The third (proper) Bonus Scene of Film Reroll. Based on the 1999 action movie. Featured at the end of the Film Reroll 007 trilogy.
Our setting is Egypt during The Roaring '20s. Sibling Team Jonathan and Evelyn Carnahan have rescued former legionnaire and convict Richard "Rick" O'Connell from the gallows in the hopes that he will lead them to the lost city of Hamunaptra, known as the City of the Dead. However, there exists an Ancient Conspiracy of assassins willing to do anything to ensure the city stays hidden. Our heroes' journey starts with a riverboat ride along the Nile. Will it also end there?
Starring Paulo Quiros as Richard "Rick" O'Connell, Kara Straitnote as Jonathan Carnahan, Carolyn Faye Kramer as Evelyn Carnahan, and Andy Hoover as the Dungeon Master.
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Tropes:
- Artifact Title: Due to the specific scene chosen to reroll, no mummy actually figures into the plot. Not only that, but given the way the campaign ends, our Title Character may never rise from the grave at all.
- The Bad Guy Wins: The Pharaoh's Guard wanted to prevent the Mummy from arising, and now that the brass key is destroyed, he almost certainly won't. The guard sent to get it even has a look of triumph in his eyes as he dies, knowing that his mission was a success.
- Death by Adaptation: The guards are said to have killed more extras here than they did in the film.
- Downer Ending: Our protagonists fail in their quest, has their transport destroyed, and get stuck at the wrong side of the river.
- Dream Spying: Jonathan has —
at the insistance of Kara and her dice — a dream about the attack on Evie in her cabin. - Failed Attempt at Drama: When Evie drops her book into the river, Rick dives after it heroically to save it... only to then need rescuing himself. Though this is Subverted when he makes a pretty awesome jump back onboard the boat.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Jonathan. He may be a sexist Jerkass who steals beer from his fellow passengers, but he pays a fair amount of money to save Rick's life, and he's the first to insist that they rescue Evie from her attacker.
- Never Smile at a Crocodile: Downplayed. The players get no "crocodile or alligator-related problems" until the very end, despite the river supposedly being full of the beasts. And even then, they only attack their livestock.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: During his struggle with the intruder, Jonathan shoots the brass key by mistake, accidentally destroying the McGuffin of the film.
- Outrunning the Fireball: The boat catches on fire at the end, forcing our protagonists to avoid the flames as well as the enemy gunfire.
- Shout-Out: "I see in his eyes, a fear that would take the heart of me."
- Take That!: During an argument, Jonathan reminds Rick that his countrymen were the founders of America, only for Rick to retort that Britain was itself founded by the French. Jonathan grumpily mutters that they weren't the French he's familiar with.
- These Hands Have Killed: Evie has a brief moment of this after her attacker gets impaled on her letter opener.
