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 \nCharacters introduced for the first time in the adventureare noted in ALL-CAPS.Skill rolls are in SMALL-CAPS.Sec-tions marked with a map  are side-quests and adventurehooks,and not important to the overall plot of the adven-ture.Sections marked with a person   are opportunitiesfor specific investigators,notably the pregenerated charac-ters from the end of this adventure.  \n# Adventure Summary     \n\nLike most pulp serials,The Uncanny Curse of Sekhmet be-  \ngins in the middle of the action.The investigators are mo-  \nments from capturing the famed gangster Skeet Skitshaw,a Chicago bank robber who escaped prison,took a tripto Europe,and robbed four more banks as part of his va-cation.With a big bounty on his head,the investigatorstracked Skeet and his girlfriend to Rome.They barely getonto his getaway plane just as it takes off,only to find theircover blown and guns drawn.  \nAfter surviving the incident in the air,the investigatorsfind themselves stranded near the ancient,cliffside city ofCalcata.There,a young woman begs them to rescue herretired father,an acclaimed theology professor.The pro-fessor has been taken captive by Count Malefik,a cruelman who leads a secretive group of mercenary revolution-aries called the Testament of Vipers.  \nThe Vipers are completely out of funds and are searchingfor the location of the Tomb of Hetshepsut,which suppos-edly contains a vast treasure of forty golden chariots.TheCount believes one of the old professor's medieval manu-scripts describes the location of the tomb and its riches.  \nThe manuscript points the investigators to an archaeo-logical dig at Leontopolis,ancient Egypt's City of Lions.Hidden at the site is a description of the location of Het-shepsut's tomb.The Vipers,however,are difficult to out-maneuver.They ambush the investigators in an attempt tokill them and retrieve the location of the Tomb of Het-shepsut for themselves.  \nAfter fending off the Vipers,the investigators find them-selves at the ancient pseudo-pyramid of Meidum.Some-where in the ancient mastabas that surround the pyramidis the chamber that holds Hetshepsut's resting place.….anda treasure that will make any man rich.Unfortunately,theinvestigators discover that the pyramid is being robbed bya beautiful and obsessively curious German archaeologistand her team of treasure hunters.  \nIf the investigators outmaneuver their many foes and usetheir wits to discover the lost tomb,they discover the un-natural secret that awaits them at the eternal resting placeof Queen Hetshepsut.…!  \nThe Skies of Viterbo,Italy,1936...  \nThe adventure begins aboard an Imperial Airlines civilianairliner.Having just departed Rome,the plane is headednorth to Milan.The investigators boarded the plane hopingto apprehend notorious bank robber SKEET SKITSHAWwho is fleeing the country with a satchel full of stolen lireworth a half a million dollars.  \nUnfortunately,the heroes'plan went south fast.Just aftertakeoff,Skeet's girlfriend BETTY SAGE recognized one ofthe investigators!Skeet pulled a gun on everyone,and nowthere's a tense standoff 8,000 feet in the air.  \n日  \nIf playing with the pregenerated characters,Betty rec-ognizes Duke Duckworth,the detective investigating thedeath of ","cbCain5eL6TuOS37","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCain5eL6TuOS37","pdf",29471213,48,"English","# About the Adventure\n## Adventure Summary\n## Skitshaw's Crew\n## THE DESPERATION OF VIPERS","[{\"question\":\"What is the core quest in The Uncanny Curse of Sekhmet?\",\"answer\":\"The investigators search for the legendary Tomb of Hetshepsut, believed to contain vast treasure of forty golden chariots. 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