59) Curse of the Mummy Solution

[deadshadowrunner]

I wrote a solution for this book back at TUFFF,but it was horribly messy and hard to read.Now I will try to use Champskees' layout for it.

This is a really linear book with many tough fights.Full stats are recommended.Also,this book is incredibly long.Or maybe it just feels like it.

I will post this solution separately,because I am afraid that after typing out the whole thing it will malfunction and I will have to type all over again.Is is definitely not to raise my post count.Or maybe it is.

This is the solution for the Wizard version with easier fights.

Solution:

Start with 5 Gold pieces and a Sword.

Rimon
-Draw your sword and stand your ground
-Fight CULTIST Skill 7 Stamina 7
-Cultist defeated
-Visit markets
*Add 30 Gold Pieces
#If Skill or Stamina is low
 Buy Rope and Grapple,Lantern and 2 Skins of Oil,Firepowder,Healing Draught and 4 Provisions(-20 Gold Pieces)
#If Luck is low
 Buy Lantern and 2 Skins of Oil,Firepowder and Healing Draught(-13 Gold Pieces)
-Look at what other merchants have to offer
#If Skill or Stamina is low
 Buy Oil of Lotus,2 Yokka Eggs and a Crystal Pyramid(-15 Gold Pieces)
#If Luck is low
 Buy Oil of Lotus,2 Yokka Eggs,an Alabaster Scarab and a Crystal Pyramid(-22 Gold Pieces)
-Leave the market and set off

[deadshadowrunner]

Jerran's Camp
*Do not eat provisions and take 4 Stamina penalty
-Fight GIANT SCORPION Skill 8 Stamina 10
-You win

[deadshadowrunner]

Desert of Skulls(Part 1)
-Investigate ruins
-Apologise for trespassing
-Ask him what he knows of the Shaman
*Make a note of Cranno's Warning on your Adventure Sheet
-Ask him whether he can aid you on his quest
*Exchange Crystal Pyramid for Papyrus Scroll and Statuette of a god
*Note that the Papyrus Scroll has hieroglyphics written in 5 columns
*Note that the Statuette of a god has a crown with 9 bands on it
-Thank Cranno and leave
-Take the right-hand fork
-Investigate growling noise
-Approach the Dracon
-Keep walking towards it
-Do as the creature demands
-Fight TRAPPER Skill 8 Stamina 7
-You win
*Get Ankh
*Note that the Ankh has 12 precious stones set into it
-The creature flies away and you continue on your quest
-Continue on your way
-You have Cranno's Warning
-Detour to one side and climb up cliff
*Do not eat provisions and take 2 stamina penalty
-You do not have Brass Telescope
-Rejoin your original path
-You want to make the dangerous climb

[deadshadowrunner]

Spirit Rock and the Shaman
#If you have Rope and Grapple
 -You manage to make your way safety to the cave entrance
#If you do not have Rope and Grapple
 Test Skill 3 times
 -If successful every time,you manage to make your way safety to the cave entrance
 -If unsuccessful on any of the Skill Tests,it is impossible to win
-Answer to Shaman's riddle is Time(reference 47)
-You have items you want to ask Lopar about
-Ask Lopar about Papyrus Scroll(30 times 5 is 150,turn to that reference)
*If you come across Djaratian hieroglyphs -20 from reference number you are on to translate it
-Ask Lopar about Statuette of a god(30 times 9 is 270,turn to that reference)
*God is Assamarra,God of the Sands
-Ask Lopar about Ankh(30 times 12 is 360,turn to that reference)
-You have no more items to ask about and sleep
*Regain 1 Luck and 2 Stamina

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Desert of Skulls(Part 2)
-Investigate entrance into earth
-Fight RASAUR Skill 8 Stamina 9
-You win
-Search the debris
*Add 2 Provisions
*Translate hieroglyphs(65-20=45,turn to that reference)
*Cracca is the Lord of Rivers and Ferryman of the Gods
-You have a Yokka Egg
*Regain 2 Stamina
-Take route north to the temple
-Go to the ruins
*Translate hieroglyphs(346-20=326,turn to that reference)
*Note information and use it to solve puzzle on 346
-Answer is 20(turn to that reference)
-Defend yourself with your sword
-Fight SWARM Skill 9 Stamina 7
-You win
-Take the route through the hills
-Use Statuette of a god
-The God's name is Assamarra(reference 91)
*Regain 1 Luck
-Approach tomb immediately
-Test Skill,adding 2 to the dice roll
 -If successful,regain 1 Luck and go through portal
 -If unsuccessful,fight FIRST GIANT LIZARD Skill 8 Stamina 9 and SECOND GIANT LIZARD Skill 8 Stamina 8
  -You win
  -Enter tomb

