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<blockquote data-quote="Conaill" data-source="post: 1561404" data-attributes="member: 1264"><p>Hey Phineas, here's some ideas for #21...</p><p></p><p>I've been drawing inspiration from Tutankhamen's tomb to design the encounter in #20, including curses, etc. The supposed "curse of the Pharaoh" goes as follows:</p><p></p><p>"They who enter this sacred tomb shall swift be visited by wings of death."</p><p></p><p>There's actually no such inscription in King Tut's tomb, however there *is* an inscription as follows on the shrine of Anubis:</p><p></p><p>"It is I who hinder the sand from choking the secret chamber. I am for the protection of the deceased."</p><p></p><p>To which an imaginative journalist added:</p><p></p><p>"and I will kill all those who cross this threshold into the sacred precincts of the Royal King who lives forever."</p><p></p><p>I'm thinking of having some or all three of these lines spoken out loud by my awakened jackal cleric, as part of an invokation of "Bestow Curse". </p><p></p><p>It would be fun if we could also have "wings of death" and/or "sand choking the secret chamber" either in #20 or #21. So far, I'm not planning on using either in #20, but let me know if you're interested in doing anything with this.</p><p></p><p>Here's some images for inspiration... </p><p></p><p>1) Howard Carter's view of the statue of Anubis guarding the doorway to the Treasury:</p><p></p><p>2) A close-up of the statue of Anubis, aka Yinepu, the Awakened jackal Clr3 guardian of the tomb:</p><p></p><p>[both moved to the actual post: <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1562393#post1562393" target="_blank">Room 20 - Yinepu's Vigil</a>]</p><p></p><p>Note the gold necklace around his neck... haven't yet decided what to do with that, but it could very well serve as one of your keys. Maybe the one that disables the pit trap below the door, which fills up with sand as soon as someone falls into it? ("It is I who hinder the sand from choking the secret chamber.")</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Conaill, post: 1561404, member: 1264"] Hey Phineas, here's some ideas for #21... I've been drawing inspiration from Tutankhamen's tomb to design the encounter in #20, including curses, etc. The supposed "curse of the Pharaoh" goes as follows: "They who enter this sacred tomb shall swift be visited by wings of death." There's actually no such inscription in King Tut's tomb, however there *is* an inscription as follows on the shrine of Anubis: "It is I who hinder the sand from choking the secret chamber. I am for the protection of the deceased." To which an imaginative journalist added: "and I will kill all those who cross this threshold into the sacred precincts of the Royal King who lives forever." I'm thinking of having some or all three of these lines spoken out loud by my awakened jackal cleric, as part of an invokation of "Bestow Curse". It would be fun if we could also have "wings of death" and/or "sand choking the secret chamber" either in #20 or #21. So far, I'm not planning on using either in #20, but let me know if you're interested in doing anything with this. Here's some images for inspiration... 1) Howard Carter's view of the statue of Anubis guarding the doorway to the Treasury: 2) A close-up of the statue of Anubis, aka Yinepu, the Awakened jackal Clr3 guardian of the tomb: [both moved to the actual post: [url=http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1562393#post1562393]Room 20 - Yinepu's Vigil[/url]] Note the gold necklace around his neck... haven't yet decided what to do with that, but it could very well serve as one of your keys. Maybe the one that disables the pit trap below the door, which fills up with sand as soon as someone falls into it? ("It is I who hinder the sand from choking the secret chamber.") [/QUOTE]
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