Transcript
James: I mean, this is interesting but…
[SFX]: RUSTLE
James: an ancient typo, is that it?
GM: Perhaps I went a bit overboard.
J.D.: You think?
GM: Skip ahead. “Sho, who do you think built the Pyramidsh?”
J.D.: What is that, Sean Connery?
GM: Only have so many voices, want my Russian again?
J.D.: God no!
GM: Okay, James, the audience is skeptical but giving you a chance. Time for a persuasion check. Also, if you act it out it could add to your favor if it’s particularly convincing.
James: Okay, that’s uh…
GM: Negotiation plus charisma for dice, minus any penalties.
James: Alright, it’s about ‘when’, not ‘who’, so… “I don’t have any idea who built them…”
[SFX]: ROLL
J.D.: Oof.
GM: And… survey says, THAT was a fail.

Issue-006

Posted on July 4, 2022 by Jake Conhale

This typo scene was filmed (you can even see additional hieroglyphics on the chalkboard) but ultimately not included in the film. According to the novelization - Colonel Vyse was excavating the Great Pyramid and was under pressure to find something. Conveniently, he found a room where the Pharaoh Khufu's name was inscribed on three of the four walls, oddly not on the wall Vyse had to demolish to enter the chamber. Strangely, Khufu's name was also misprinted. Now, this was a monument to effectively the Egyptian Pope, any mistake such as that would likely cause the worker to be punished and the offending inscription struck down and remade. What's really damning about it is that this particular typo is the same misprinting of Khufu's name found in a contemporary book of Egyptian history that Vyse may have had with him - a typo corrected in subsequent editions of the book.

Rather convenient, no? Anyways, just as the movie skipped over it, so do the players.

Also, that heckler just always reminded me of Sean Connery, or perhaps John Rhys-Davies.

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