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For a Handful of Dust (Mummy: The Curse)

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World of Darkness | For a Handful of Dust (Mummy: The Curse)

World of Darkness, Mummy: The Curse on Discord

Price per player-session
You will be charged when a session starts

$25.00

Campaign Schedule
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Timezone: UTC
Information
  • Duration: 3 to 4 hours
  • Number of players: 3 to 5 players
  • Experience required: None
  • Age: 18+
  • $25.00
    Price per player-session

    About the adventure

    First Session Free! In the year 2003, war rages across the shadow of the Nameless Empire. The desperate and the greedy alike turn to the past for unguarded riches. A single bronze coin with the face of the right long dead king can turn the fortunes of a family around... or arm the next combatants. The people squabble over the scraps of their glorious past, to Babylon, Persia and the Ottomans. And beneath it all, you lie dead and waiting, surrounded by the untold wealth of the Nameless Empire, just as your masters left you. Then the call brings you back from the grip of Duat, brings you once more to the burning heat of life. Your cult stands before you, entreating your mercy. Behind their pleas for salvation you hear the thunderous bark of weapons undreamed of in your ancient home. The warriors of a new and hostile empire have come across oceans to claim your treasures, the gifts of the Shan'iatu You have your task.

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    Elizabeth

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    Additional Details

    How to prepare

    We'll be playing over Discord, so you'll need a mic and speakers, but we won't be using cameras or visuals. If you're familiar with the World of Darkness or Mummy: the Curse specifically you may want to go ahead and make a character in advance, or at least some ideas.

    What I provide

    I'll bring the rulebooks and we'll be using a dice parser on Discord to handle dice.

    Gameplay details

    This is a mature horror game, but with a focus on the action adventure end of things. A typical session will involve the player characters exercising their godlike powers to pursue their goals, crush their foes, explore locales both modern and ancient, uncover fantasy mysteries, and confront the larger mystery of who their own selves and the ancient Empire that made them. Some sessions will also be flashbacks to other times, when the Mummies returned from death to other ends, allowing a wider variety of historical environments to explore. As a horror game, there are going to be some dark themes and events. Murder, torture, body horror, and heavy existential themes are all likely to be present. We will use the X Card session and talk about people's preferences and limits in Session 0.

    Content warnings

      (none)

    Safety tools used

      (none)

    How will character creation work

    Character Creation will happen during a 'Session 0' first session. Players will make both their Mummy main character, and a cultist backup to play in periods where the Mummy is dead and awaiting resurrection (this makes sense when you know the rules).

    Players can expect

    • Combat/Tactics: Medium
    • Roleplay: High
    • Puzzles: Low
    • Experience Level: None

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