Mummy
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A member of the M mummy monster class, is simply an artificially preserved version of another monster and superficially similar to zombies. However, Mummies tend to be stronger than their corresponding zombies.
Although mummies have been preserved, their flesh is nonetheless tainted and thus unsuitable for sacrificing or consumption. They can be eaten harmlessly, but they must be tinned first. Otherwise, more dangerously, you can still eat them and then cure yourself with a unicorn horn, the cure sickness spell or by praying. Generally, this isn't worth it however.
All mummies are cold resistant.
If a character gets killed by a mummy, the bones file of that person will contain a mummy instead of a ghost. The mummy will then retain the characters inventory rather than leaving it in a loot pile, so that in general they must be killed to get these things.
Mummies are generated with, unsurprisingly, a mummy wrapping (86% chance).
Contents
Types of mummy
Kobold mummy
M kobold mummy | |
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Difficulty | 4 |
Attacks |
Claw 1d4 |
Base level | 3 |
Base experience | 28 |
Speed | 8 |
Base AC | 6 |
Base MR | 20 |
Alignment | -2 (chaotic) |
Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
Genocidable | Yes |
Weight | 400 |
Nutritional value | 50 |
Size | Small |
Resistances | Cold, Sleep, Poison |
Resistances conveyed | None |
A kobold mummy:
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Reference | monst.c#line1665 |
Gnome mummy
M gnome mummy | |
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Difficulty | 5 |
Attacks |
Claw 1d6 |
Base level | 4 |
Base experience | 41 |
Speed | 10 |
Base AC | 6 |
Base MR | 20 |
Alignment | -3 (chaotic) |
Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
Genocidable | Yes |
Weight | 650 |
Nutritional value | 50 |
Size | Small |
Resistances | Cold, Sleep, Poison |
Resistances conveyed | None |
A gnome mummy:
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Reference | monst.c#line1672 |
Orc mummy
M orc mummy | |
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Difficulty | 6 |
Attacks |
Claw 1d6 |
Base level | 5 |
Base experience | 56 |
Speed | 10 |
Base AC | 5 |
Base MR | 20 |
Alignment | -4 (chaotic) |
Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
Genocidable | Yes |
Weight | 850 |
Nutritional value | 75 |
Size | Medium |
Resistances | Cold, Sleep, Poison |
Resistances conveyed | None |
An orc mummy:
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Reference | monst.c#line1679 |
Dwarf mummy
M dwarf mummy | |
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Difficulty | 6 |
Attacks |
Claw 1d6 |
Base level | 5 |
Base experience | 56 |
Speed | 10 |
Base AC | 5 |
Base MR | 20 |
Alignment | -4 (chaotic) |
Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
Genocidable | Yes |
Weight | 900 |
Nutritional value | 150 |
Size | Medium |
Resistances | Cold, Sleep, Poison |
Resistances conveyed | None |
A dwarf mummy:
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Reference | monst.c#line1687 |
Elf mummy
M elf mummy | |
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Difficulty | 7 |
Attacks |
Claw 2d4 |
Base level | 6 |
Base experience | 73 |
Speed | 12 |
Base AC | 4 |
Base MR | 30 |
Alignment | -5 (chaotic) |
Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
Genocidable | Yes |
Weight | 800 |
Nutritional value | 175 |
Size | Medium |
Resistances | Cold, Sleep, Poison |
Resistances conveyed | Sleep |
An elf mummy:
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Reference | monst.c#line1695 |
Elf mummies leave rotten elf corpses. These may be tinned and then eaten for the sleep resistance intrinsic. If desperate, you can try to eat them, and then cure your self.
Human mummy
M human mummy | |
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Difficulty | 7 |
Attacks |
Claw 2d4, Claw 2d4 |
Base level | 6 |
Base experience | 73 |
Speed | 12 |
Base AC | 4 |
Base MR | 30 |
Alignment | -5 (chaotic) |
Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
Genocidable | Yes |
Weight | 1450 |
Nutritional value | 200 |
Size | Medium |
Resistances | Cold, Sleep, Poison |
Resistances conveyed | None |
A human mummy:
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Reference | monst.c#line1703 |
If you are human, it is still cannibalism if you eat a human mummy. On top of been tainted.
Ettin mummy
M ettin mummy | |
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Difficulty | 8 |
Attacks |
Claw 2d6, Claw 2d6 |
Base level | 7 |
Base experience | 92 |
Speed | 12 |
Base AC | 4 |
Base MR | 30 |
Alignment | -6 (chaotic) |
Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
Genocidable | Yes |
Weight | 1700 |
Nutritional value | 250 |
Size | Huge |
Resistances | Cold, Sleep, Poison |
Resistances conveyed | None |
An ettin mummy:
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Reference | monst.c#line1711 |
Giant mummy
M giant mummy | |
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Difficulty | 10 |
Attacks |
Claw 3d4, Claw 3d4 |
Base level | 8 |
Base experience | 116 |
Speed | 14 |
Base AC | 3 |
Base MR | 30 |
Alignment | -7 (chaotic) |
Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
Genocidable | Yes |
Weight | 2050 |
Nutritional value | 375 |
Size | Huge |
Resistances | Cold, Sleep, Poison |
Resistances conveyed | Strength |
A giant mummy:
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Reference | monst.c#line1719 |
Giant mummies leave rotten giant corpses. These may be tinned and then eaten for the strength gain. Because of its size, it's a bad idea to try to eat them and cure your self later.
Origin
Mummies are simply preserved bodies. They are many kinds of mummies, occurring naturally or artificially. The NetHack mummy is a reference specifically to Egyptian mummies, the only mummies that use mummy wrappings[citation needed].
The NetHack mind flayers can eat its brain, but in reality the Egyptian mummy had its brain removed from its nose.
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.
dNethack Mummies
Drow Mummy
M drow mummy | |
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Difficulty | 7 |
Attacks |
Claw 2d4 physical, Passive 2d4 webbing |
Base level | 6 |
Base experience | 73 |
Speed | 12 |
Base AC | 4 |
Base MR | 30 |
Alignment | -5 (chaotic) |
Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
Genocidable | Yes |
Weight | 800 |
Nutritional value | 175 |
Size | medium |
Resistances | cold, sleep, poison
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A drow mummy:
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Drow mummies are wrapped in spiderwebs (droven cloaks) rather than normal mummy wrappings.
Half-Dragon Mummy
M half-dragon mummy (No tile) | |
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Difficulty | 8 |
Attacks |
Claw 2d4 physical, Breath weapon 4d6 half-dragon breath |
Base level | 6 |
Base experience | 82 |
Speed | 12 |
Base AC | 4 |
Base MR | 30 |
Alignment | -5 (chaotic) |
Frequency (by normal means) | 1 (Very rare) |
Genocidable | Yes |
Weight | 800 |
Nutritional value | 175 |
Size | medium |
Resistances | cold, sleep, poison
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A half-dragon mummy:
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Half-dragon zombies retain their half-dragon breath weapons.
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