tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post5992313623801112348..comments2024-03-26T22:17:42.458-04:00Comments on Semper Initiativus Unum: Slime MoldsWayne Rossihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11347401495298367324noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-31450368848028159632014-07-30T20:04:04.832-04:002014-07-30T20:04:04.832-04:00Ha! Great catch, Geoffrey, and it's fun that i...Ha! Great catch, Geoffrey, and it's fun that it was touched upon so long ago. The forms are interesting, if mid-1980s AD&D picky in terms of rules, and I don't think HP model slime molds well.Wayne R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04118962136054206381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-30116491045896487172014-07-30T19:41:29.214-04:002014-07-30T19:41:29.214-04:00Nice! Thanks for sharing this.Nice! Thanks for sharing this.Wayne R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04118962136054206381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-69316046251726830232014-07-30T19:37:01.369-04:002014-07-30T19:37:01.369-04:00I don't have HD on there. I like Scott's i...I don't have HD on there. I like Scott's idea: roll D10 for HD!Lumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09490249051095856396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-86984429338791787812014-07-30T19:36:38.764-04:002014-07-30T19:36:38.764-04:00"SLIME MOLDS: These creatures are so bizarre ..."SLIME MOLDS: These creatures are so bizarre that it seems as though they evolved specifically to be used in AD&D games."<br />--Kent Colbath in p. 34 of Dragon #111 (July 1986)Geoffrey McKinneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00042661843714609025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-21248645160611816662014-07-30T19:31:21.551-04:002014-07-30T19:31:21.551-04:00Whoops! Try:
http://www.mediafire.com/?3ydq4daeq4y...Whoops! Try:<br />http://www.mediafire.com/?3ydq4daeq4ygw4oLumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09490249051095856396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-15439072999486251392014-07-30T15:59:23.354-04:002014-07-30T15:59:23.354-04:00It sounds excellent, but unfortunately I'm not...It sounds excellent, but unfortunately I'm not able to download the file at that link. I just get a Mediafire error.Wayne R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04118962136054206381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-73374753920113518582014-07-30T15:57:48.377-04:002014-07-30T15:57:48.377-04:00 I made a set of tables to randomly generate slime... I made a set of tables to randomly generate slimes molds and jellies. They are great for the reasons you describe, and I like the idea of looking at actual slimes and molds for inspiration. Truth is stranger than fiction!<br />http://builtbygodslongforgotten.blogspot.com/2011/10/slimes-molds-and-jellies.html?m=1Lumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09490249051095856396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-57531718750218939962014-07-30T14:13:28.580-04:002014-07-30T14:13:28.580-04:00Here's something: most of them have 1 or 2 HD....Here's something: most of them have 1 or 2 HD. The pudding is like 10 HD. The Cube is like 4-6. I don't have it in front of me. <br /><br />My take: there ought to be monsters of this type which are at each hit dice base from 1-10. There's your challenge, go play Scott Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067161332003628237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5377543525075660166.post-85226923793551584022014-07-30T13:39:56.952-04:002014-07-30T13:39:56.952-04:00There is something weirdly inhuman, almost Lovecra...<i>There is something weirdly inhuman, almost Lovecraftian, about the way that slime molds spread ooze-like from place to place and are totally immune to most of the things that PCs would use to destroy monsters.</i><br />You hit it.<br />Back in the days , when Tolkien and Arthurian romances where the only exposure I had with Fantasy, I tended to disregard the molds & oozes as rather "out of tone" monsters that I would feel ashamed to use as a DM (not to say anything about the gelatinous cube!). <br />But after reading Lovecraft and the description of a Shoggoth in the tunnel of the <i>Montains of madness</i>, I earned a new respect for these things... porphyre77https://www.blogger.com/profile/07620350717226228078noreply@blogger.com