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Post by Admin Pete on Jun 13, 2016 11:28:20 GMT -5
Hey @gronanofsimmerya I understand that we have you to thank for the Gelatinous Cube. Do you have any stories that you could share with us about how you came up with it and how you use(d) them?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2016 19:36:09 GMT -5
Coming soon to a thread near you...
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Jul 18, 2016 21:18:45 GMT -5
Coming soon to a thread near you... I gotta hear this!
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Post by Crimhthan The Great on Aug 3, 2016 12:01:04 GMT -5
Coming soon to a thread near you... I gotta hear this! As do I! @gronanofsimmerya favor us with your presence!!
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Post by The Archivist on Aug 3, 2016 14:54:16 GMT -5
As do I! @gronanofsimmerya favor us with your presence!! I concur! Your audience awaits!!
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Post by Maximum Forest Ranger on Aug 4, 2016 11:47:28 GMT -5
As do I! @gronanofsimmerya favor us with your presence!! I concur! Your audience awaits!! Oh, yeah bring it on!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2016 12:21:46 GMT -5
Okay. Well, it starts with the Ochre Jelly being described as "a giant amoeba." My thought was "why not giant protozoa of other types?" SO I thought up a giant paramecium. They have things called "trichocysts," which are apparently some sort of prey capturing or defensive mechanism... they shoot out little filaments. In my HS biology text they were described as stinging cells that paralyze prey (which seems to be wrong, but there ya go). So I was describing this and somebody said "Walk around it," so I said "it's ten feet wide."
Some time later the Gelatinous Cube arrived. Clear like a paramecium, ten feet wide like my giant paramecium, paralyses like my giant paramecium. So I figured a second or third hand description of the GP had reached Gary and turned into the Gel Cube.
Since then Rob has told me about one or more stories Gary read that featured blobby gooey eating things, plus of course movies like 'The Blob.'
So I am prepared to state categorically that the Gelatinous Cube either is or is not derived indirectly from my Giant Paramecium.
And that's the truth.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2016 12:23:30 GMT -5
If it helps, remember that the atmosphere at the time was not one of linear structure, but rather that there was a big bubbling cauldron of ideas that we were all throwing stuff into and hauling stuff out of all the time.
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Post by Admin Pete on Aug 20, 2016 18:50:59 GMT -5
I like the shoot out little (thin) (super strong) filaments that have paralyzing cells and can grab anything within 10 feet of the GC. Thank you for sharing!
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Post by hengest on Mar 9, 2021 18:01:01 GMT -5
It was a pleasure to read this (brief) story. I remember getting the AD&D Monster Manual secondhand in a bookshop in the mid-90s for a couple bucks. Actually I don't remember whether the GC was in it, I assume it is. But those monsters described on that paper seemed almost beyond legend...now to hear the origin of one of them like this...it's like touching the stars!
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Mar 9, 2021 19:21:43 GMT -5
It was a pleasure to read this (brief) story. I remember getting the AD&D Monster Manual secondhand in a bookshop in the mid-90s for a couple bucks. Actually I don't remember whether the GC was in it, I assume it is. But those monsters described on that paper seemed almost beyond legend...now to hear the origin of one of them like this...it's like touching the stars! The name and a brief description appears in OD&D in Volume II Monsters & Treasures. So it was in the published game from the beginning.
