Stories of the Undead Inferno (Unofficial) Expansion FAQ!

[iamadoorknob]

(02-11-2011 01:52 AM)D153453D Wrote:  

(02-10-2011 06:23 PM)iamadoorknob Wrote:  That still doesn't make a whole lot of sense, because by what you've just described, you could have an outlay like this:

XX|X
XH|X
XX|Z

With the X's being empty spaces, H is a hero, Z being the zombie, and the line being a red wall

so then, since the zombie can't climb up, it could instead move to any of the 8 radius spaces, like this?:

XX|X
XH|X
ZX|X

or even like this?:

ZX|X
XH|X
XX|X

Because the zombie is moving inside the zombie hunger radius in both of those instances.

It just doesn't make sense that the zombie couldn't get up, so he could suddenly appear in the building, on the other side of the hero. It also makes those second-story buildings a death trap because the zombie is guaranteed to make it inside and much more likely to trap the heroes than if they were in a normal building.

It makes sense, it's just not clicking with you.

Here a Z can only climb orthangonally, but oh no! The Hero is diagonal to the Z!

XX|X
XH|X
XX|Z

The Z does not have to position himself in front of the Hero in order the climb because it is still within Zombie Hunger. Instead the zombie climbs the wall in front of him, which is STILL IN THE RADIUS OF ZOMBIE HUNGER. The lucky Z rolls a 5.

XX|X
XH|X
XZ|X

Basically any move is legal within those 8 spaces. The only illegal move would be to LEAVE THE ZOMBIE HUNGER RADIUS.

No you cant just teleport the zombie anywhere in those 8 spaces. It has to be a legal move.

Make sense?

It makes sense now, but the rulebook is still unclear. You said

(02-11-2011 01:52 AM)D153453D Wrote:  my rule states that a Zombie unable to reach the Hero (due to failed climbing, diagonal movement,etc..) allows a Zombie to move to any space within that 8 adjacent space radius (the Zombie Hunger Radius).

ANY space. That includes diagonal like the diagram I pointed out. The rules are still incredibly unclear.

Plus "any space" could mean that the zombie could climb through the red wall even if it fails a climb attempt, which defeats the whole purpose of the second stories.