Gelatinous cube

Not to be confused with the Gelatinous Cubeling familiar.

Gelatinous cube
Monster ID	532
Locations	The Haiku Dungeon
Hit Points	6
Attack	3
Defense	2
No-Hit	13
Initiative	50
Meat	20-30
Phylum	slime
Elements	None
Resistance	None
Monster Parts	corner, side
Drops	Orcish meat locker, rusty metal ring, rusty metal shaft
Manuel Entry
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	This 10 by 10 room is exactly the right size: gelatinous cube.
A huge gleaming cube the length and height of the hall squishes toward you.

Hit Message(s):

It absorbs your skull. You grab it, shove it back in. It's really painful!

Critical Hit Message:

Squashed beneath the cube you pray for death's sweet release but it never comes.

(CRITICAL HIT!)

Miss Message(s):

It lurches at you, but you deftly leap aside, and out of harm's way..

Its attack attempt is unsophisticated stupid, rube-ish cube.

It rolls toward you, but you duck down a side hall and don't get crushed/wet.

A wet pseudopod arches out and hits the wall just behind your throat.

Fumble Message:

The cube slides forward misses by a country mile Whew! what a relief!

(FUMBLE!)

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After Combat

You gain 20-30 Meat (average: 25, stdev: 2.42)*

Orcish meat locker was once your foe's, is now yours. Beaters-up, keepers.

(25% chance*)

rusty metal ring was once your foe's, is now yours. Beaters-up, keepers.

(25% chance*)

Near you on the ground is a rusty metal shaft. You hork it and jet.

(25% chance*)

You gain 3 <substat>.

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Occurs at The Haiku Dungeon.

Notes

• There exists a familiar version of this enemy.
• The orcish meat locker, rusty metal ring, and rusty metal shaft are conditional drops that will not drop if you already have one of them in your inventory. For example, if you have just a rusty metal shaft in your inventory, then the locker and ring may still drop, but the shaft cannot.

References

• The name of this monster is a reference to the Dungeons & Dragons monster of the same name. Just as in Dungeons & Dragons, the monster is described as being ten feet by ten feet.
• The miss message about a "rube-ish cube" is a reference to the Rubik's Cube.
• The introductory haiku refers to the skateboarding movie "Gleaming the Cube."