Sunday, October 8, 2017

Zombies are poisoned by salt

Tony Rowe wrote:

"Zombies are poisoned by salt." Statting up the zombie from Kolchak: the Nightstalker, possibly the source for this odd rule in Holmes Basic. http://theosrlibrary.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-kolchak-files-osr-zombie.html?m=1

5 comments:

  1. Kolchak might have introduced Rakshasas into D&D as well.

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  2. I have the series on DVD. Its so cheesy, cheap and FUN! Love the "Revenge Zombie" Tony. Thanks for posting it. :)

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  3. I saw that too, and its interesting, but like a lot of things with these rules its super vague. What does that mean exactly? How do you get the Zombies to eat the salt... or just throwing salt at them will work, and if you do throw it at them what exactly does it do? Its confusing.

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  4. Well, it is "poisoned" not "topically allergic"... getting bleach on your hands is bad, but ingesting it is even badder. So I'd assume you have get them to ingest it in some way or other to really affect them... maybe even rubbing it into an open wound. 2¢

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  5. In order to apply the salt in the way Kolchak did, the zombie has to have a dormant period, ie= sleep, only for zombies. ;) That is when you find the zombie's lair, sneak in and set up & light the candles, pour salt in its mouth while its "asleep". Then you sew the lips shut. Good luck, by the way, I'll be down the street in the nearest pub while you do that. :D

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