Gourd Horde

"Give up your souls, give up your lives, it's Punkie night tonight."

- Unknown

Summary
The victims of Punkie whose souls have been repurposed to fuel his undead gourd army. A single player controlled gourd is joined by 9 AI gourds to hunt the Cast as a horde.

Tracking
The Gourds have the sense ability. When a Cast member is nearby, a skull on their HUD will begin lighting up. The intensity of the skull indicates his proximity to nearby Cast.

Dying to Gourd Horde
When a Cast falls victim to Gourde Horde and dies, they will respawn as a playable variation of the gourd effectively joining the Gourd Horde in their hunt for the remaining Cast.

"Kill the Legend" Condition
The "Kill the Legend" objective is not available to Cast when the Legend is Gourd Horde as Gourds will always respawn and cannot be permanently killed.

Strengths

 * Never being able to die means that Gourd Horde can play very aggressively.
 * Small maps make the Gourd Horde overwhelming and difficult to beat.

Weaknesses

 * Large maps make it harder for the AI gourds to be clustered together to swarm the Cast.