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Manhattan Sports Club
03-13-2010, 09:00 PM
Alot of oldschool RPGs had a tendency to leave alot to the imagination (Wizardry and Dragon Warrior being such examples) and the idea of how a mere slime goes about killing someone is one of those things I've always pondered. So I ask, how exactly does a slime pull this off?
Shadow Kisuragi
03-13-2010, 09:03 PM
1) Envelope someone's face and gag them.
2) Blunt trauma
3) My personal favorite...enter the body through an open oriface and take control of the body like a parasite/puppet.
mobiusclimber
03-13-2010, 09:05 PM
Or 4) They are acid-based, so burning your face off.
Soviet Conscript
03-13-2010, 09:10 PM
Or 4) They are acid-based, so burning your face off.

that seems to be the most common consensus and is officially backed up by the various dungeons and dragons monster manuals
Arkhan
03-13-2010, 10:52 PM
that seems to be the most common consensus and is officially backed up by the various dungeons and dragons monster manuals

or they are like gelatinous cubes in that they paralyze you, and then suffocate the life out of you and eat your gear.
Policenaut
03-13-2010, 10:56 PM
I consider slimes as poisonous and can have a tremendous effect on the character if attacked by one of those slimes.
exit
03-13-2010, 11:01 PM
According to the movie "The Blob", it absorbs them quite painfully.
Soviet Conscript
03-13-2010, 11:03 PM
or they are like gelatinous cubes in that they paralyze you, and then suffocate the life out of you and eat your gear.

yes, but they are still acidic

i always liked the images of gelatinous cubes with the skeletons in them.
chrisbid
03-13-2010, 11:18 PM
their cuteness causes heart attacks in weak people
shopkins
03-13-2010, 11:22 PM
Yep, I always assumed they were somehow poisonous or hurt you with their touch. When you get better armor or more HP it's not such a big deal, though.
Arkhan
03-14-2010, 01:33 AM
i always liked the images of gelatinous cubes with the skeletons in them.

I prefer the images of my hapless players wandering right into them.

Being a DM rules.

:D
Icarus Moonsight
03-14-2010, 04:38 AM
http://www.cold-moon.com/images/Motivators/GMs/GelatinousCube.jpg
Nico87
03-14-2010, 04:59 AM
You might aswell ask why humans are able to throw fireballs or summon indian godesses.
k8track
03-14-2010, 05:22 AM
Just as jello has hunks of fruit floating around in it, so too does a slime have shrapnel embedded in it, such as razor blades, hypodermic needles, scratch awls, rusty machetes, and even the occasional mechanical pencil.
maxlords
03-14-2010, 09:02 AM
their cuteness causes heart attacks in weak people

Damn...beat me to it :D
jdc
03-14-2010, 10:38 AM
The Baldur's Gate ones simply split and mob you like a one piece roving street gang.
kupomogli
03-14-2010, 11:11 AM
3) My personal favorite...enter the body through an open oriface and take control of the body like a parasite/puppet.

Sometimes the slime will enter every oriface if the character is a female. Doesn't seem to take off much damage.
Jorpho
03-14-2010, 12:10 PM
A better question is, how exactly could a slime dodge, especially if it was asleep?

I can imagine one neatly deforming temporarily such that the attacker's weapon passes through empty space.
skaar
03-14-2010, 01:56 PM
Sometimes the slime will enter every oriface if the character is a female. Doesn't seem to take off much damage.

.....
Arkhan
03-14-2010, 06:57 PM
The Baldur's Gate ones simply split and mob you like a one piece roving street gang.

yeah, those ones are acidic.
Nintega Grafx-16
03-14-2010, 07:44 PM
Jell-O's summons Bill Cosby to force feed you some pudding. As a result you get diabetes.
Arkhan
03-14-2010, 07:49 PM
Jell-O's summons Bill Cosby to force feed you some pudding. As a result you get diabetes.

and then Wilford Brimley shows up and forces you to check your blood sugar

AND CHECK IT OFTEN.
Kiddo
03-14-2010, 11:44 PM
... by depleting your HP?

... ... ...

... durp.

Of course, this also tends to beg questions how to "USE" certain items...
Icarus Moonsight
03-15-2010, 12:05 AM
Cute type Slime could increase their Hero Kill Rates by 1000% by making Kitteh-Gats standard equipment.

http://r.xtarsia.net/roph/img/random/00004z54.gif
SpaceHarrier
03-15-2010, 02:50 PM
Well only young children, the elderly and expectant mothers need be concerned...

but slime flu is still a threat.
jb143
03-15-2010, 04:34 PM
Perhaps by slipping on it and hitting your head on a rock?

Are there any RPG's in which you can kill them by sprinkling them with salt and watch them disgustingly yet satisfyingly disolve and turn inside out?
Arkhan
03-15-2010, 06:40 PM
Perhaps by slipping on it and hitting your head on a rock?

Are there any RPG's in which you can kill them by sprinkling them with salt and watch them disgustingly yet satisfyingly disolve and turn inside out?

no but this reminds me of that game Puggsy for the sega, i always wanted to dump salt on that son of a bitch