[deadshadowrunner]

Akharis' Tomb(Part 1)
-You have a permanent light source(lantern)
-Work out Attack Strengths for you and the Caarth Sorcerer(Skill 9)
 -If yours is higher than the sorcerer's,you run at your attackers with your sword drawn
 -If the sorcerer's is higher,deduct 2 Stamina and defend yourself aggainst your attackers
-Fight CAARTH WARRIOR Skill 10 Stamina 10
-Fight CAARTH SORCERER Skill 9 Stamina 8
 -If you win without being hit,regain 1 Luck
 -If you win but got hit,roll one die.
  -If you rolled a 6,you can reduce damage from edged weapons by 1 point if you roll a 5 or 6 on a die
-Take the left-hand tunnel
-Test Luck
 -If unlucky,you die
-You did not follow a cultist into the tomb
-Descend the steps
-Use another weapon
-Use a Yokka Egg
-Move towards the door
-Go right
-Translate the message
-Turn to reference 6(2 times 3)
*When spoken to in ancient Djaratian,+30 to reference you are on to understand
*Regain 1 Luck
-Proceed deeper into the tomb
-Roll 3 dice
 -If the total is more than your stamina,you die
 -If not,deduct 1 Stamina
-Keep to your present path
-Go through the door to your left
-Take a closer look at the chest
-Rummage through the petals
*Deduct 2 Stamina
*Add 3 Poison
*Find an earthenware jar
-Leave via the other corridor
-Follow the new tunnel
-Explore the pillared hall further
-Go left
-Use Firepowder
-Test Luck
 -If unlucky,you die
-You understand Djaratian(319+30=349,turn to that reference)
-Answer is 286(turn to that reference)
-Ask about guards and monsters in the tomb
*Note that Amentut was Akharis' Vizier
-Ask about charms you might need
*Note that when you may look for the entrance to the secret room by deducting 100 from the reference you are on
-Rhehotep fades
-Turn right
-Search for secret room(213-100=113,turn to that reference)
-Test Skill,adding 2 to the dice roll
 -If unsuccessful,you cannot win
-You find the room
*Take earthenware jar
*Take Falcon Breastplate(Note that the falcon has 60 feathers)
-Open the sarcophagus
*Deduct 2 Stamina
-Fight MUMMIFIED MONKEY Skill 6 Stamina 4
*Take Golden Key(Note that its head is inscribed with 34 hieroglyphs)
-Leave the room
-Search for a release mechanism
-Test Skill and Luck
 -If either is unsuccessful you die
-You have escaped the Fangs of Sithera
*Regain 1 Luck
-Go left
-Pass by the amulet

Okay,I'll take a break now.The solution will be continued soon.

[deadshadowrunner]

Sorry,I'm a bit busy right now.Nonetheless this solution will be finished soon(meaning:in three years' time).

[champskees]

This is a very linear adventure. In order to complete it, you pretty much have only one path to follow. The story is well written and there were some interesting encounters along the way. However, the book has almost zero replay value and plays very much like a Livingstone adventure. The difficulty is also unbalanced at times and there are many Test Attribute/Fail and Die tests you must make.

I apologise to the OP for 'pooping on his parade' so to speak, but as the above solution has not been updated in 5 months, I believe it is safe to say that enough time has passed. I disagree with his purchase suggestions; I would not waste money on Yokka Eggs - Oil Skins are much cheaper. You could buy less provisions and purchase Firepowder or an alternative to the Crystal Pyramid, but I believe you really need that extra stamina in this adventure. It is interesting to see both solutions next to each other as I prohibited myself from looking at the one already posted here - almost died from curiosity.

I recommend a Skill of 11+, a Stamina score of 18+ and a Luck score of 10+ for this adventure.

You start with:
- Sword.
- Backpack.
- 5 Gold Pieces.

