Mummy Rot & Paladins

[Ao the Overkitty]

Okay. Here's a question.
From the SRD:
"Unlike normal diseases, mummy rot continues until the victim reaches Constitution 0 (and dies) or is cured as described below.
Mummy rot is a powerful curse, not a natural disease. A character attempting to cast any conjuration (healing) spell on a creature afflicted with mummy rot must succeed on a DC 20 caster level check, or the spell has no effect on the afflicted character.
To eliminate mummy rot, the curse must first be broken with break enchantment or remove curse (requiring a DC 20 caster level check for either spell), after which a caster level check is no longer necessary to cast healing spells on the victim, and the mummy rot can be magically cured as any normal disease."

So, if Mummy Rot is now a curse, are Paladins now succeptible to it?

Once someone succeeds at the remove curse caster level check, it says it can be be magically cured like any other disease. So, would it just disapate on a Paladin, or would it require one of his Remove Diseases?

 

[DM2]

I'll vote yes.

Hmm...where can I fit some mummies into my RttToEE campaign to get my paladin player

DM2

 

[Zaruthustran]

Okay. Here's a question.
From the SRD:
"Unlike normal diseases, mummy rot continues until the victim reaches Constitution 0 (and dies) or is cured as described below.
Mummy rot is a powerful curse, not a natural disease. A character attempting to cast any conjuration (healing) spell on a creature afflicted with mummy rot must succeed on a DC 20 caster level check, or the spell has no effect on the afflicted character.
To eliminate mummy rot, the curse must first be broken with break enchantment or remove curse (requiring a DC 20 caster level check for either spell), after which a caster level check is no longer necessary to cast healing spells on the victim, and the mummy rot can be magically cured as any normal disease."

So, if Mummy Rot is now a curse, are Paladins now succeptible to it?

Mummy Rot is a magical disease. IIRCC, the PHB text specifically calls out Mummy Rot as something that a Paladin is immune to thanks to Divine Health.

-z

 

[Blood Jester]

Okay. Here's a question.
From the SRD:
"Unlike normal diseases...Mummy rot is a powerful curse, not a natural disease...and the mummy rot can be magically cured as any normal disease."

So, if Mummy Rot is now a curse, are Paladins now succeptible to it?

I think this part implies that it is not a natural disease, but a magical one caused by a curse.

So I would vote that the Paladin still bounces it.

 

[Ao the Overkitty]

Stupid SRD

I think this part implies that it is not a natural disease, but a magical one caused by a curse.

So I would vote that the Paladin still bounces it.

Yeah. Stupid me, not bringing my book with me and instead relying on the SRD. Reeally wish they wouldn't remove the "fluff".

The PHB clearly lists mummy rot as something a paladin is immune to.

Just wanted to be sure, since 2 weeks ago, a bunch of mummy templated (Savage Species) sharks nearly took out the group when no one made their saves. Since the description of Mummy Rot had been changed to a curse, the DM ruled the Paladin had to make his save too (which he didn't).

Since we're going up against a Death Knight on Friday, I want to be prepared for any udead.