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Subject: Re: Gelatinous Cubes
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Date: Sun, 11-Nov-84 09:11:48 EST
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> Does anyone have a physical description or illustration
> of such a monster?  All I know is that they are nearly
> transparent, and are deformable.  Are they cuboid, rounded,
> smooth/covered with debris?

Assuming that the authors took the Monster Manual(c) by TSR(tm) as their
source, a gelatinous cube is a large, nearly transparent *cube* that
gobbles up things in its path, is exceedingly difficult to spot, and whose
touch is detrimental to your moblility.  Seems to me that the gelatinous
cube first appeared in Greyhawk(c) many years ago from the infamous 
dungeon of Gary Gygax(tm).  (No really, he trademarked his name.)

tom
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Tom Christiansen
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