- Draw your sword & stand your ground.
- Fight Sk 7 St 7 Cultist.
- Ignore the cultist & visit the markets to prepare for your quest.
- Take 30 Gold Pieces.
- Take Rope & Grapple (-3 Gold Pieces).
- Take 3 Torches (-3 Gold Pieces).
- Take Lantern & 9 Skins of Oil (-10 Gold Pieces).
- Take 10 Food (-10 Gold Pieces).
- You have some money left & want to have a look at what they have to offer.
- Take Oil of Lotus (-4 Gold Pieces).
- Take Crystal Pyramid (-5 Gold Pieces).
- Leave and set out on your quest.
- You must eat 2 meals here (-2 Food).
- Fight Sk 8 St 10 Giant Scorpion.
        o Resolve combat as if fighting two Sk 10 opponents (obvious error).
        o If enemy’s Attack Strength is 22: Add 4 Poison & 3 Damage.
- Descend the hillside & investigate the ruins.
- Answer, apologising for trespassing.
- Ask him what he knows of the shaman.
- Add note: Cranno’s Warning.
- Ask him if he can aid you in your quest.
- Trade Crystal Pyramid.
- Take Papyrus Scroll ‘5’.
- Take Statuette of a God ‘9’.
- Take the right-hand fork.
- Investigate the source of the noise.
- Climb down between the boulders and approach the Dracon.
- Show the beast you mean it no harm & keep walking towards it.
- Do as the creature demands.
- Fight Sk 8 St 7 Trapper.
        o First time you are hit, Add 1 Poison.
- Take Ankh ‘12’.
- Continue on your way.
- You have Cranno’s Warning on your adventure sheet.
- Detour to one side & climb up to the cliff-top in order to avoid the route between them.
- You must eat a meal here (-1 Food or 2 Damage).
- You do not have a Brass Telescope.
- Seek the shaman’s aid & make the dangerous climb.
- You have a Rope & Grapple.
- Answer to riddle is Time. Time = 20+9+13+5 = 47. Turn to Para 47.
- You have some items in your possession you would like to ask Lopar about.
- You have a Papyrus Scroll. 30*5 = 150. Turn to Para 150.
- Add note: Subtract 20 from reference when you encounter hieroglyphic script.
- You have a Sandstone Statue. 30*9 = 270. Turn to Para 270.
- Add note: Statue represents the deity Assamarra, God of the Sands.
- You have an Ankh. 30*12 = 360. Turn to Para 360.
- Add note: Ankh is the key of Life.
- You have no more items to show (+1 Luck, +2 Stamina).
- Stop & investigate this entrance into the earth.
- Fight Sk 8 St 9 Rasaur.
        o If hit, Roll D6. 4-6 = 1 Poison & 1 additional Damage.
- Search the debris.
- Take 2 Food.
- Use Papyrus Scroll. 65-20 = 45. Turn to Para 45.
- Add note: Cracca is the Lord of Rivers & Ferryman of the Gods.
- You do not have a Yokka Egg & do not wish to attract nocturnal hunters (2 Damage).
- Make for the ruins.
- Use Papyrus Scroll. 346-20 = 326. Turn to Para 326.
- Puzzle:
        o 30 km’s to base of hills i.e. 10km = 1 square.
        o Priests & embalmers left rift between Gold Tunnels & Oasis.
        o Temple is two squares from the rift. 10km*2 squares = 20km.
        o Answer = 20km.
- Turn to Para 20.
- Defend yourself with your sword.
- Fight Sk 9 St 7 Swarm.
        o -1 Attack Strength for duration of combat.
        o If hit, Add 1 Poison in addition to Damage.
- Choose the path through the hills.
- Use the Statuette of a God.
- You know the name of the God. Assamarra = 1+19+19+1+13+1+18+18+1 = 91. Turn to Para 91 (+1 Luck).
- Approach the tomb immediately.
- Test Skill+2.
        o If successful: +1 Luck.
        o If fail: Fight Sk 8 St 9 Giant Lizard & Sk 8 St 8 Giant Lizard together.
            - If hit, Roll D6. 6 = Knocked down (1 round to get up again; enemy scores an automatic hit).
- You have a permanent light source (lantern/torch/lamp).
- Attack Round vs Sk 10. Lose = 4 Damage.
- Fight Sk 10 St 10 Caarth Warrior.
        o First time you are hit, Add 1 Poison.
