For example, the Mirror Cube reflects all images on its surface. My only complaint is that some of the variant statblocks don’t quite reflect the interesting concepts from their descriptions, and too often fall back on the standard Gelatinous Cube traits. One of my personal favorites is the CR 9 Venus Slime Trap, a combination Roper and Gelatinous Cube that reels in victims to be engulfed while it sticks to the ceiling. Since CR 2 is relatively low tier, one of the common themes is “Gelatinous Cube but harder,” which would describe over 20 of the variants. Delicious.Ĭubes range from CR 1/8 up to CR 20, with the aptly named Gelatinous Cubepocalypse Swarm at the top of the pack, siphoning off swarms of Cubelets while engulfing enemies and reconstituting itself.
The Cube Thrall is controlled by a mind flayer that safely pilots it like vehicle from within - tell me that isn’t a memorable sight! And just imagine the look of grinning horror after unleashing the Incredible Shrinking Cube on a party after it shrinks and escapes with its first victim. The Binary Cubes are divided between a mouth and stomach cube, with an engulfed victim teleporting up to 500 feet into the other cube! The Shock Sphere can deal lightning damage in water, while the Memory Cube changes its pseudopod attack to whatever damage it most recently received. Several of the more interesting oozes create challenging new situations for players, or introduce entirely new ooze symbiotes. I’m also a big fan of the slimy layout that encircles each page. Thankfully each creature includes a lovely piece of original artwork that shows off the colorful variety of oozes, with a healthy dose of humor. Using these modified variants is a wonderful response to metagaming (whether intention or not), especially if you can telegraph how different these new variants look. The Mirror Cube can reflect spells, the Poison Cube inflicts the poisoned condition, the Pyramid can absorb and redirect spells, the Sphere can quickly surge forward, and the Spitting Cube can spit acid. Have a thing against cubes? We’ve got other shapes as well, including bubbles, spheres, pyramids, and even a bouncing dodecahedron!įor most of these new variants, The Cubonomicon takes the CR 2 Gelatinous Cube, with its blindsight, transparent form, and engulfing movement, and adds a single new trait or attack to spice things up. We’ve got portal cubes! Frigid cubes! Blinking shock cubes! Fiery cubes with big floating eyeballs inside! Cubes that transport mind flayers! Big ass cubes! And cute tiny cubes that can form a gargantuan cubepocalypse!
Designed by: Micah Watt, Elise Cretel, Drew Dawes, Kerry Jordan, Paul Siegelĭo you like oozes? Really, really like oozes? The Cubonomoicon provides over 30 new variants of one of the most iconic monsters in Dungeons & Dragons, the Gelatinous Cube.
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