I figured R would have the best chances if he appeared like a movie cliche - Alex could round a corner and BAM suddenly a zombie already there. R can be somewhat faster at close range and he's strong enough to lift relatively heavy objects (but he is also slower at chases and is shown running later only when he's trying to protect Julie). He works a lot like a Romero zombie.
The biting/infection works like this: Stage 1 Between three and six hours Headache, fever, chills, flu-like symptoms.
Stage 2 Between six and twelve hours Slow pulse, shallow breathing, accompanied with nausea, constant vomiting and in some cases, insanity or progressive loss of intelligence.
Stage 3 After twelve hours The skin is mottled and covered with open sores.
Stage 4 [Not shown] Presumably death and reanimation.
For those R bites and/or kills without eating the brain, they'd revive as a zombie which could count more as muttations and render them ineligible to win that Arena. The character score would drop down to the 1-3 range for the rest of the arena so you'd end up in more rolls. Death by infection and re-animation to a zombie is up to you :3a
Re: Alex - Death
The biting/infection works like this:
Stage 1
Between three and six hours
Headache, fever, chills, flu-like symptoms.
Stage 2
Between six and twelve hours
Slow pulse, shallow breathing, accompanied with nausea, constant vomiting and in some cases, insanity or progressive loss of intelligence.
Stage 3
After twelve hours
The skin is mottled and covered with open sores.
Stage 4 [Not shown]
Presumably death and reanimation.
For those R bites and/or kills without eating the brain, they'd revive as a zombie which could count more as muttations and render them ineligible to win that Arena. The character score would drop down to the 1-3 range for the rest of the arena so you'd end up in more rolls. Death by infection and re-animation to a zombie is up to you :3a