- Fight Sk 9 St 8 Caarth Sorcerer.
        o First time you are hit, Add 1 Poison.
- If you did not receive any damage in either combat, +1 Luck.
- If you did receive damage, Roll D6. 6 = Scaly Skin (If hit by edged weapons, Roll D6. 5-6 = 1 Damage taken instead of 2).
- Take the right-hand tunnel.
- Test Skill. Fail = 2 Damage & -1 Attack Strength for the first round of next combat.
- Fight Sk 7 St 8 Giant Scarab Beetle.
- Use some other weapon against the Decayer.
- You have a Skin of Oil.
- Go to the left.
- Walk further along the passage.
- Continue on your present route.
- Enter and take some of the treasure.
- Fight Sk 8 St 10 Scitalis.
- Take Earthenware Jar.
- Retrace your steps back to the Decayer’s room & follow the new branch.
- Stop for a while & translate the message using the Papyrus Scroll.
- 2*3 = 6. Turn to Para 6.
- Add note: Add 30 to paragraph when spoken to in Djaratian (+1 Luck).
- 3D6 Test Stamina. Success = 1 Damage. Fail = Death.
- Keep to your present path.
- Go through the door to your left.
- Take a closer look at the chest.
- Rummage through the petals.
- Add 3 Poison & 2 Damage.
- Take Earthenware Jar.
- Try the other door out of the main chamber.
- Fight Sk 8 St 7 Demonic Servant & Sk 7 St 7 Demonic Servant together.
        o If you win two consecutive rounds against either enemy, they are automatically defeated.
- Cross the room to the Iron Box.
- Use a Torch or Skin of Oil or D6+1 Damage & Add 1-3 Poison.
- Test Skill. Fail = Add 1-3 Poison.
- Take Book of the Dead.
- Add note: Underworld travellers must face 13 hazards on their journey.
- Use a Torch or Skin of Oil or D6+1 Damage & Add 1-3 Poison.
- Go along the new passage leading away from the junction.
- Follow the new tunnel.
- Enter it & explore further.
- Go to the left.
- Clear the entrance by hand (1 Damage).
- Roll D6.
        o If Odd = Fight Sk 8 St 6 Tomb Stalker.
             - If enemy wins two consecutive rounds, you take D6 Damage & continue to do so until you win an attack round.
- You understand Djaratian. 319+30 = 349. Turn to Para 349.
- Puzzle:
        o Six Levels.
        o Level 1 = 1 (1 squared)
        o Level 2 = 9 (3 squared)
        o Level 3 = 25 (5 squared)
        o Level 4 = 49 (7 squared)
        o Level 5 = 81 (9 squared)
        o Level 6 = 121 (11 squared)
- 1+9+25+49+81+121=286. Turn to Para 286.
- Add note: Ghost’s name is Rhehotep.
- Traps you may encounter.
- Add note: If in Fangs of Sithera, halve current para no. and turn to new reference.
- Charms you might need.
- Add note: Deduct 100 from current paragraph when in correct passage to find secret room.
- You have made two choices.
- Veer off & follow the new passage that leads to the right.
- 213-100=113. Turn to Para 113.
- Test Skill+2. Fail = Start again (You have missed a vital quest item).
- Take Earthenware Jar.
- Take Falcon Breastplate ‘60’.
- Open it (2 Damage).
- Fight Sk 6 St 4 Mummified Monkey.
- Take Golden Key ‘34’.
- You are in the Fangs of Sithera. 254/2=127. Turn to Para 127 (+1 Luck).
- Go to the left.
- Pass it by & continue along the tunnel.
- Use your Rope & Grapple to swing across.
- Go to the left.
- Rush in and attack.
- Fight Sk 6 St 5 Cultist.
- Take Earthenware Jar.
- Do not pick the sphere of light up & leave the chamber.
- Fight Sk 10 St 10 Accursed.
        o If hit, Roll D6. 5-6 = Add 1 Poison.
- Fight Sk 9 St 11 Accursed.
        o If hit, Roll D6. 5-6 = Add 1 Poison.
- Leave via the right-hand archway.
- Change direction and run through the other exit.
- Climb the steps to the top of the pillar.
- Roll D6 (+1 if crystal pyramid):
        o If 1-2: Restore Stamina to Initial Level, reduce Poison by 4 (+1 Luck).
        o If 3-4: Restore Skill and Stamina to Initial Level, reduce Poison by 8 (+2 Luck).
