Hi there!
I've recently purchased Mummy and I'm currently reading the core rulebook. I have some questions - could you guys help me out?
1. A general question: if mummies have problems with remembering their past lives, why don't they just write diaries? Wouldn't that help with the whole problem of not remembering previous Descents?
2. The book keeps repeating the mummies'dilemma: that they can achieve various goals by being active and using powers, but being active means they are losing Sekhem. But, when looking at the actual mechanics behind the powers of the mummies, I can't see any direct relationship between them and Sekhem. Using Utterances and the like doesn't actually lead to Sekhem drops. So, why can't the mummies be active? I don't get it.
3. What's up with the mummies that wake up because of the Sothic Turn? The rules say that they can linger at Sekhem 1 indefinitely. Soooo... why aren't there legions of low-Sekhem mummies running around? It seems to me that once a mummy wakes up at the Sothic Turn, there's no need for it to become inert ever again...
4. Speaking of Sothic Turns, I don't get them. It is said the STs lead to mass mummy resurrections - but, at the same time, it says that each mummy has its own ST cycle, calculated from the date of its death. So, is it assumed that all of the mummies were created around the same time?
5. Am I mistaken, or do the Guilds give no specific special abilities to the members? Much is said in the rulebook about each of the Guilds having its own brand of magic, but... there are no Guild-specific Utterances or anything like that. Just a single bonus Affinity...
6. A more general question: if Irem was located in (more or less) Egypt, then how come there are mummy tombs all around the world?
I've recently purchased Mummy and I'm currently reading the core rulebook. I have some questions - could you guys help me out?
1. A general question: if mummies have problems with remembering their past lives, why don't they just write diaries? Wouldn't that help with the whole problem of not remembering previous Descents?
2. The book keeps repeating the mummies'dilemma: that they can achieve various goals by being active and using powers, but being active means they are losing Sekhem. But, when looking at the actual mechanics behind the powers of the mummies, I can't see any direct relationship between them and Sekhem. Using Utterances and the like doesn't actually lead to Sekhem drops. So, why can't the mummies be active? I don't get it.
3. What's up with the mummies that wake up because of the Sothic Turn? The rules say that they can linger at Sekhem 1 indefinitely. Soooo... why aren't there legions of low-Sekhem mummies running around? It seems to me that once a mummy wakes up at the Sothic Turn, there's no need for it to become inert ever again...
4. Speaking of Sothic Turns, I don't get them. It is said the STs lead to mass mummy resurrections - but, at the same time, it says that each mummy has its own ST cycle, calculated from the date of its death. So, is it assumed that all of the mummies were created around the same time?
5. Am I mistaken, or do the Guilds give no specific special abilities to the members? Much is said in the rulebook about each of the Guilds having its own brand of magic, but... there are no Guild-specific Utterances or anything like that. Just a single bonus Affinity...
6. A more general question: if Irem was located in (more or less) Egypt, then how come there are mummy tombs all around the world?
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