To be fair, even if I'm not a zombie fan, I'm doing a lot of zombie-related write-ups. I figured as of late, it's just kind of a matter of timing, as I had wanted to do a series of write-ups on both Horror heroes and iconic/main horror villains. Ironically, I see Big Daddy as a weird combination of the two.

The main zombie in George Romero's Land of the Dead, Big Daddy is the 'leader' of the army of "stenches" that exist outside of the fortified Fiddler's Green. Angered by what he sees happening to his kind, Big Daddy uses rudimentary intelligence, fearlessness, and a crude type of leadership to show his fellow zombies how to attack the humans in the walled off parts of the former Pittsburgh. Following on the earlier concept from Day of the Dead, where zombies are gaining a sembelence of their former knowledge, Big Daddy successfully teachs his fellow undead to cross the river and ignore the attempts at distraction that have been used successfully to render the zombies powerless.

So....Big Daddy


Big Daddy


F: Typ (6)
A: Pr (4)
S: Typ (6)
E: Ex (20)
R: Pr (4)
I: Typ (6)
P: Typ (6)

Health: 36
Karma: 16
Popularity: -5 (Not personally, as a zombie)
Resources: Fe (2)

Talents:
Theoretically none, but Big Daddy displayed elements of:
Auto-mechanics (From previous life, in so far as to understand how to light a fire, use tools, and understand what gas is)
Leadership*: (Theoretically)

Powers:
Undead Zombie State: Big Daddy is a zombie, and as such, does not need to technically eat, sleep, breath, or any biological function. Big Daddy cannot be stunned, although he can suffer slams, and cannot be killed through Kill results, but only by reducing his health and Endurance to 0.

As a product of the infection, Big Daddy's decomposition rate is far slower than that of a normal corpse. As stated in the movie, it has been three years since the infection, and several of the zombies still look relatively 'fresh' despite being deceased for some time. Big Daddy is not a typical zombie, as most zombies do not have his ability to reason, awareness, or willpower.

Romero Zombies possess the following characteristics:

• Immunity: Romero Zombies are immune from normal pain or conditions that would warrant a stun. As a product of their being undead, they cannot speak, but can utter grunts, growls, and moans despite their inability to breathe.
• Limited Mobility: Romero Zombies can move only one area per round, and cannot 'sprint' nor can they dodge area affect attacks. Romero Zombies do not run.
• Drive: Romero Zombies, like Big Daddy, are driven by the need to eat, and will eat anything living, from animals to preference of people. The bite of a Romero Zombie is considered toxic, and no living creature has survived more than 12 hours after being bitten.
• Zombification: Romero Zombies spread due to bite. If a victim is bitten, they will have 1 - 12 hours based on Endurance before they 'turn'. A person could avoid being turned only if the bite was on a limb, and the limb was imediately severed. A Endurance FEAT would be necessary to ensure the infection did not spread after the amputation, as sometimes amputation is not quick enough.
• Communication: As seen with the movie, BIg Daddy and other zombies have begun a limited form of communication through gutteral sounds, and can coordinate to a limited level. The communication chain is significant, and spreads zombie to zombie, thus 'chaining' large groups of zombies together.

Contacts:
None, although technically you could say the zombie horde.

LImitations:
Zombie: Big Daddy is obviously a zombie, and as such, is unable to hide (or understand to hide) his condition
Rage: Big Daddy understand rage, especially at seeing what was done to other zombies.


Note:
I didn't go into the specifics of the Romero Zombies, but just touched on them. The Romero Zombies were written up a while ago in this forum, and it was a great write-up, look it up!

Big Daddy is a fluke in a lot of ways, hence his stats. I justify his stats primarily through his actions in the movie, from putting the connections together to 'training' other zombies and even punching a gas nozzles through windshields. I think that while not immediately as terrifying as some figures, the fact that a zombie coordinated a successful assault against a human enclave through using other zombies is pretty impressive.