What They Don't Tell You About Gelatinous Cubes - D&D
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- Опубліковано 29 бер 2020
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1st Edition Monster Manual
2nd Edition Monster Manual
3rd Edition Monster Manual
4th Edition Monster Manual
Dragon Magazine #124 "Ecology of the Gelatinous Cube" - Ігри
Imagine a tavern, where the barkeep tamed a small cube, and just has it sliding around as if it was a medieval roomba
"Oh, the little guy. Yeah, had an adventurer [grab a budded cube/carve a bit of a cube off] from the crypt outside of town. I just shave him down every night, and he's no threat to anyone bigger than a rat. By the way, totally recommend it if you get in the business. Haven't seen a whisker in the place since I got 'im."
In my campaign it's a well known thing that they clean sewers so any time the party goes down there they have to fight a few of them 😂
I LITERALLY HAVE THIS IN MY CAMPAIGN!! He has a small bowler hat and a his name is Jon
We must make a homebrew companion for this.
with a non-organic covering on top of it which the Tavern Cat Mascot can sit on top or sleep ontop of.
Something else they don't tell you about Gelatinous Cubes:
It's actually fairly common to have "domesticated" cubes serve as waste disposal in sewers and outhouses. They can't climb, so you're safe if you stick them in a deep enough hole, and they can't dissolve non-organic tissue, so they can't eat their way out, so you aren't in any actual danger if you use them in this capacity.
Some towns actually stick a few in their sewers to prevent goblin, rat, and kobold infestations.
is this actual cannon information or fan information?
I thought it was canon
certainly better than using an otyugh.
@@robertbarnes5242 Pretty sure it`s cannon, I remember reading something similar in a 4th edition book, can`t remember wich one though
There's always room for gelatinous cubes.
What I like to do with inexperienced players is put a gelatinous cube in a 10sqft room with a bunch of miscellaneous objects suspended in it.
Gnome Adventurer: "I can easily escape here. I know my way around the gelatinous cubes. What do you think about that?"
Unknown New Monster: "Gelatinous cubes? Not a fan. They only come in that one flavor and they are pretty foul when they have something partially digested in them."
Gnome Adventurer: **starts crapping pants at the idea the monster sees gelatinous cubes as edible**
@@That80sGuy1972 is he talking to unknown New monster or is unknown New monster ambushing him
@@defensivekobra3873 Talking. Gnome was trying to use his knowledge of the area to disuade the monster from following his escape.
Yep, in HELL lmao
I'm imagining a cube that can't split and just keeps growing until it's like the size of a house and adventurers have to follow its slimy death trail and try to fight it
Sometimes when two or more cubes run into each other, they will fuse together into a larger one but only temporarily. There are also some notable sentient cubes that refuse to split as they grow in size from eating and get bigger and deadlier
@@erickchristensen746 an intelligent Gelatinous Cube would literally make my Half-Elf Monk cry her original party was eaten by one before he met her current party
Hunter Hendry Well there is one, named Glabbagool, who is a good aligned sentient cube who hates Drow and wants to learn about the world.
@@erickchristensen746 ...I'm going to befriend him
Erick Christensen I've never heard of these sentient cubes before, where are they mentioned?
I had a penchant for throwing these at my players, and apparently it annoyed them. Instead of telling me this, one player committed suicide to save the rest of the party, then made a character called 'John Acid-Killer'. He toted baking soda, ammonia, borax, a bunch of seemingly random shit that he'd pack into little canisters. I let him, because I was curious. I found out when he threw them at a cube.
The cube was acidic. What he threw at it was concentrated basic chemicals.
I don't use gelatinous cubes much anymore
Sounds like metagaming. what a loser
This is where some crazy wizard would have done experiments to make it a 'Base Cube' rather than 'Acidic Cube'.... just cuz.
I just carry the sodium bicarbonate, by throwing it in it will still try to digest it, this will neutralize its acid and explode the now just toxic, you will recover but it can't hurt you now just poison you.
I always thought that the gelatinous cube was invented so that the DM could throw a chunk of jello onto the player's figurines and yell, "You're surprised by a gelatinous cube!"...
Well your not wrong…
Whoever created the lore for this monster must of had to eat a lot of lime jello as a kid.
RyllenKriel more like they where scared of the lime jello because it is the most disgusting flavor
If you look in 1950-1960s magazines there were all sorts of horrible looking dishes where they practically threw an entire dinner in a jello mold and published it as a jello recipe. -- My theory is Gary Gygax was a victim of his parents trying out these recipes and thus he was inspired to include the gelatinous cube in D&D.
