Mummy (Dungeons & Dragons)
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/* Variant mummies and mummy-like creatures */
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A '''mummy''', in the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' [[fantasy]] [[roleplaying game]], is an [[Undead (Dungeons & Dragons)|undead]] creature whose corpse has been [[mummy|mummified]] and animated, often through the power of an evil god of the [[Egyptian pantheon]] such as [[Set (mythology)|Set]].
A mummy causes fear in the living by its sight, and any creature it touches is affected by a quick-acting [[leprosy]]-like rotting curse called "mummy rot". They often inhabit great tombs or temple complexes, destroying would-be grave robbers. Mummies are usually [[Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)#Lawful Evil|lawful evil]] in [[Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)|alignment]].
The mummy was included in earliest ''Dungeons and Dragons'' boxed games as well as he original ''[[Monster Manual]]'' written by [[Gary Gygax]] and published in 1977. Since then, the mummy has remained a fixture of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' universe and has been represented in each subsequent edition.
Later versions of the game have presented mummy [[Template (Dungeons & Dragons)|templates]] which can be applied to various creatures so that a [[Dungeon Master]] can easily create, for example [[Bugbear (Dungeons & Dragons)|goblin]] mummies, [[Hydra (Dungeons & Dragons)|hydra]] mummies, [[drider]] mummies, or whatever. '''''[[Libris Mortis]]''''' details the use of mummies as [[player character]]s.
==Variant mummies and mummy-like creatures==
*'''[[Bog Mummy]]''' - corpses preserved through the natural action of bogs or swamps and animated through evil magic
*'''[[Clay Mummy]]''' - Unlike standard mummies, clay mummies are vulnerable to bludgeoning weapons rather than fire.
*'''[[Greater Mummy]]'''
*'''[[Hunefer]]''' - the mummies of demigods whose power has not utterly departed to astral realms
*'''[[Huecuva]]''' - created from divine or oathbound creatures who have failed in their vows
*'''[[Ice Mummy]]''' - A creature that succumbs to an ice mummy's rot freezes and shatters, melting into nothing at the first thaw.
*'''[[Mummy lord]]''' - Mummy lords are often potent spellcasters. They are found as guardians of the tombs of high lords, priests, and mages. Most are sworn to defend for eternity the resting place of those whom they served in life, but in some cases a mummy lord's unliving state is the result of a terrible curse or rite designed to punish treason, infidelity, or crimes of an even more abhorrent nature. A mummy lord of this sort is usually imprisoned in a tomb that is never meant to be opened again.
*'''[[Crawling Apocalypse]]''' - a creature that resembles a giant mummified octopus
*'''[[Salt Mummy]]'''- ancient corpses of humanois preserved by being buried in salt. Salt mummies were very evil when they were alive.
==References==
*Cagle, Eric, [[Jesse Decker]], [[James Jacobs]], [[Erik Mona]], Matt Sernett, Chris Thomasson, and [[James Wyatt (game designer)|James Wyatt]]. ''[[Fiend Folio]] ([[Wizards of the Coast]], [[2003]]).
*Edwards, Terry. "Shrouded In Death: The Ecology of the Mummy." ''Dragon'' #300 ([[Paizo Publishing]], [[2002]]).
*Gygax, Gary. ''[[Monster Manual]]'' ([[TSR, Inc.|TSR]], [[1977]]).
*[[Skip Williams|Williams, Skip]], [[Jonathan Tweet]], and [[Monte Cook]]. ''[[Monster Manual]]'' ([[Wizards of the Coast]], [[2000]] and [[2003]]).
==External links==
* [http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/mummy.htm Mummy d20 SRD entry]
* [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/re/20030331a Random Encounters: Denizens of Stone Bog - Mummies of the Bog]
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