Mummy Common (5e24)

Mummy exists in other D&D editions see:

Mummy (disambiguation).

 5th edition (2024)

SRD 5.2 • CC-BY

 SRD 5.2 

Mummy
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Mummy
Medium or Small Undead (Mummies), Lawful Evil
AC: 11Initiative: -1 (9)
HP: 58 (9d8+18)
Speed: 20 ft.
Mod Save   Mod Save   Mod Save Str 16 +3 +3   Dex 8 -1 -1   Con 15 +2 +2   Int 6 -2 -2   Wis 12 +1 +3   Cha 12 +1 +1
Vulnerability: Fire
Immunities: Necrotic, Poison; Charmed, Exhaustion, Frightened, Paralyzed, Poisoned
Senses: Darkvision 60 ft., Passive Perception 11
Languages: Common plus two other Language
CR: 3 (XP 700; PB +2)
Actions Multiattack. The mummy makes two Rotting Fist attacks and uses Dreadful Glare. Rotting Fist. Melee Attack Roll: +5, reach 5 ft. Hit: 8 (1d10+6) Bludgeoning damage plus 10 (3d6) Necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it is cursed. While cursed, the target can’t regain Hit Points, its Hit Point Maximum doesn’t return to normal when finishing a Long Rest, and its Hit Point maximum decreases by 10 (3d6) every 24 hours that elapse. A creature dies and turns to dust if reduced to 0 Hit Points by this attack. Dreadful Glare. Wisdom Saving Throw: DC 11, one creature the mummy can see within 60 feet. Failure: The target has the Frightened condition until the end of the mummy’s next turn. Success: The target is immune to this mummy’s Dreadful Glare for 24 hours.
+  Additional Properties Habitat: Desert, Swamp|}} Treasure: Relics

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Lore

Unofficial Description: Mummies are undead brought back from death by a magical ritual. Typically they are depicted as being wrapped it strips of deteriorated cloth with a desiccated looking body.

Other Lore

 3.5e lore  ^{[SRD3 OGL]}  

Mummies are preserved corpses animated through the auspices of dark desert gods best forgotten.

Found in Adventures

• Baker's Doesn't
• Descent into Avernus
• Dragons of the Sandstone City
• Out of the Abyss
• Pharaoh
• Quests from the Infinite Staircase
• The Dallabad Curse
• The Lost City
• The Rise of Tiamat
• The Rise of Tiamat
• The Tomb of Damara
• The Will of Orcus

Sources and Notes

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