The MM has hit points and armor class, but I don't see how you kill a gelatinous cube, or any ooze for that matter.
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How do you kill a gelatinous cube?
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How do you kill a gelatinous cube? |
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Posts: 0 (05/30/02 07:59:52) |
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Dreams of Lost Daylight |
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Posts: 3258 (05/30/02 08:13:20) Egg |
You slice it, you dice it, and you stomp on the pieces.
...in the split second of that insanity they call heroism...
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Unregistered(d) |
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Posts: 0 (05/30/02 08:34:15) |
Good, that's how a ran it. Thanks!
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Azmodear |
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Posts: 845 (05/30/02 09:28:50) |
Take cubes of it and serve it with whipped cream?
"Come on, there's always room for gelatinous cube..." |
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CelticDragonlord |
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Posts: 1502 (05/30/02 10:50:37) |
You start by getting a huge magnifying glass... where from, you ask? Your friendly neighborhood gnomish artificer, of course! Then you position it between the cube and the sun exactly so....
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Unregistered(d) |
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Posts: 0 (05/30/02 11:26:11) |
The thing is that one of the characters threw a torch at the cube. I decided that fire wouldn't affect the cube, so I said, essentially, that the cube absorbed the torch. But it begs the question: Does fire affect ooze?
Some other questions: What about an alkaline substance (to neutralize the acide)? Does piercing damage affect the cube differently from bludgeoning/slashing? How fast can a cube's pseudopod strike? When does it use its pseudopods? Why did I even put a freakin' cube in that cave anyway?  (Actually, I didn't. We're using the "Adventure Game" boxed set to get used to 3rd edtion rules.)
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Andorax |
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Posts: 7052 (05/30/02 11:29:38) |
The answer to all these questions, and more, is that unless it says otherwise, it's just like normal.
Does it have any sort of fire reduction/immunity in the description? Then it's damaged normally. Does it mention anything about piercing, bludgeoning, slashing? Then go by what it says...no more, no less. The cube attacks with it's pseudopods just the same as any other creature...it can move (move-equivalent action) and attack (standard action) in a single round. Gelatinous Cubes are a fairly common nuisance. Where they come from is unknown, but what is known is that they tend to keep dungeons nice and clean, clearing away organic and inorganic matter that would tend to clutter the places up. "Whadda ya mean, Orcs get levels too?!?"
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Flyingdebris |
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Posts: 4590 (05/30/02 12:06:23) |
I wonder if you could make Jello-shots out of a G-cube after you kill it.
If only there was some sort of chef class in DnD to do that. You know, proficient with frying pan, wear puffy hats of protection +4, can cast food related spells. Make food out of dead monsters... <after party just killed a minotaur> Heys guys, who's up for hamburgers? <after party fought and killed some mindflayers> So, who wants fried calamari? <the G-cube> Yo! Jello shots |
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ADaM BoND |
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Posts: 978 (05/30/02 12:25:40) |
I usually get a long wick and stuff that in a barrel of black powder. then yah use a command spell to get random globlin #1 to take the barrel and do a suicide dive into the ooze. light and stand back.
-Mr. BoNDaGe:Being Jewish means I get a +2 racial bonus vs Nazis
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Posts: 934 (05/30/02 12:31:04) |
Use the steel door as a shield and use a wand to cast fireball into the room. Do 10d6 points of damage. Take out both cubes. (This actually happened to me just last session)
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Posts: 3519 (05/30/02 17:46:55) Local user |
Throw Searing Light or Flame Strike at it. That takes out most enemies...
***When you've got nothing, you've got nothing to lose.
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Unregistered(d) |
Great feedback! | ||
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Posts: 0 (05/31/02 03:13:17) |
I appreciate the posts. Thanks!
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Power Munchkin |
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Posts: 4979 (05/31/02 11:43:49) |
I always wondered why people fight the cubes... Don't these things have speed of like 10'?
Even if it's blocking the passage, simply lure it out and "lose" it by quickly leaving it's blindsight range and then change direction. It'll probably keep going in the direction it "saw" you leave. |
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zachol |
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Posts: 1849 (05/31/02 13:46:54) |
I've used about 18 different types of oozes, and I've learned the best way to deal with a cube is to lure it to a (open) door, get on the other side, and take turns shooting it with arrows.
 "Mmm... Thats good plastic explosive!" -Sideshow Bob |
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SilverHawk |
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Posts: 769 (05/31/02 15:15:05) |
I personally tend to aviod them however when I was forced to face one my half-orc picked up the annoying gnome wizard, tied him to a barrel of blasting powder, lit the fuse and threw them at the ooze. took care of both problems nicely. Good thing the party paladin was in jail at the time.
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boring7 |
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Posts: 5013 (05/31/02 17:11:07) Ancient Wyrm |
in 2nd ed. we killed 'em for the gold inside 'em.
in 3rd ed? not sure, not up on their stats. "You come to a sign, it says 'Pit of Despair: Only the DOOMED beyond this point' what do you do?""huzzah! we stride forth!"
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UsaSatsui |
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Posts: 390 (06/01/02 00:10:09) |
"If only there was some sort of chef class in DnD to do that. You know, proficient with frying pan, wear puffy hats of protection +4, can cast food related spells. Make food out of dead monsters..."
Can I call it Quina?  How does one beat a Gelationus Cube? Make your Spot check. Mmmm...wonder what the CR on those is... The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
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Flyingdebris |
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Posts: 4590 (06/01/02 19:31:08) |
what quina?
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MeleeMcfray |
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Posts: 71 (06/07/02 11:01:16) |
well first you will need the following
1)a Gnomish thief (level and alingment etc. are up to you) 2)A Jar of grape jelly (G Cubes favorite) 3)A hefty bag of gold and alot of magical items 4)A command spell 5)A map to where the G Cube was last seen 6)my adress Once you have these ingredients you are ready to start step1: cover the gnome in grape jelly step2: give the gnome the gold and magical items (i chose thief class because everyone knows that a thief wouldnt turn down a bag of gold or magical items) the bags of gold and the magical items step3:cast command on the gnome and command him to run into the cube screaming...i guess "charge" would be the command (gelatinous cubes are terribly allergic to gnomes and ingesting a gnome almost always kills a G-cube, however the samt chemical/dna that makes gnomes have big noses counteracts with the chemcals/dna that makes a gelatinous cube move slowly and makes the equivalent of a sub atomic explosion) step4:send the map of the dungeon where the gelationous cube was last seen (gold and magical items included) to my adress so that i may go loot what is left of the dungeon and the corpses of your characters ok ok i know its dumb and all but it was fun to write |
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Khalil |
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Posts: 246 (06/07/02 13:01:19) |
I believe that all the cubes are still susceptible to magic. That's probably the best way to deal with things like that.
Flyingdebris: I don't know for sure, but you may want to check and see if that sig picture is too large... can't remember and don't have the ambition to check the rules right now. Khalil |
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Khaine |
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Posts: 429 (06/09/02 02:58:34) |
quina is someone from ff9, she got an disgusting habit of eating her enemies alive!!!! so i think the idea was that she should eat the cube of jelly shots, err sorry i meant gelatine. |
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