(YBA) Lovecraft in the Cathayan Tombs

[Yellow Sign]

Lovecraft sends a series of quick jabs into the body of the monterous thing.


The mantis assails the foothills; shreds the aggression of the tree!

 

[Ciaran]

Cypress Mummy (1/4) attacks you: The emerald lizard destroys the prairie; blocks the touch of the mire!

The mummy ignores your repeated blows and locks its hands around your throat! Your torch tumbles to the ground as you scrabble at the woody claws, sending crazy shadows reeling around the room. A hideous green glow trickles from behind the mummy's wrappings, just where its eyes should be. Your breath comes in short, sudden gasps as you give up on defense and slam your fists repeatedly into its chest, shredding the wrappings and pounding away at the wood and bone below. Finally, there is a hollow snap as your hand pierces its chest. Your fist comes away with a hideous, throbbing, deliquescent black heart. As you crush the heart with a convulsive gesture, the undead creature spasms, its hands jerking away from your bruised throat, then collapses to the ground.

You gain 3 hits defeated.

As you gather up old bronze jewelry from the mummy's corpse, worth about 1 yen, a nagging voice in the back of your head whispers, "I could have died there. I could have died." It's unsettling.

 

[Yellow Sign]

Lovecraft stumbles back and sits on the ground and with shaking hands wipes the vile black ooze off on his tattered clothing.
"I could really do with a nice hot pot of tea right about now." says Lovecraft to the empty chamber. "Maybe I will write a short story about my experiences down here." With a weak laugh, Lovecraft stands and looks around. The three other sacrophagi, burn in his mind. Then that tickling sensation starts, that thirst for the unknown kindles inside his breast. And with a steadier voice he says. "Oh, I might as well. I am here and I really want to know whats in those things."
With that, Lovecraft goes to check out and open the Sarcophagus to the left of the doorway that he entered through.

 

[Ciaran]

Your torch flickers still lower, and shreds of ash dribble from it. It will likely last only a few minutes more. Pushing aside the lid of the second sarcophagus, you reveal a mummy wrapped in dead roses, its body a tangle of thorns. It rises with an unearthy moan, and pale light gleams from behind its facial wrappings as it reaches out clumsily towards you.

Rose Mummy
CR 3
Hits: 4
Yen Factor: 1
Undead
Expert of the Ruby Paradise
Student of the Dagger
Student of the Whip

Rose Mummy (4/4) attacks you: The crab illuminates the marsh; shields the motion of the wind!

 

[Yellow Sign]

"At least they are getting prettier." laughs Lovecraft with a hint of panic and insanity in his voice. He whips around a kick to the rose mummy as it stands.




The chain shatters the tower; wards off the violence of the cave as it appears across the touch of the grave!

 

[Ciaran]

The mummy reels backward with a sickening crack as you slam it for 1 hit. A potent, sickly sweet scent of roses fills the air as a dark stain suffuses the thing's wrappings.

 

[Yellow Sign]

With a flurry of blows, Lovecraft hammers at his enemy.

The crane speaks on top of the tundra; protects against the thrust of the ice!

 

[Ciaran]

Rose Mummy (3/4) attacks you: The scorpion punches the desert; wards off the kick of the spring!

The mummy comes at you with a powerful, but clumsy attack. You are barely able to protect yourself as its fists whistle through the dry, choking air of the tomb. Venom glistens on its thorns. But after a moment, you take the measure of its pattern of attacks, then retaliate with a flurry of blows that send it reeling back and inflict 1 hit of damage.

 

[Yellow Sign]

Trying to stay out of its reach, Lovecraft dances round it and jabs with hard right hand.


The unicorn dances with the orchard; dodges the energy of the farm!

 

[Ciaran]

Rose Mummy (2/4) attacks you: The mantis assails the beach; quells the slash of the mire!

You lash out with your right hand, and the mummy grasps it with its own! You gasp as its thorns puncture your skin, inflicting 1 hit. Before your eyes, its withered blossoms grow full and soft and red, and the scent of roses fills the air. Blood drips down your hand.