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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rothe" data-source="post: 3362889" data-attributes="member: 39813">The feeling of being innately superior to outsiders was a very ancient Egyptian notion.  Hence the incription "Lo' the vile asiatic!" And a great disdain for herder folk.The great pyramid, and all such tombs were surrounded by cities dedicated to serving the entombed.  The Egytians were incredibly concerned about the after life and how to navigate it to preserve your soul.  The Book of the Dead is filled with guidance and spells on this.  A central theme is that every night the sun god Ra (and all the just deceased travel with him on his boat) cross Taut the underworld (which has 12 sections) to reemerge in the east the next dawn.  Along the way battles must be faught with fell beasts.  One adventure is PC could help out with these journies.  Another adventure is trusted advenuteres are sent into the tombs to keep the forces of chaos and Taut from disturbing the entombed's soul.One spin is undead, at least certain ones like mummies, would not necessarily be evil.  In fact mummies where usually not associated with evil in ancient Egypt but as guardians of the dead.Ancient Egypt's history was also characterized by a lack of metals.  Gold was obtianed by raids and tribute from Nubia, while copper by hegemony over what is now present day Israel.  Outsiders certainly were not trusted and there is an ancient Egyptian "adventure story" about the Pharoah's man (a spy-soldier-thief) who went to the Levant to spy on Pharoah's enemies, there troop dispositions etc.Any of the stories about Imhotep are also great fodder for adventures.Magic was also a common part of the ancient Egytian's life, not really seperated from religion.  Amulets were common, so in D&D terms a common magical item.  Search the web for Egyptian Amulets and you'll find a bunch of stuff or I can post a list with D&D uses.Finally a little bit of color <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ancient Egyptians considered gold the color of good and red the color of evil.  Those with red skin (e.g., sunburnt northerners) would be viewed with suspicion.</blockquote>

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