1. If someone wants to do a gimmick run with 4 zombie characters, let them. If someone wants to roleplay and CHOOSE the Zombie Talent only on their Undead characters, more power to them. Giving freedom here seems to be the best way to get people what they want.
An origin skill that costs source points is the best initiator in my opinion,because Zombie (as seen in D:OS 1 and as hinted by the outcries of the comunity) is that good of a talent and acess to it should be restricted.
I don't agree with Skills permanently adding Talents to targeted characters (any Talent), but a skill which inflicts a temporary Zombie status on the target would be fine.
You keep bringing up how good it was in D:OS 1. You're in fact making it clear that you are specifying D:OS 1. That gives me the impression that you haven't used it in D:OS 2 and are just guessing, even though there are lots of changes to the gameplay between the two games. May I ask if you have tried using it in D:OS 2?
A couple of weeks back I saw someone post here that the game is soloable on explorer with a wand dual wielding zombie high wits and int mage,with memory as the only dump stat, should I ever find that post, I will throw the link here and let the community debate if maybe it is for the best that zombie becomes the racial for undead.
The important word there is SOLO. As in all party members are Zombies. Guess what can't happen in SP if Zombie becomes the Undead Racial?
Yeah, I am not convinced,I will stay with my guns, zombie should be the undead racial.
It is a fair racial - you gain more sources of healing,but you are vulnerable to more sources of damage. These sources of damage can be mitigated.
Fuck no. It's not even remotely fair or balanced at all. It is obnoxious shitty garbage which makes it incredibly difficult to play in a party. It forces all other party members to adapt their skills and playstyle to accommodate the Zombie. If people want to voluntarily do a gimmick run with it, more power to them. But it has no business being FORCED onto everyone who wants to play an undead.
I also believe that there should be some sort of ability or character interaction, whose side result would be to turn other non zombie party members into zombies....maybe some sort of hunger mechanic similar to the spirit eater's in NWN2 where you would have to consume flesh from corpses to prevent you from going crazy againts your team mates and eating them.
That's not how it works in this setting. What you want is one of the other billion Zombie games out there or make a mod. Oh, and survival mechanics like the one you suggest are completely un-fun for a great many players.