@@IznbranahlGoose this fits better with them being clear instead of green, dispite their common artistic depiction
@@IznbranahlGoose oh, ew. I remember arriving to my aunt's once, tired and nearly starving because I wasn't allowed to eat before thanksgiving. Stayed starving because the whole fucking dinner was in jello. Even the potatoes. The turkey looked disgusting, had coloured jello mixed with the stuffing. P sure the jello itself tasted like the meat but barely anyone ate and no one could say it was good but my aunt. Drove for like well over a day for that and have not gone back since, went to their neighbours instead and they were beyond horrified lmao my aunt had a unreasonable need to put everything in jello. She gave my cousin his first phone by sticking it in jello. she genuinely thought that would be an awesome idea that had no way of failing and in her mind, it was not the jello that made the phone not turn on. It had to be cousin within the 10 seconds of removing it
@@IznbranahlGoose, yeah, he must have faced the master of Asmodeus himself: Spaghetti-o Jell-O Ring (courtesy of B Dylan Hollis)
4:58 one of the most 80's fantasy drawings in existence
tbh it's really good.
Extra facts:
*One or more cubes can temporarily fuse together to make a bigger and stronger Gelatinous Cube before eventually splitting off.
*Cubes and other oozes were said to be spawn of the demon lord Juiblex.
*There is one confirmed sentient Gelatinous Cube named Glabbagool, who was given sentience by Juiblex. But is a curious and not at all evil creature that has even helped some adventurers against the Drow.
Didn't know that last one. It's pretty cool.
Yep! He's in rage of demons in one of the special random encounters in the underdark. he joined our party but was slain in combat :(
Ender13123 Whaaaat, you let him die? How dare!
Lol
What sources can I find Glabbagool in? I once played an awakened Gelatinous Cube race and am curious what a canon one is like.
@@thefandomguy4202 We met him in out of the abyss. He was a pretty cool guy, but very slow moving.
It's a Roomba :O
Literally a dungeon roomba.
A transparent death Roomba that eats people.
A doomba
_DOOMBA_
Imagine somehow making miniaturized gelatinous cubes that cannot grow larger and are obedient.
Now imagine selling them. :-)
Am i the only one who would love an "updated" Monster Manual from Rhexx?
You are not alone
Ebook then
That’s a product I’d become a Patron for
I'd back that Kickstarter. It should be done in volumes though. One book would be too large lol
Last video: "these are the most powerful creatures to ever exist, their very breath shakes the world!"
This video: "haha, cube go squish squash"
Oh, I thought you were talking about slimes.
They can be dangerous too, especially since amateur adventures can rush in unprepared and ill-equipped.
... you're a special sort of special aren't you m09
Ursine Maximus oddly hostile, any reason?
@@lordm0918 subconsciously self projecting perhaps
NOOO YOU CAN'T JUST EAT EVERYTHING!!!!
"Haha gelatinous cube go slap slap glub glub"
That tied up she-elf is pretty intriguing...
@Box Addict actually no, much better when they're free to do stuff
@@PollyTicallycorrect Unimaginative and unexperienced women prefer to get tied, so they have a good excuse to not do anything hehehe
I was more focused on the guy behind her.
But have you considered using them as a living battery acid?
Wow that crazy
I heard a story of a player who was an engineer actualy did that
Lightmagician60 ayyyyy I’ve heard that one like he was biochemist or something
So you would have a biobattery that would subsist and recharge on your biological waste? Brilliant!
Yeah I did something similar. I just built a metal ring around a very small one and used it to melt things I didn’t like, like doors or sleeping enemies.
Glad I started to give 50 a month, bless your kind heart MrRhexx!
It's like whenever I plan on throwing some monster at my bois, you upload the lore on it xD
Do your bois watch this?
5:01 I feel like this is actual hentai
Worst, 80's fantasy art-style
shh just let it happen
That elf is giving me weird feelings and I don’t like it.
And his narration was "It can fit through very small holes" or something like that. I think it was maybe intentional
If you look at the top right corner, it looks like a tentacle is budding.
Wait... how can they be highly resistant to the cold and cold damage, yet don't like cold and will attempt to circumvent cold surfaces? Seems backwards?
