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Tomb of Akhatep the Unyielding
🕑 Added 2025-05-20 00:16:46 +0000 UTCOnce a revered and formidable ruler, Akhatep the Unyielding led his people with an iron will and unwavering devotion to the gods of Amonkhet. He presided over a golden age of conquest, expanding his domain and constructing towering monuments in honour of the divine. However, his rigid adherence to tradition and law led to unrest among his subjects. Some whispered that his soul had grown as unyielding as the stone walls of his palace, leaving no room for mercy.
Upon his death, his priests – fearful of his wrath even in the afterlife – bound his spirit within a smaller pyramid tomb deep in the shifting sands. His burial chamber is said to be filled with deadly traps and restless guardians, ensuring no thief or desecrator disturbs his slumber.
There are two entrances to the pyramid tomb and they are probably both sealed (pick a method, maybe just a big ol’ block of stone). One leads to a trap (a 20 degree slope down to a fake door that triggers a massive slab of stone to close off the hall). The other one leads up first, and then down to the fake tomb of Akhatep (protected by five mummies of his loyal priests and soldiers – the head priest wearing imperial finery to imitate Akhatep himself), and through a series of twists and slopes to the treasure chamber. The final passage down to the treasure chamber is a 45 degree angle, and the floor of the chamber is 30 feet below the door into it. The first things any would-be tomb robber will note is that the chamber contains both a full wooden boat with metal accents, and a chariot.
But beyond monetary treasures and vehicles to transport Akhatep in the afterlife, finding the real treasures (Akhatep’s magic scepter and a few other magical items) requires finding the secret tomb along the way to the treasure chamber. This chamber again is like the treasure chamber – the entry platform is twenty feet above the floor, and the platform containing the sarcophagi of Akhatep, General Sethramun the Crimson Fang (a vampire who has been sealed here for ages), and Queen Neferia the Silent Veil (a skilled assassin who worked to keep Akhatep safe from her kin).
The 1200 dpi versions of the map were drawn at a scale of 300 pixels per square and are 9,600 x 9,600 pixels (32 x 32 squares). To use this with a VTT you would need to resize the squares to 70 pixels (for 5′ squares) or 140 pixels (for 10′ squares) – so resizing the image to 2,240 x 2,240 or 4,480 x 4,480 pixels, respectively.
https://dysonlogos.blog/2025/05/19/tomb-of-akhatep-the-unyielding/
Comments
George I Lemke
Oh man, now I'm going to be thinking about why the vampire hasn't drained the assassin, and why the assassin hasn't found a way to merc the vampire yet, all night. /sigh
