>>10830009>>Mummy second highest>>mfw some crusty nigga wrapped in toilet paper is stronger than LITERAL DEMONS>Yea, I know mummies probably have plethora of abilities to boost their rank. Just odd seeing that archetype anywhere near the top when most settings they rarely break mid-tier.It isn't that strange when you know the sort of lens you're meant to be looking at them through. They're not just bandage wrapped zombies, they're the forever reincarnating servants of gods. They get the sort of power you'd expect from the guys gods send out to do their work for them. If you think about gods and Egypt it's an awful lot of biblical miracles and disasters. Pretty much all of that sort of thing is the purview of mummies. They part oceans, create plagues and pestilence, summon storms, cause earthquakes, pull stars from the sky, curse cities, turn rivers to blood, and all that good stuff. Then they're got a lot of other stuff besides as no CofD game is just a recreation of myths so they'll do a lot you wouldn't expect too.
The Mummy (1999) is really not a bad touchstone for it. Lots of bits of MtC can be found in that movie, the trapped tomb, the ancient relics, the might and resilience of Imhotep, Imhotep's sorceries, the importance of canopic jars, the reincarnation stuff, the cults, and more besides. Not all of that stuff is one-for-one, it's not a game about the movie, but it's a very good source of inspiration. Stuff like the wall of sand in the first film, or the swarm of scarabs in the second, are all well within the levels of power an MtC mummy can achieve. The third tiers of Wrathful Desert Power and Rite of the Sacred Scarab would cover both effects respectively. Mummies have big magical spells called Utterances, each having three tiers of effects that work like separate spells under a larger theme. First tier stuff tends to be impressive by CofD standards, third tier stuff is some of the most destructive or potent single powers in the game. For the aforementioned list of powers you'd do them with Water of Life and Death tier 3, Pestilent Whisper all 3 tiers, Invoking Tempest's Fury all 3 tiers, Dust Beneath Feet tier 3, Secrets Ripped From Skies tiers 2 and 3, Feast of Ashes tier 3, and Water of Life and Death tier 2. That's maybe a third of their Utterances too, so they get an awful lot of power. They've also got other tricks up their sleeves too.