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Post by Bacoli Cardoke on Apr 29, 2021 20:03:59 GMT -5
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Post by Bacoli Cardoke on Apr 29, 2021 20:57:36 GMT -5
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Apr 29, 2021 21:46:39 GMT -5
Bacoli Cardoke Thank you for all of your posts. The Admin Pete may move them out of public view temporarily as we hand this off to Mighty Darci as this will tie right into what she is doing for the fanzine. I think you may have just saved her a whole lot of work and make the job a bit easier. So if this gets moved out of view, that will be a good thing and not a bad thing. Once this has been mined a bit, it will be moved back to public view again. Or it might just be given its own thread, soon or late. It was amazing that some of these teeny tinies possess at least some form of intelligence and the ability to learn. That is mind blowing.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Apr 29, 2021 21:51:13 GMT -5
Bacoli Cardoke Thank you for all of your posts. The Admin Pete may move them out of public view temporarily as we hand this off to Mighty Darci as this will tie right into what she is doing for the fanzine. I think you may have just saved her a whole lot of work and make the job a bit easier. So if this gets moved out of view, that will be a good thing and not a bad thing. Once this has been mined a bit, it will be moved back to public view again. Or it might just be given its own thread, soon or late. It was amazing that some of these teeny tinies possess at least some form of intelligence and the ability to learn. That is mind blowing. Although, just a thought, why don't you write something up out of this yourself?
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Post by Admin Pete on Apr 29, 2021 22:21:33 GMT -5
Bacoli Cardoke Thank you for all of your posts. The Admin Pete may move them out of public view temporarily as we hand this off to Mighty Darci as this will tie right into what she is doing for the fanzine. I think you may have just saved her a whole lot of work and make the job a bit easier. So if this gets moved out of view, that will be a good thing and not a bad thing. Once this has been mined a bit, it will be moved back to public view again. Or it might just be given its own thread, soon or late. It was amazing that some of these teeny tinies possess at least some form of intelligence and the ability to learn. That is mind blowing. I will talk with Mighty Darci before moving anything. Then we will see. Great research by the way.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Apr 30, 2021 2:56:29 GMT -5
Bacoli Cardoke Thank you for all of your posts. The Admin Pete may move them out of public view temporarily as we hand this off to Mighty Darci as this will tie right into what she is doing for the fanzine. I think you may have just saved her a whole lot of work and make the job a bit easier. So if this gets moved out of view, that will be a good thing and not a bad thing. Once this has been mined a bit, it will be moved back to public view again. Or it might just be given its own thread, soon or late. It was amazing that some of these teeny tinies possess at least some form of intelligence and the ability to learn. That is mind blowing. I will talk with Mighty Darci before moving anything. Then we will see. Great research by the way. Good point.
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Post by Mighty Darci on May 29, 2021 2:35:57 GMT -5
Bacoli Cardoke Thank you for all of your posts. The Admin Pete may move them out of public view temporarily as we hand this off to Mighty Darci as this will tie right into what she is doing for the fanzine. I think you may have just saved her a whole lot of work and make the job a bit easier. So if this gets moved out of view, that will be a good thing and not a bad thing. Once this has been mined a bit, it will be moved back to public view again. Or it might just be given its own thread, soon or late. It was amazing that some of these teeny tinies possess at least some form of intelligence and the ability to learn. That is mind blowing. I will talk with Mighty Darci before moving anything. Then we will see. Great research by the way. Admin Pete, just leave them here, I will copy what I want to use.
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Post by Mighty Darci on May 29, 2021 2:48:06 GMT -5
Bacoli Cardoke, thanks for doing all this research, it will really help with what I am writing. Have an exalt.
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Post by Admin Pete on May 31, 2021 11:13:59 GMT -5
I will talk with Mighty Darci before moving anything. Then we will see. Great research by the way. Admin Pete, just leave them here, I will copy what I want to use. Works for me!
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Post by Bacoli Cardoke on Jun 19, 2021 17:00:14 GMT -5
Bacoli Cardoke Thank you for all of your posts. The Admin Pete may move them out of public view temporarily as we hand this off to Mighty Darci as this will tie right into what she is doing for the fanzine. I think you may have just saved her a whole lot of work and make the job a bit easier. So if this gets moved out of view, that will be a good thing and not a bad thing. Once this has been mined a bit, it will be moved back to public view again. Or it might just be given its own thread, soon or late. It was amazing that some of these teeny tinies possess at least some form of intelligence and the ability to learn. That is mind blowing. You are welcome! Happy to do it.
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