Royal mummy

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HP	183-210
HD	15
XP	6192
Speed	10
AC	10
EV	6
Will	Immune
Attack1	35 (hit: plain)
Resistances	rC+, rElec, rPois+++, rN+++, rTorm, rRot+++, rWater
Vulnerabilities	Holy, Holy wrath
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	High
Uses	Weapons & armour Starting equipment Open doors
Holiness	Undead
Size	Medium
Type	mummy, mummy
Flags	Actual spells Evil See invisible Speaks Spellcaster

An ancient pharaoh, embalmed and cursed to undeath, now capable of great and terrifying feats of magic.

Useful Info

Greater mummies have all the brutal spell options of mummy priests but with much greater durability. They're resistant to electricity and cold, immune to Hexes, poison, and negative energy, and have the most powerful death curse in the game. They are always found in the Tomb, and occasionally appear in the Crypt, usually in the company of Khufu.

Spells

Spell set
Slot1	Summon Demon
Slot2	Smiting (7-17)
Slot3	none
Slot4	Symbol of Torment
Slot5	Summon Undead
Slot6	Summon Undead

Tips & Tricks

• Greater mummies are extremely dangerous opponents, tormenting and smiting you from a safe distance while their summons and mummy allies slow you down. Don't let them live any longer than you have to.
• Catching them with Silence will shut down all of their spells, making them much more manageable.
• Avoiding their death curse is advisable. It can savage your stats, deal tremendous amounts of negative energy or torment damage, or summon powerful demons against you. The Haunt spell, Tukima's Dance on holy wrath weapons, or any powerful Summonings spell is recommended.
• If you do end up killing them yourself, a ring of sustain abilities or two and being undead through Necromutation or just by nature will take much of the sting out of their death curse. Abjuration is also useful for getting rid of any demonic reinforcements.
• For such a strong monster, they have decidedly a lackluster HD of 15. Unfortunately, their magic immunity and undead resistances make this mostly irrelevant, but it does give them a few small but notable weaknesses:
  • They are quite vulnerable to Zin's Recite power.
  • Their spellpower isn't that great. This will make their Abjuration attempts not particularly powerful, while their own summons will be not too difficult to abjure.
  • Their chance of hitting you in melee is not that great, especially if you have good EV.