Royal mummy

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royal mummy M
HP	128-260
HD	15
XP	6226
Speed	10
AC	10
EV	6
Will	160
Attack1	35 (hit: plain)
Resistances	rC+ rElec rPois+++ rDrown rMiasma rN+++ rTorm
Vulnerabilities	Holy
Habitat	Land
Intelligence	Human
Uses	Weapons & armour Starting equipment Open doors
Holiness	Undead
Size	Medium
Type	mummy, mummy
Flags	Evil See invisible Unbreathing Speaks

An ancient pharaoh, embalmed and cursed to undeath, now capable of great and terrifying feats of magic. “I see Egypt and the Egyptians — I see the pyramids and obelisks; I look on chisel’d histories, songs, philosophies, cut in slabs of sand-stone, or on granite-blocks; I see at Memphis mummy-pits, containing mummies, embalm’d, swathed in linen cloth, lying there many centuries; I look on the fall’n Theban, the large-ball’d eyes, the side-drooping neck, the hands folded across the breast.” -Walt Whitman, “Salut au Monde”

Useful Info

Royal 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 can be found in the Tomb, on Tomb-themed Ziggurat floors, and in the company of Khufu.

Spells

Spell set I
Slot1	Smiting (7-17)	Wizard flag
Slot2	Symbol of Torment	Wizard flag
Slot3	Summon Emperor Scorpions	Wizard flag
Slot4	Summon Scarabs	Wizard flag

Tips & Tricks

• Royal 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.
• Being undead through Necromutation or just by nature will take much of the sting out of their death curse.
• For such a strong monster, they have decidedly a lackluster HD of 15. Unfortunately, their high willpower and undead resistances make this mostly irrelevant, but it does give them a few small but notable weaknesses:
  • They are somewhat 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.

History

• Prior to 0.26, royal mummies were known as greater mummies.