Hexmage-EN
Legend
It is mentioned, described, and even illustrated in the DMG, you know.
Whoops, forgot about that. Nevermind!
It is mentioned, described, and even illustrated in the DMG, you know.
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It is fluff, nothing more. It is fictional facts written about a fictional creature that does nothing. It does not change how a combat round is run, it does not change how damage happens. It changes the physical appearance of a creature that less than 1% of players care about and about as few DMs planned on using in a campaign.
Dont like it and want to stay "official"? Then set your campaign 6 months, 6 years, 6 decades before the blob form curse ended. You are sill "official" for what that is worth.
On the contrary, "lore" is just fluff, ephemeral stuff that is made up and changeable, and yet we get books like this anyways. New ideas for use and repurposing by individual DMs, amidst the hard crunch, is good fuel for use at the table. There is no hard Canon or precedent, other than what fluff EotC will entertain at the moment.
When you "do something" with a mystery, it becomes less, well, mysterious.If they didn't ever *do* anything with that mystrey in the canon …