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<blockquote data-quote="Greenfield" data-source="post: 6307010" data-attributes="member: 6669384">Green Slime has had an interesting evolution in the various D&amp;D revisions.It's supposed to be a living thing, not an acid or corrosive.&nbsp; With that thought in mind, figure that it eats organics, corrodes inorganics that can be corroded, and leaves natural inorganics alone.As for &quot;What were they going for?&quot;, it's hard to say.&nbsp; Originally it was a monster found in the monster manual.&nbsp; It had hit points, and made attacks.&nbsp; Now it's an &quot;environmental hazard&quot; found in dungeons.Originally (probably through poor planning) it was a death sentence.&nbsp; Once it got on someone it consumed them, turning them into Green Slime in 1 D4 rounds.&nbsp; Cure Disease was the only way to kill it, other than scraping it off or amputating body parts, and the spell took 10 rounds to cast (1 turn per the early rules, when rounds were a minute each and a turn was 10 rounds.)&nbsp; Anyone killed by Green Slime couldn't be brought back, period.&nbsp; (They weren't really dead, just turned to slime, so no variation of Raise Dead was applicable.)2nd Ed reduced the casting time for Cure Disease, eliminating the automatic death penalty.Now it's unclear how it can affect anyone, since nobody will step in it, and it can neither move nor make attacks.I think they were trying to maintain the presence of an old standard, while getting away from the &quot;Zap! You're dead!&quot; aspect.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greenfield, post: 6307010, member: 6669384"] Green Slime has had an interesting evolution in the various D&D revisions. It's supposed to be a living thing, not an acid or corrosive. With that thought in mind, figure that it eats organics, corrodes inorganics that can be corroded, and leaves natural inorganics alone. As for "What were they going for?", it's hard to say. Originally it was a monster found in the monster manual. It had hit points, and made attacks. Now it's an "environmental hazard" found in dungeons. Originally (probably through poor planning) it was a death sentence. Once it got on someone it consumed them, turning them into Green Slime in 1 D4 rounds. [I]Cure Disease[/I] was the only way to kill it, other than scraping it off or amputating body parts, and the spell took 10 rounds to cast (1 turn per the early rules, when rounds were a minute each and a turn was 10 rounds.) Anyone killed by Green Slime couldn't be brought back, period. (They weren't really dead, just turned to slime, so no variation of [I]Raise Dead[/I] was applicable.) 2nd Ed reduced the casting time for [I]Cure Disease[/I], eliminating the automatic death penalty. Now it's unclear how it can affect anyone, since nobody will step in it, and it can neither move nor make attacks. I think they were trying to maintain the presence of an old standard, while getting away from the "Zap! You're dead!" aspect. [/QUOTE]

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