Environment

Special abilities

Fight power 2 | Normal sight 0 | Aura vision 10 | Weapon invulnerability 1 | Vulnerability to silver 1 | Evil essence 1

Mummies are silent guardians who serve even after death and protect holy places from intruders. Whoever sets out to desecrate a crypt or temple sees, as the last thing in their life, a host of corpses wrapped in bandages, beneath which only their eyes blaze. Looking into them evokes endless fear that makes any movement impossible. The mummies then mummify the intruder alive, and he becomes another guardian.

Origin of a Mummy

A mummy arises only from a victim prepared in advance, who is cursed alive and condemned to eternal life in the grave. Sometimes priests who want to protect something very important undergo mummification voluntarily.

The “Life” of a Mummy

A mummy spends its existence in lethargy at the place where it was created. When someone disturbs its rest, it awakens. If it is hungry because it has spent too long in lethargy, it kills the victim and drains its life force. Otherwise it tries to capture the victim alive and mummify it, especially when there are too few guardians in the crypt.

Combat

The mummy's strongest weapon is its gaze. It is so terrible that the victim freezes in horror, and on a fatal failure is completely paralyzed. With its gaze it can affect only one victim per round.

When the gaze does not work, it fights with its claws: it wounds, or it grabs the victim in wrestling, immobilizes and captures it. In wrestling it drains life force, so it deals real damage.

Priesthood

A mummy that was a priest in life keeps its priestly abilities and prayers and is much more dangerous than an ordinary guardian.