# Balancing - Zombie stats randomness
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/balancing-zombie-stats-randomness/9167
**Category:** The Drawing Board
**Created:** [March 18, 2015, 9:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/balancing-zombie-stats-randomness/9167 "2015-03-18T09:03:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@RoboViking](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/RoboViking)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2015, 9:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/balancing-zombie-stats-randomness/9167/1 "2015-03-18T09:03:11Z")
Add randomness in Z stat. With today’s implementation you can easily estimate how bad ass / wimpy each Zd is and if you are going to beat the Zd in combat.
The Zd type should give a hint of what kind of enemy you are up against but we should add a element of surprise.
I think that it would be cool to walk up to a normal Zd, expect to easily beat it, and instead get drop-kicked with some kind of obscure Zombie martial art.
Maybe perception and weapon/unarmed combat skills can determine your ability to evaluate skills of the Zd. Maybe add a automatic “threat marker” for each Zd generated by your skills.
And thank you all devs for a fantastic game!
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### Author:  [@JayJayForce](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/JayJayForce)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/balancing-zombie-stats-randomness/9167/2 "2015-03-18T20:51:57Z")
Having some minor variety to zombie stats would be an excellent addition to the game IMO. They should not however, have any sort of “super” abilities available to them that a regular version of the type wouldn’t have. Some warning on any that are noticeably far from average would also be useful, maybe based off perception or a trait.
Interesting topic. Not sure how hard this would be to implement though.
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### Author:  [@Vronkio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Vronkio)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/balancing-zombie-stats-randomness/9167/3 "2015-03-20T21:12:08Z")
Got my support.