SURVEY #001

Favorite Type of Undead

What are your favorite types of undead?

Do you have preferences on how they are made, how intelligent they are?

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Please note: Because multiple selections are available for each segment, responses will not equal 100%.

01: FAVORITE TYPES OF UNDEAD

  • Animal or beast: 34.4%
  • Banshee: 33.1%
  • Crawling hand and/or other limb: 21.4%
  • Ghoul, ghast, similar corporeal: 33.1%
  • Ghost, phantom, poltergeist, similar non-corporeal: 63.6%
  • Mummy: 7.1%
  • Lich or other spell caster: 37.0%
  • Knight or other warrior: 27.3%
  • Skeleton: 44.8%
  • Tree, plant, other vegetation: 26.6%
  • Vampire: 59.7%
  • Zombie: 16.2%
  • Unknowable or otherwise not perceivable to mortals: 25.3%

02: LEVELS OF INTELLIGENCE

  • Not intelligent at all, no sentience: 13.6%
  • Operating with instinct-only: 37.0%
  • Limited human levels: 37.7%
  • Average human: 71.4%
  • Genius human: 49.4%
  • Super human, demi-god: 27.3%
  • Deity levels intelligence: 16.2%
  • Omniscient: 16.9%

03: ORIGIN

  • I enjoy undead specifically raised via necromancy: 53.9%
  • I enjoy undead raised via a cursed item: 48.7%
  • I enjoy undead raised via a cursed realm, an area within a realm, a specific building, etc.: 51.3%
  • I enjoy the origin to be unknown, but discoverable: 83.8%
  • I enjoy the origin to be unknown, and not discoverable: 40.9%

04: LEVELS OF AUTONOMY

  • Shade or projection. An action, series of actions, or scene is repeated endlessly without variation: 35.1%
  • Controlled by the summoner or summoning force: 26.0%
  • A balance between being controlled and autonomy: 48.7%
  • Complete autonomy, complete control of actions: 72.1%
  • Autonomous unless the master has a specific relic or other item: 46.1%
  • Permanently uncontrollable: 42.2%

05: MEMORIES

  • No memories from life: 39.0%
  • No memories from life but they are recoverable: 47.4%
  • Faint memories from life: 55.8%
  • Faint memories from life, vivid memories are recoverable: 66.9%
  • Vivid memories from life: 61.0%

06: POWER

  • Non-adventurer, not an obstacle: 40.3%
  • Low level adventurer or obstacle/monster: 49.4%
  • Moderate adventurer or obstacle/monster: 73.4%
  • High level adventurer or obstacle/monster: 56.5%
  • End-game/boss adventurer or obstacle/monster: 41.6%

07: ADVENTURING

  • Random monster, not an adventurer or citizen of any realm: 39.6%
  • Former citizen of a realm, but not an adventurer: 59.7%
  • Former citizen of a realm and an adventurer: 52.6%
  • Current undead citizen of a realm, but not an adventurer: 54.5%
  • Current undead citizen of a realm and an adventurer: 61.0%
  • Elected official of a realm, but not an adventurer: 36.4%
  • Elected official of a realm and an adventurer: 27.9%
  • Royal of a realm, but not an adventurer: 36.4%
  • Royal of a realm and an adventurer: 32.5%
  • Deity of a realm, but not an adventurer: 27.9%
  • Deity of a realm and an adventurer: 18.8%

Results do not update in real time. Data will be monitored and results will be updated if/when there are substantial shifts. Survey remains continuously open.

Edition notes

v1.0: Sunday, October 19, 2025

  • Launch

v1.1: Saturday, October 25, 2025

  • "Not intelligent at all" updated to "Not intelligent at all, no sentience" for clarification
  • Minor punctuation and formatting changes
  • Removed email requirements by transferring systems from Shopify app to Mailchimp
  • Existing entries are being processed and will be loaded into new system

v.1.1.1 Friday, October 31, 2025

  • Updated with initial data pull. Data includes original Shopify app and Mailchimp responses.

Survey Edition:
1.1.1

Launch:
Sunday, October 19, 2025.

Last updated:
Friday, October 31, 2025.