Royal mummy

Version 0.31: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.

For a list of all mummies, see list of mummies.

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 are the most powerful and durable mummies, the bane of unprepared adventurers. They can torment you, have great HP, and cause the most powerful death curses. 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: they can torment and smite from a safe distance, summon slowing death scarabs, and have amazing durability. They'll often survive multiple casts of mid-power Fire Storm, Ignition, Shatter, Dispel Undead, etc., so it's tough to take them down quickly.
• Catching them with Silence will shut down all of their spells, making them much more manageable.
• Being undead (through Death Form or species) 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 make them vulnerable to Zin's Recite.

History

• Prior to 0.27, royal mummies could have one of four possible spell sets:
  • Smiting (7-17), Symbol of Torment, Summon Demon, and Summon Emperor Scorpions
  • Smiting (7-17), Symbol of Torment, Summon Demon, and Summon Undead
  • Smiting (7-17), Symbol of Torment, Summon Emperor Scorpions, and Summon Scarabs
  • Smiting (7-17), Symbol of Torment, Summon Mana Viper, and Summon Undead
• Prior to 0.26, royal mummies were known as greater mummies.