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Old 04-28-2021, 06:06 AM   #34
phiwum
 
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Default Re: Bog mummies

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Originally Posted by hcobb View Post
That's strange. Also does non-magical fire do half damage or none?

I'm sure the players will learn from the encounter and their next group of PCs will each take the Staff spell.
I'd say that the text is a little odd when it says fire does half damage right before saying that only magical weapons and attacks do damage. And then it adds that unarmed attacks do damage.

So, I think there are four ways to damage a bog mummy.

(*) Fire
(*) Magical weapons
(*) Magical attacks
(*) Unarmed hits

I don't think the Staff spell for heroes is an appropriate response to this critter unless the campaign features a major infestation of the beasts.

Since new bog mummies come from dead people, you could say that they retain a bit of the memory of language from their earlier lives and have a natural instinct to ambush despite having no real intelligence. Still, it's a bit odd.

Last edited by phiwum; 04-28-2021 at 06:09 AM.
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