Talk:Zombie (monster class)

Zombies don't cause the player to rise from the dead

As the same misinformation has been added twice, I figure I should clarify:

In done_in_by in end.c, the u.ugrave_arise variable is set if your corpse will rise from the dead in a bones file. The defined ones are:

1. If killed by a wraith, barrow wight, or Nazgul, you rise from the dead as a wraith.
2. If killed by a mummy, you rise from the dead as a mummy of your own race.
3. If killed by a vampire, vampire lord, or Vlad the Impaler, and you are human, you rise from the dead as a vampire.
4. If killed by a ghoul, you rise from the dead as a ghoul.

Notice that zombies are missing from that list. If you get yourself killed by a zombie, you don't rise from the dead. 72.200.112.118 05:05, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

The reason I added it back in was because the original text made it sound like you come back from the dead when you are killed by a zombie, and the revert made it seem like that was the case. I'm no source expert, so I changed the original text to say that your corpse is a zombie in a bones file in an attempt to clarify it. I also thought that was true because I remember running into a bones character that wasn't a ghost, but I didn't remember exactly what type of monster it was. Being the trusting person I am, I assumed the first person had it correct. --MadDawg2552 03:20, 1 March 2007 (UTC)