I think that's an other mistake in the stat block. It makes sense that they would seek out warmth if they want to consume living tissue, so with that in mind I would just house-rule that they are resistant to fire and vulnerable to cold :)
I think it might be more of a stimulus thing. A gelatinous cube wants to eat organic material, which is considerably warmer than the cold steel of their armor and weapons. A purposely cold area could be more of telling a cube that there's nothing there to eat, so the cube will wander elsewhere. That's how I see it, anyways
It's explained as more and aversion to cold because they assume it's nothing they can eat. Resistance to Fire doesn't make any sense because they are mostly composed of water and fire would evaporate the water, making them shrink. That's why dust of dryness turns it into a sugar cube until it is rehydrated.
If i wear armor, then i have resistances to stabbing, but i still dont wanna get stabbed
Just because they are immune or resistant doesn't mean it is comfortable. And they seek out warmth as in body heat but fire still hurts them
Gelatnis cubes are wonderful. They TPK low level groups so well.
I was playing a game and was a gnome necromancer, I was 6th level and my DM made a horrible mistake, he gave me the staff of the magi. I know. The gelatinous cubes stood no chance…
Nobody:
Not a soul:
MrRexx: S O D A P O D
John Meza the most delicious cube
Yeah I hear sodapod too. Took me a moment to realize it was the pseudopod.
I kinda like that better
original joke 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
You know if a gelatinous cube gets big enough it rounds out to a sphere under the influence of its own gravity. And thus the world of Athcol was borne.
A planet-sized gelatinous sphere, flying through the galaxy cleaning up space dust until it gets too close to a star and plunges into its fiery embrace.
@@benjaminoechsli1941 Are there any gelatinous oblate sphereiods imunune to radient, blugdening, lightning and fire damage?
If so you have just got yourself a stelavore gel. This is how gelatinous singularities are borne.
All adventurers fear the Roomba of Doom.
I didnt know i needed it until i got it.
This man built his whole career on how bad the manual for 5th edition is.
Compared to the other MMs, the 5E one is actually really damn good.
Monumental "pain in the aS$" for even higher level parties since they were first conceived , specially when used in the dark and dropped upon
Yeah sounds like a complete buttpain.
It is almost invulnerable.
That's why they were conceptualized, to be a major PITA for parties.
Always a good time when you fall down a pit trap to discover a slimy surprise
Drop Cubes are a favourite of mine. Also pits 40 ft long with stone or metal posts every 2.5 feet. Dungeon denizens know about the posts. The pit is covered by an illusion of floor, levelled oozes exist within the pit.
MrRhexx, I really appreciate the level of depth of info you do for these “what they don’t tell you” videos. I want to let you know that I’m going to be binging most of them to level up my knowledge on D&D in these... isolating... times. I feel it’s a very binge-able series, so I’m excited
Now all we need is a video about what they DO tell us about gelatinous cubes, that way we will have the sum knowledge of gelatinous cubes.
He always starts the video with what's in the manual, though.
Excellent video! At the 6:30 mark, when discussing the union of two gelatinous cubes into a "supercube", the exposition tells us the combined cube is "twice as big"; for clarity, it should be noted that logic suggests this really means having "twice the VOLUME", growing in size to be about twelve and a half feet on a side in cube shape instead of ten feet. (Squeezed into an archetypal ten-foot-wide by ten-foot-tall passageway, a supercube might certainly have "twice the FOOTPRINT" of a standard cube alone, taking up twenty feet of passage...) Keep up the great work.
Gonna add this to my next session. Glad you're doing well!
I'm really glad that your videos popped up in my recommended, because of you I discovered and loved d&d. Thanks Mr.Rhexx
Many years ago during an underground campaign our scout (Dwarf thief) went ahead in the rocky cave, He stopped moving just at the edge of my night-vision. Then very slowly started coming back to us but still facing away from the rest of us. I went forward a bit in case he'd spotted something nasty and realised he wasn't actually moving and was slightly off the ground. He'd walked right into the cube didn't even get time to yell but we got him out; less some gear and lot of ribbing.
I just looooooove so much your videos, they are a treat every morning
Oh, the cool background music came back! I love this one, it adds a lot to the reading.
Keep up the good work!
As a RPG fan I'm mad at myself for only discovering your channel recently. Your videos are awesome! Congratz for the excelent work
I remember your one of the first elder scrolls lore videos haven't been on the channel in forever
Love the little unknown tidbits about them! This lore series has seriously been such a JOY to watch and learn from, and I've been in the hobby for decades. NIFT.
