[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":3,"doc-seo-516185-105":59,"doc-detail-516185-en":130},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,51,55],{"id":8,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":10,"show_sort_weight":11,"slug":12},1,"Document","Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":14,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":15,"show_sort_weight":16,"slug":17},2,"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":19,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":20,"show_sort_weight":21,"slug":22},4,"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":24,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":25,"show_sort_weight":26,"slug":27},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":30,"show_sort_weight":31,"slug":32},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":34,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":35,"show_sort_weight":36,"slug":37},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":39,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":40,"show_sort_weight":41,"slug":42},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":44,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":45,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":47},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":49,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":50},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":53,"show_sort_weight":52,"slug":54},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":56,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":57,"show_sort_weight":24,"slug":58},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":60,"data":61},"ok",{"site_id":62,"language":63,"slug":64,"title":65,"keywords":66,"description":67,"schema_data":68,"social_meta":123,"head_meta":125,"extra_data":127,"updated_unix":129},105,"en","the-uncanny-curse-of-sekhmet-adventure-summary","The Uncanny Curse of Sekhmet - Adventure Summary","","The Uncanny Curse of Sekhmet is a GURPS pulp-style adventure set in August 1936, driving heroes from Rome and Italy to ancient Egypt in pursuit of the legendary Tomb of Hetshepsut. A financially desperate mercenary group, the Testament of Vipers, tries to outmaneuver the player characters to seize forty golden chariots. The plot begins mid-action aboard an airliner, then escalates through cliffside Calcata, an archaeological dig at Leontopolis, and the pyramid of Meidum, revealing an unnatural secret at Hetshepsut’s resting place.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":10,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/story-novel/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/the-uncanny-curse-of-sekhmet-adventure-summary/516185/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/the-uncanny-curse-of-sekhmet-adventure-summary/516185.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Aria Callaghan","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-17","2026-10-06",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":24},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"What is the main goal of the player characters in this adventure?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"They search for the legendary Tomb of Hetshepsut and survive competing factions—especially the Testament of Vipers—who want its treasure for themselves.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"Who is the Testament of Vipers, and why do they matter to the plot?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"They are a secretive mercenary revolution group that is out of funds. Their desperation pushes them to infiltrate politics and seize the tomb’s described wealth.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"How does the adventure begin and what immediate threat does it create?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"It starts in the middle of the action aboard an Imperial Airlines flight after the PCs attempt to apprehend bank robber Skeet Skitshaw. A recognition triggers a tense standoff in the air.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},516185,1791464990,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":8,"category_name":10,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":24,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":31,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":143,"read_time":144},962084926284,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_29158cc5080c5b710cf443261637dec0","# About the Adventure\n\nThe Uncanny Curse of Sekhmet is a GURPS Clifhangers ad-venture although it can be easily translated to other pulp-style systems (a pulp Call of Cthulhu version is also availableon 1shotadventures.com).Set in August 1936,the adven-ture hurls the heroes across Italy and Egypt in a search forthe legendary Tomb of Hetshepsut.Racing against them tofind the treasures of ancient Egypt is the Testament of Vi-pers,a rogue group of nefarious mercenaries who are des-perate to replenish their funds so that they can influence thefate of Europe before war breaks out.  \nThe Uncanny Curse of Sekhmet is suitable for three-to-five150-point characters.The end of the adventure includesseven pregenerated pulp characters.  \nCharacters introduced for the first time in the adventureare noted in ALL-CAPS.Skill rolls are in SMALL-CAPs.Sec-tions marked with a mapare side-quests and adventurehooks,and not important to the overall plot of the adven-ture.Sections marked with a person Dare opportunitiesfor specific PCs,notably the pregenerated characters fromthe end of this adventure.  \n# Adventure Summary     \n\nLike most pulp serials,The Uncanny Curse of Sekhmet be-gins in the middle of the action.The PCs are moments from  \ncapturing the famed gangster Skeet Skitshaw,a Chicagobank robber who escaped prison,took a trip to Europe,and robbed four more banks as part of his vacation.Witha big bounty on his head,the PCs tracked Skeet and hisgirlfriend to Rome.They barely get onto his getaway planejust as it takes off,only to find their cover blown and gunsdrawn.  \nAfter surviving the incident in the air,the PCs find them-selves stranded near the ancient,cliffside city of Calcata.There,a young woman begs them to rescue her retired fa-ther,an acclaimed theology professor.The professor hasbeen taken captive by Count Malefik,a cruel man wholeads a secretive group of mercenary revolutionaries calledthe 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 PCs to an archaeological dig atLeontopolis,ancient Egypt's City of Lions.Hidden at thesite is a description of the location of Hetshepsut's tomb.The Vipers,however,are difficult to outmaneuver.Theyambush the PCs in an attempt to kill them and retrieve thelocation of the Tomb of Hetshepsut for themselves.  \nAfter fending off the Vipers,the PCs find themselves at theancient pseudo-pyramid of Meidum.Somewhere in the an-cient mastabas that surround the pyramid is the chamberthat holds Hetshepsut's resting place...and a treasure thatwill make any man rich.Unfortunately,even if the PCs haveescaped the Vipers,they discover that the pyramid is beingrobbed by a beautiful and obsessively curious German ar-chaeologist and her team of treasure hunters.  \nIf the PCs outmaneuver their many foes and use their witsto discover the lost tomb,they discover the unnatural secretthat awaits them at the eternal resting place of Queen Het-shepsut..!  \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 PCs boarded the plane hoping to ap-prehend notorious bank robber SKEET SKITSHAW who isfleeing the country with a satchel full of stolen lire worth ahalf 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.  \nIf playing with the pregenerated PCs,Betty recognizesDuke Duckworth,the detective investigating the death ofher friend,starlet Lauren St.James.Otherwise,the GM caninvent a reason Betty recognizes one of the PCs.  \nSkitshaw's Crew  \nIn addition to","cbCaitbzKOro5Ug2","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitbzKOro5Ug2","pdf",27507266,"English","# Adventure Summary\n## Skitshaw and the Flight to Milan\n## Calcata and the Captive Theology Professor\n## The Tomb of Hetshepsut and the Vipers’ Ambush\n## The Dig at Leontopolis and the Manuscript Clues\n## Meidum, the Pyramid Robbery, and the Unnatural Secret\n# The Desperation of Vipers","[{\"question\":\"What is the main goal of the player characters in this adventure?\",\"answer\":\"They search for the legendary Tomb of Hetshepsut and survive competing factions—especially the Testament of Vipers—who want its treasure for themselves.\"},{\"question\":\"Who is the Testament of Vipers, and why do they matter to the plot?\",\"answer\":\"They are a secretive mercenary revolution group that is out of funds. Their desperation pushes them to infiltrate politics and seize the tomb’s described wealth.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the adventure begin and what immediate threat does it create?\",\"answer\":\"It starts in the middle of the action aboard an Imperial Airlines flight after the PCs attempt to apprehend bank robber Skeet Skitshaw. A recognition triggers a tense standoff in the air.\"}]","The Uncanny Curse of Sekhmet - Adventure Summary | PDF",1791327127,77]