Mummy: The Resurrection RPG
Published by White Wolf Game Studio
by Jim Comer, Robert Hatch, Jess Heinig, Conrad Hubbard, Steve Kenson and Richard Ruane
231 pages; $25.95
Greetings and felicitations to you, my esteemed patron; and greetings as well to my fellow scholars.
A manuscript has recently come into my possession, one whose contents -- if they are to be believed -- suggest that great changes are afoot in our world. I say "if" because this manuscript, entitled Mummy: The Resurrection, bears all the marks of a forgery. It appears to have been crafted to look like an Egyptian papyrus scroll, but my trained eyes recognize its more modern provenance. Nevertheless, I must admit that it is a very high quality forgery, whose script and illustrations are both well chosen and suitable to the subject matter at hand.
That subject matter is a type of supernatural being known as an "Amenti," taking its name from the Egyptian City of the Dead. The first section of the manuscript claims that a metaphysical disaster known as the "Dja-akh" has destroyed the City. The Dja-akh seems to be another name for the Sixth Great Maelstrom that destroyed the lands of the dead in recent months (assuming our Giovanni contacts are to be believed). Consequently, the souls who dwelt within Amenti were blown hither and yon, until they could find mortal vessels to inhabit. The combination of these two elements produces a new being, one that possesses the characteristics of each, . . .
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Article publication date: March 30, 2001
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