Well hello there. Person in Row 2 column B (r2cB) fails his save. The Gelatinous Cube is a dangerous amorphous creature featured in the 2020 Disney/Pixar animated feature film, Onward. This seems a little strange since it hates fire, but who wouldn’t enjoy a nice warm surface in a dark damp dungeon, we understand that. Whereas the wisps were swift and had very little health individually, the cube was a slow-moving, easy-to-hit sack of hit points. Second, it's often one of the first "memorable" encounters … I remember, in a later edition, when it was described that Gelatinous Cube’s reproduce asexually. So that's the first piece. The cube has advanced 5 feet, engulfed 1 person and driven 1 person back. First, it's a big, stupid cube. I would like to throw a gelatinous cube at my party of four level 7 characters and make it interesting. Encounter Tip: 2) Somewhere in an office there was a meeting in which Gelatinous Cube sex was discussed. 1 Background 2 Role in the film 3 Trivia The Gelatinous Cube is a large, green ooze-like amorphous creature resembling green gelatin as its name suggests. There are also several alternate-shaped cubes, so players can encounter gelatinous pyramids, bubbles, or dodecahedrons as they explore a dungeon. Tyler Linn of Cracked.com identified the gelatinous cube as one of "15 Idiotic Dungeons and Dragons Monsters" in 2009, stating: "Unless an encounter plays out exactly like the steamroller scene in Austin Powers, we fail to see how the Gelatinous Cube ever kills anybody who's not either glued to … person r1cA is now in r2cA's square. The gelatinous cube is a memorable monster from D&D for several reasons. He is engulfed and the cube can move forward into that square. A Gelatinous Cube will stop when it encounters cold and will seek out warmth, moving towards vibrations in the ground but has no way of hearing anything. Telegraphing is what in my view makes a gelatinous cube encounter - or really, any encounter with a hidden monster - fair. This means the cube can move forward into that square. Trapdoors could open to pits housing a gelatinous cube, or ochre jellies could be added to blade traps that swing on initiative 20, slicing players and splitting oozes. The key to a memorable Cube Encounter has more to do with placing them in interesting and catchy situations (if they’re even spotted first). Without some clues heralding potential danger ahead, the players can wander blindly into an unavoidable problem and that's neither fair nor fun in my opinion. More on where she goes in a moment. Examples include something as simple as opening a door or picking a lock that requires a roll of the dice. Any kobolds the party encounters should be even less confrontational than normal, as … A gelatinous cube is nearly the complete opposite of the will-o’-wisps the Mighty Nein faced earlier. Gelatinous cubes … This means two things: 1) You can have little oozes morph out of the cube during a battle to add to the encounter. For those now familiar with the exact mechanics of the game, every encounter includes a few roles of the dice, even if it's relatively minor. It is a volatile amorphous ooze-like creature that disintegrates anything it absorbs in its path. Those familiar with the game and have actually encountered a Gelatinous Cube already know this.