Thanks to everybody for your input. This seems like an issue that will require a healthy dose of DM discretion, which is fine.
I'd like to extend the original question. What if you're adjacent to another creature that is ALSO adjacent to the cube and attempt a "swap places" maneuver against...
I was a little surprised to discover that the DMG had the lowest page count of the three core books. Moving all of the magic items to the PHB took a big chunk out of its previous size.
Out of what's in there now, I'd call the chapter on building combat encounters critical for any DM. It's a...
I've been playing a few of the encounters from KotS to try and learn the mechanics of 4E. I thought I had a pretty good handle on them until I ran into this situation:
The group was fighting a Gelatinous Cube in a 10' wide hallway. The Warlord's turn came up. Having expired his Daily power...