Giant mummy

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A giant mummy, M, is a type of monster that appears in NetHack. It is a mummified giant that is the fastest and strongest among mummies, and will seek out and collect gems.

A giant mummy has two claw attacks.

Generation

Randomly-generated giant mummies are always hostile.

Giant mummies have a 67 chance of being generated with a mummy wrapping.[1]

Giant mummies may appear among the mummies that are part of the second quest monster class for Archeologists and make up 6175 of the monsters that are randomly generated on the Archeologist quest.

A giant mummy leaves behind an aged giant corpse upon death.[2][3]

History

The giant mummy first appears in NetHack 3.0.0, where most of the various mummies are introduced.

Variants

SLASH'EM

In SLASH'EM, giant mummies may appear among the mummies that are part of the first quest monster class for Undead Slayers and make up 24175 of the monsters that are randomly generated on the Undead Slayer quest.

dNetHack

In dNetHack, giant mummies are stronger and can inflict mummy curses on whoever kills them. As dNetHack giants are fey, giant mummies also have the same allergy to iron.

xNetHack

In xNetHack, giant mummies can inflict withering with their melee attacks.

SpliceHack

In SpliceHack, giant mummies can inflict withering with their melee attacks, and can also send targets flying like other giants.

EvilHack

In EvilHack, giant mummies can inflict withering with their melee attacks.

Hack'EM

In addition to SLASH'EM details, giant mummies in Hack'EM can also inflict withering with their melee attacks as in EvilHack.

Encyclopedia entry

But for an account of the manner in which the body was
bandaged, and a list of the unguents and other materials
employed in the process, and the words of power which were
spoken as each bandage was laid in its place, we must have
recourse to a very interesting papyrus which has been edited
and translated by M. Maspero under the title of Le Rituel de
l'Embaumement. ...
Everything that could be done to preserve the body was now
done, and every member of it was, by means of the words of
power which changed perishable substances into imperishable,
protected to all eternity; when the final covering of purple
or white linen had been fastened upon it, the body was ready
for the tomb.

[ Egyptian Magic, by E.A. Wallis Budge ]

References

  1. src/makemon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 740
  2. src/mon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 147: Converting monster index of undead to corpses of their living counterparts
  3. src/mon.c in NetHack 3.6.7, line 372: Undead corpses and their ages are handled with other "special" death drops