        o If 5+: Restore Skill, Stamina & Luck to Initial Level, reduce Poison to 0. Sword becomes sharpened (+1 Attack Strength).
- Turn left (Para 124).
- Take the second to the right (Para 69).
- First right, first left, then straight on (Para 162).
- Go straight on (Para 100, +1 Luck).
- Go left.
- Look for provisions.
- Take 4 Food.
- Fight Sk 7 St 6 Tomb Guardian.
- Climb up into the shaft in order to explore it further.
- Pull yourself up out of the shaft to investigate the new passage.
- Fight Sk 10 St 10 Guardian of the Dead.
- You have a Golden Key. Turn to Para 34.
- Fight Sk 8 St 11 Great Serpent.
        o If hit, 3 Damage & Add 2 Poison.
        o If hit twice in a row, death.
- Open the sarcophagus immediately.
- Fight Sk 8 St 7 Ka.
- Take Eye Amulet.
- Test Skill. Fail = Death.
- 3D6 Test Stamina. Fail = Death.
- You understand Djaratian. 290+30 = 320. Turn to Para 320.
- Tell the Sphinx about your quest to stop Akharis.
- Answer is Rhehotep. 18+8+5+8+15+20+5+16=95. Turn to Para 95.
- Answer is Cracca. 3+18+1+3+3+1=29. Turn to Para 29.
- Answer is 13. Turn to Para 13.
- Make straight for the Temple of Sithera.
- Enter the shrines.
- Open the door of the tomb and enter.
- You have some Oil of Lotus.
- Grant her request.
- Test Skill+2.
        o If success:
        o Move Black Two.
        o Move Black Two again.
        o Take Sun Talisman ‘24’.
        o Take Waters of Life (restores ½ Initial Stamina, 2 Skill, 2 Luck and reduce Poison total by half when used).
- Enter Sithera’s forbidden temple.
- Look for another way into the temple.
- Climb up to the hole.
- 3D6 Test Stamina. Fail = Death.
- Attack the Mummies in order to reach the High Priestess.
- Use something else against them first.
- If you have a Sun Talisman:
        o Use a charm you have.
        o You have a Sun Talisman. 24*8=192. Turn to Para 192.
        o D6+2 Mummies destroyed.
- Attack with fire.
- Use all of your available fire sources to throw at the Mummies (Test Skill per throw. Success = 1 Mummy destroyed).
- Fight 15-X Sk 9 St 12 Mummies.
        o X is the number of mummies you have already destroyed.
        o If any single combat against an enemy takes longer than 9 rounds, death.
- You are not wearing a Malachite Amulet.
- You have a Falcon Breastplate. Turn to Para 60.
- You have an Eye Shaped Amulet.
- Fight Sk 9 St 7 High Priestess.
        o Enemy deals an additional 1 Poison Damage per hit.
- Add 1 Luck.
- Try to use some Earthenware Jars.
- You have four (-2 Enemy Skill, -4 Enemy Stamina).
- Try to destroy the sarcophagus.
- Fight Sk 13 St 25 Akharis for four rounds.
- Use Firepowder or 4D6 Test Stamina. Success = 3 Damage to you, 6 Damage to enemy.
- Attack him with your sword.
- Fight Sk 13 St 25 Akharis.
        o Remember to make deductions to his Skill & Stamina from above attacks.
        o Note that I do not recommend using the Waters of Life on this enemy; it is much more beneficial to use on yourself when you need it.
- Add 1 Luck.
- You have an Ankh. 12*12=144. Turn to Para 144.
- Fight Sk 8 St 10 Akharis.
        o If you do not reduce enemy’s Stamina to 4 or less in 5 rounds, death.
- See if you can use the artefacts to get out.
- Use the crystal orb.
- Test Skill+1. Fail = Death.
- Test Luck. Fail = Death.
- You have thwarted the nefarious plans of the Cult of the Cobra and saved all Allansia from the Curse of the Mummy.

[Sergio]

Great adventure. One of the best in the series. Just so damn hard too. The only flaw.

[electricwater]

I really don’t understand how you figure out the hieroglyph puzzle from the information provided. It seems an enormous leap of imagination (i.e. guess) is required.