Listening to the background music playing in your videos makes me feel ENORMOUSLY comfortable!
Glad you made this video, saw it a few months ago and thanks to this info you shared, I decided last week to have my unarmed Lv1 party face off against a gelatinous cube...
They defeated it by learning how to lure it and avoid it and we're very surprised when it accidentally fell into a pool of lava. They still did not realise it was attracted to heat.
I'd imagine these things wreck havoc on wood beams so are only present in all stone dungeons. They would end up collapsing mine shafts and other supports unless they are made out of metal and then you got the rust monsters to worry about. Then again as the author states the acid was only suppose to be on the inside. One of those small baby cubes if contained would be handy for cleaning bones for display or ahem... body disposal.
Oh man. Wish I knew this when it came to my Pseudodragon. I had him attack the Gelatinous Cube with it's stinger in order to paralyze it. (Succeeded btw.), but the DM figured that there would be what I called "recoil acid damage". My poor dragon survived, but lost his stinger (which we treated as a nobel sacrifice until I could have him healed up). He saved my character's life (especially since he was underpowered and illequiped to fight this thing.).
I dont usually comment on your videos, but I love them, this attitude of yours at the end of the video is remarkable and very well done, keep safe
Dude, you really are a good person. That is rare. After all of this is over I should probably spend some money on your patreon.
You're a really great dude and your videos have been immensely entertaining for me so knowing that you want to help the sick using your well earned money is appreciated and respected! ❤
I'm glad to know that you and yours are doing okay and I want you to also stay safe as much as you can!
I can't wait to see what the future holds from this channel and yourself.
Thank you once again! ❤
This is probably my favorite series on youtube. Keep it up!
Loved this video. I didn't know that they were attracted to heat and vibrations, and repelled by cold before, thank you.
I like the shorter videos since they're easier to find time to watch. Pretty sure I encountered one of these the first time my party went into a dungeon playing Basic D&D (or maybe Advanced D&D) in 1981. Since I didn't know the proper pronunciation at the time, I called it a jell-oh-ten-us cube!
Also, good on you for donating proceeds.
Thank you so much for this! I really enjoy the videos where the extra lore can help me apply the monsters creatively into my sessions : D
Keep it up my dude another great video 😁
4e DnD had a tiny gelatinous cube as a familiar option. They were fanatastic haha. They could eat 1lb of matter per round if you just kind of put them up against it, which led to some great stuff like slowly pushing your tiny hand sized cube into the hinge or lock of a door to "unlock" it.
MrRhexx: Makes videos too good for this world. *Covid 19 happens*. MrRhexx: is himself too good for this world.
It's my headcanon in dnd that all slimes are actually super friendly and try to be affectionate to the humanoids they meet but because of their acidic properties they accidentally hurt them and have developed a undeserved reputation because of this.
It's true. I want to have his babiesxx
I really like the cameo the cube made in Onward.
you a damn good guy, appreciative all the work and enthusiasm on the vids, best of luck and keep it up
Excellent research on this one! Fully approve.
I kind of really like this mix between your bestiary and Music for Manatees. Really! Thanks for keeping up this!
Cheers man, stay safe and thanks for the awesome vids
My friend that was a bang up way to handle that money situation. Keep fighting the good fight.
I love how TSR/Wizards always gave a reason why some Dungeons aren’t always dirty. Very smart reason!
reminds me of a game where a group of fairy dragons/pseudo dragons crafted a den inside a cube they directed with a magical fire. was super annoying to fight but a very fun fight. (already crafting it into my scenario)
5:50 - I completly forgot that the GCP crew fought a Gelatinous Cube.
Good ol' Baron just shooting stuff as always.
This was art I did for the show representing that encounter. It’s too bad he doesn’t credit the art in the videos,
@@rqatkins I'm not sure how MrRhexx does it exactly, but I suspect he just simply googles something like "Gelatinous Cube" - in this case - and than goes on a Pintrest/Imgur/Reddit art hunt. That's how I would do it.
It's not really fair to the artists but sadly most of the time the places they have artwork reuploaded also rarely mention the source.
But anyway, it's a splendid job you did on this art (and all the other GCP art). I also didn't expect the original artists to pop-up in the comments. 😀
Thank you for all your videos! They're one of the high points of my days and they inspire me so much. The way you present the information so concisely is just awesome.
