Starfinder: Screamer Zombie
The screamer is both one of the weakest versions of the varying types of zombie which have been created through nefarious means by necromancers or other beings which dabble in the negative energies.
Physically the screamer has the typical appearance of the zombies. They are walking corpses. What set these monsters apart from other zombies are three things. First, for some reason they have lost both of their arms. It is speculated that the mutant virus infects a regular zombie and accelerates the decay in the shoulder joints and within 1d3 days of a regular zombie becoming infected with the virus, the arms fall off. No one knows why this happens.
The second thing is that the jaw becomes unhinged and hangs loose from the skull. It never completely detaches. Those who have taken the time to study these undead monsters speculate that this happened because of the changes that take place in the creature’s vocal cords and is the result of the scream that they can emit. This is how the creatures got their name is the horrific scream they use with great relish.
These creatures can infect and cause regular zombies to mutate. They accomplish this by biting a regular zombie.
Finally, these zombies seem to comprehend that they are quite vulnerable, typically more so than other undead. As such they always stay together with a pack of regular zombies, typically 3d6, although they have been found in massive hordes of zombies.
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