Zombie Pandemic

Rules System Used: d20 Modern

Books and Materials Needed: d20 Modern Roleplaying Game (book), d20 Apocalypse (book), dice set (d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20), pencil, paper, a game master’s screen

Suggested Extras: d20 Weapons Locker (book), miniatures (Using LEGO City sets would be amazing for this campaign! The green Troll heads could be used to represent zombies.)

Timeline: Current Day

Location: Any Modern Industrialised Nation’s City

Number of Players Suggested: 6 – 10 (You can play it with less but it works best with more people.)

Rules Modifications: For the zombies; use the diseased zombie in the d20 Apocalypse book but give them the Running Feat and increase their Challenge Rating to 1 ½. (Think 28 Days Later style of zombies.)

Limitations on Characters: Player Characters are limited to purchasing whatever could be reasonably on their person given their occupation. The first adventure of this campaign takes place when all of the Player Characters are out of their homes.

Monsters and Magic: The only “super natural creatures” or “monsters” in this campaign are rage zombies. There is absolutely no magic in this campaign.

Style of Campaign: The Player Characters will have to work together to survive as their lives are very easy for zombies to take. This is very much a diplomatic and flight before fight campaign stressing ranged interaction with zombies as opposed to melee. Diplomacy will come in to play greatly as the PCs interact with NPCs that are also trying to survive the horrible events. As a suggestion, have the characters deicide what kind of building or place in the city they want to run to and roleplay the trip there. The characters shouldn’t be deciding to turn left or right, you should tell them when they should as their characters would be familiar with the city and know the way to get to wherever it is they want to go. If they are smart, they will decide to go somewhere where they could acquire much needed supplies; like food, water, medical supplies, guns, etc. If they are even smarter they might try to steal a car if one is available or take the bus as opposed to just running there!

Introduction: You are all sitting in a busy café, eating lunch while you are either on your lunch break from work or because you have nothing better to do today. Reflecting on the day’s events, people watching, enjoying your overly priced coffee; whatever it may be, you are suddenly interrupted…

SMASH!!! A beaten and bloodied body falls through one of the large windows at the front of the café. Startled, you look at the body of a young man on the floor that appears to be so badly injured he must be dead… when he suddenly jumps up. Frothing blood at the mouth and gnashing his teeth, the man looks around with angry bloodshot eyes. Your stomachs are in your throats as you notice that there is a mob of similar people outside the café attacking people viciously and randomly, tearing at their victims’ flesh with their teeth! As the man that fell through the window attacks a young family that was sitting near the window a group of about a dozen other people pour in to the café and start massacring other patrons!

Running and dodging flailing attacks, you all manage to escape out the back employee door to the café to a dimly lit alley due to the tall buildings on all sides of it. No one else made it out. Thinking quickly you all realise you must act swiftly to find a spot to hide to avoid these people that seem to be rage incarnate. Just then a group of five bloodied rage monsters round the corner, staring right at you…