I have one request... can you do a Gelatinous Cubes 2? I feel like there was more you could go into about them lol... I saw @Erick Christensen leave a comment about how there's a sentient cube!? I need all cube facts! I need more information about the details of cube wrangling!
I really know everything I know about dnd from you! manuals. they are great, but I don't choose to have such a good and conscious dnd without you! I only miss one more race, about which the whole Internet only repeats the same phrases. I'd love to see your Tritons analysis. I am begging
Great subject for the deep dive treatment. The heat thing really makes them more interesting.
Imagine what a clever (and careful) party with Mold Earth could do with one of these following them through the dungeon "guarding" their flank and stopped by quick mold earth curbs when needed.
Good Stuff! Glad to hear you're doing good.
Love to see you team up with AJ Pickett on some DnD lore. You're My top 2 Dnd streamers
This is the second best comment in this thread. Good stuff!
I recommend Gelatinous Cubes lightly simmered with carrots, potatoes, onions and sausages. Very rich in protein and sometimes fiber for some reason.
Thanks MrRhexx, for supporting charity during this crisis and for making lore videos which I can listen to again and again while isolating.
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS! I was literally reading about these monsters yesterday:)
Feeding America is always a good charity to go to. I think that you donating is amazing and just shows why you are one of my favorite UA-camrs. Stay safe.
Thank you on ten great effort Mr. Rhexx!
Thank you so much for the work you do!
I already knew enough information about these cubes, but I scrolled through your video to see all of the cube pictures you had acquired.
Great video as always 👍
Man, I adore these lore videos, best on the net, keep it up!
Oh, and cover Gnolls at some point will ya, I have questions!
(I'm not going to bother spelling them out as your videos always anser all the questions)
Really love your videos, MrRhexx! I've started annoying my DnD groups with all the stuff I've learned thanks to watching you. I'm curious if at some point you'll do more of the player races, such as Tabaxi or Aarakocra? Looking forward to you next video regardless!
Coolness, I was wondering when we’d hear from you. Glad you & your family are doing okay. Also MrRhexx I am supporting you on Patreon, I think for the $25 tier, & I haven’t heard my name yet. Is it based on the full month, cause I did this in kinda the middle of the month. Ether way it’s a good video and keep it up.
Rip medi-ogre at best
Wow thx for information I was always curious about the mysterious jello!
CLASSIC cube boi, the unofficial face of fantasy role playing for me
Glad to hear you and yours are okay. Stay safe and healthy.
You are my hero, keep it up man
"This is different from the earlier versions, and therefor wrong"
Make sure you pass those con saves Rhexx!
FINALLY GOD IVE BEEN WAITING LITERALLY MONTHS FOR THIS
6:30 I'm sorry, WHAT? Warlocks can have a Gelatinous Cube as their patron?!
Whaaaaatt
Eldritch *Glorp* ?
Fascinating. More than I ever knew I wanted to know about GC’s
Much luv my dude
I once gave a party a mini gelatinous cube and it would jiggle when happy.
I never knew there was so much to them this made them way more interesting and makes me wonder what would happen if one had a much higher INT
I remember one campaign my party and I created a dungeon with a few of these guys. We would put a bounty out saying something or rather was stolen and lied in the dungeon. There was a trap, after getting half way in a gelatinous cube was released near the entrance and wiped out all the npc adventurers and leaving behind their gear. We of course collected it, kept the good stuff and sold off the extra which is how we kept a good bounty for attracting new adventurers.
To reset the trap we froze then levitated the cube back into place.
I think the acid damage on the attack was put there to remove what was basically just another save or die effect. Which there were a LOT of save or die stuff in previous editions. Yes, 5e was made quite a bit easier then previous editions but personally I feel that that isn't something to purely think of as a flaw. From a storytelling perspective, not having as much save or die stuff is great.
Awesome video. Coming into 5e It wasn’t likely to ever learn this
I'm gonna make an OC after Mr. Rhexx. A monster hunter that knows everything... ESPECIALLY THE REPRODUCTION
Great video!
lol now I need to homebrew a cube of some sort that fires sodapods in a restaurant setting
Man this channel is awesome
in the world of D&D, Jell-O always has room for you
After a terrible day, nothing makes it better than giant cubes of slime
Thank you brother for your videos
you really are a great person, you bring me to feel sad and hopefull in your video
Your Channel is amazing Man, would you give a thought to make a high forest video, you give a great lore hint for the stars mountains with inferno, it will be great to know more about the largest forest of the sword coast.
Sooooo excited!!!