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Message: <blockquote data-quote="OfRiceAndHen" data-source="post: 2114248" data-attributes="member: 15668">Ok, here's some back-history.  Last session my PCs were part of an expedition to an ancient burial site and were witness to the rising of a powerful mummy lord after an inquisitive gnome read from a book he shouldn't have (think 'The Mummy').  So, they go into the main part of the underground catacombs to rescue some stranded archiologists.  They come upon the mummy lord and get a terrible thrashing as they try to go toe-to-toe unsuccessfully. However, they do manage to make it out alive, but are beaten back to the camp by the mummy (using Shifter-Swarm template (sand) from Libris Mortis) who used a tunnel through the ceiling of the catacombs.  The mummy retrieves a staff already recovers by the team and heads back into the zigguraut-like ruins.Now, the PCs decide to go back in through the hole in the ground, but find they cannot go back up once down.  So, the paladin of the group jumps in and the others follow......Meanwhile, the mummy lord is awakening his undead army, ready to take over the world.So here's the problem: The PCs can now only exit the ruins by going through the undead army AND the mummy lord, who almost killed them last time (designed the mummy to be a recurring villian, but needs a particular kind of alloy to get past his DR).Do I just kill them and start over?Rule-Zero a way for them to escape?Take them prisoner?Please, any thoughts, suggestions, or clarifying questions are much appreciated.</blockquote>

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