Gelatinous Template... reprinted or renamed or even converted?

[magnusmalkus]

I'm starting to think I'm loosing it. Wasn't the Gelatinous Template from Savage Species (a 3.0 template) updated to 3.5 in another, later supplement?

I coulda swore the template appeared in Dungeonscape, or maybe it was one of the 4 extra Monster Manuals...

At any rate, no internet search turns up any clue. I'm thinking maybe it's name was changed and that's why I'm not seeing in on any index or internet search. Anyone have a clue?

Or maybe someone could suggest a conversion? The old template says the creature gains a secondary slam attack with damage based on size... what is a secondary attack? Is that like an alternate attack or is it an extra attack it takes in addition to the base creatures usual natural attacks in a turn? Is the attack done with the full base attack bonus? Which of it's special abilities gets subsumed under the 3.5's rules regarding 'ooze traits'.

When I try to convert it, it does not seem worthy of the +2 CR adjustment. Who thinks it should be lowered or maybe there are ooze like abilities that could be added to make it worth the +2 CR?

Thanks for your time and attention, folks.

 

[Echohawk]

I don't think you are losing it. I indexed every D&D creature from official sources through to the end of 3.5, and that template was not republished with the same name. There's a small chance that it was reprinted with a name change and I missed it, but I think that's unlikely -- the template is unusual enough that I'd probably have noticed a new version with a different name.

 

[the Jester]

I'm starting to think I'm loosing it. Wasn't the Gelatinous Template from Savage Species (a 3.0 template) updated to 3.5 in another, later supplement?

Not that I am aware of; however, I have a vague memory of a 3.5 adventure in Dungeon Magazine using it at one point, so it might've gotten an update there. However, I'm pretty sure it was an 'invisible' update, i.e. one that didn't reprint the whole template so much as just use the updated version.

 

[magnusmalkus]

Probably confused...

I think i'm getting myself confused with the Mummified Creature template which was first introduced in Savage Species and then later reprinted (and possibly converted) in Libris Mortis.

Ah well... I'll just convert it as I see fit.

Thanks folks!