#YOLO’S

GUIDE TO MONSTERS
GELATINOUS
HYPERCUBE

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GUIDE TO MONSTERS
GELATINOUS
HYPERCUBE

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 #YOLO’S
GUIDE TO MONSTERS
Preface
When 2CGaming publishes content, it is always
with a strong sense of purpose. We like to solve
problems DMs face or provide new experiences that
can’t be found anywhere else. This is a serious task
that results in (mostly) serious works that we hope
our customers and fans will enjoy. However, we
also like to have fun. A lot of strange and humorous
ideas are proposed in brainstorming, but they never
make it to print. We would like to change that. In
the tradition of the humorous holiday of April 1st,
we have concocted a humble selection of funky and
bizarre monsters for the 5th Edition of your favorite
roleplaying game. Presented by an adventurer of
questionable reputation and dubious wit, please
enjoy our gift to you: #Yolo’s Guide to Monsters.
Life is too short
to be ordinary.
4 – Brother Yolo
Who Is Brother Yolo?
Not all adventurers are awe-inspiring heroes
or dastardly villains. Some are just weird folk
who randomly decided to go out and fight some
monsters. One such weirdo is the man known as
Brother Yolo. Never one to follow the beaten path,
Brother Yolo sought tales of creatures so strange
they sounded outlandish even in a world of fantasy
and magic. Fascinated by stories of such beings,
he journeyed to the strangest corners of the
multiverse in pursuit of the fantasy equivalent of
Sasquatch. Did Brother Yolo succeed? He believes
so. The creatures this eccentric unearthed are
certainly unusual. Most believe the world is better
off not knowing, but Brother Yolo doesn’t care. He
published this guide anyway and wants you to see
it. The truth must be told!
Monster Classifications
Monsters within this booklet are classified into
groups based on their strengths and abilities,
which helps a DM easily understand their roles on
the battlefield. By understanding this system of
classifications, you can craft encounters that deliver
on a specific challenge you want your players to
experience.
Artillery. The artillery classification indicates
ranged combat specialists with abilities that can
harry enemies from afar. Artillery creatures are
vulnerable at close range, relying on allies or
their own evasive abilities to stay out of melee. An
artillery wants to end a fight from afar, keeping its
enemies on the defensive and struggling to find
cover.
Brute. Brutes are brutal melee combatants
specializing in giving out as much punishment as
they take. Free from player interference, a brute
quickly pulverizes vulnerable characters and
dismantles tactical advantages. Brutes can be
counted on to take powerful hits and often do so to
protect vulnerable allies or objectives. A brute seeks
to be the focus of a fight, soaking up punishment
and returning the favor tenfold.
Controller. Controllers may not be the ones who kill
a character, but they certainly make things easier
for their allies. Controllers unleash debilitating
effects that impair or cripple their enemies and
are most effective when paired with more directly
lethal creatures able to capitalize on advantages
the controller provides. A controller wants to secure
victory through tactical superiority, placing itself
and its allies into a winning position that requires
only a final killing blow.
Leader. Leaders are masterful support creatures
that aid allies with healing, magical enhancement,
and other powerful buffs. Leaders rarely possess
significant kill potential, focusing instead on
teamwork and keeping their deadly allies in top
fighting shape. Leaders need at least a few allies to
help, preferring those that help them accomplish
their encounter objectives. In combat, a leader
alleviates harm on its allies, undoing damage with
an efficiency that is nearly impossible to outclass.
Lurker. Master ambushers and assassins, lurkers
strike first and hard. Using evasion and stealth to
achieve their goals, lurkers are slippery foes that
are difficult to lock down and destroy. Because
adventurers travel in groups, most lurkers require
the assistance of other creatures to finish the job. A
lurker seeks to systematically and swiftly eliminate
threats, taking heroes out of commission before
they have a chance to respond.
Favors and Foils
An understanding of a creature’s strengths and
weaknesses is essential to a successful encounter.
Along with a monster’s classification is a short list
of character abilities and features that favor or foil
the monster’s own abilities and features. Use this
information to ensure your encounters challenge
the players in the right ways, giving them a specific
path to victory. Some monsters favor no features,
meaning there are no optimal paths to succeed
against them.
Favors. Which character features,
classes, and abilities perform well
against the monster.
Foils. Which character features,
classes, and abilities perform poorly
against the monster.
5
Gelatinous
Hypercube
The humble ooze family of monsters is filled with
strange and bizarre specimens, but none more so
than the physics-defying gelatinous hypercube. Like
its smaller, more common cousin, the hypercube
is a massive cube of jiggly protoplasm. Its body
shimmers with strange, angular light, dimensional
echoes of its reality-altering powers. The gelatinous
hypercube hungers for brain activity of sentient
minds. With startling speed, the humongous
geometric ooze seeks out prey that displays
intelligence. Its dimension-altering effects are felt
long before one makes direct contact with the ooze.
Proximity to its multicolored form exposes oneself
to the confounding properties of other dimensions,
a sensation few can escape. This dimensional “net”
ensures most prey cannot simply run away and must
battle the cube for survival. Veteran adventurers
have learned to recognize the sickly-sweet smell of
a hypercube, like freshly cooked gelatin with too
much sugar, to avoid more hazardous methods of
determining the cube’s true nature. Whatever its
undoubtedly strange origins, the gelatinous cube
is best left alone lest one join its many victims as a
broken shell.
CLASSIFICATION: Controller
FAVORS: Attacks (Ranged), Damage (Non-psychic),
Intelligence (High); Artificers, Rogues, Wizards
FOILS: Damage Resistance (Physical), Mobility
(High), Teleportaion; Barbarians, Clerics, Paladins
6
Lore
A character can learn the following information about
a gelatinous hypercube with a successful Intelligence
(Arcana) ability check.
DC INFORMATION
A gelatinous hypercube exists in
imperceptible extradimensional space
around itself. You may not be able to see
12 it, but once you share this space you will
undoubtedly feel it. Do not trust your eyes,
and stay away from the cube to avoid
being exposed to its strange properties.
The cube is very sticky. Any creature
or object that touches its surface
may become stuck fast. Removing an
17
unfortunate victim requires terrific
strength, made all the worse by the
cube’s alarming reach.
The extradimensional powers of the
hypercube bamboozle the mind,
preventing one from fleeing by physical or
even magical means. Your only hope is to
22
apply your hopefully vast intelligence to
comprehending the dimensional energies
or slaying the cube. Only then will you be
able to escape.
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THE GELATINOUS HYPERCUBE you pro bab ly fail ed geo me try . Tha nkf ully dealing with the monstrous
If you are like me, then d are
ercube doe s not inv olv e tes ts and pencils. A trusty sword and brilliant min
gelatinous hyp
t sai d, one mu st app roa ch suc h a foe with caution. The ooze somehow
more than adequate. Tha s to
pow er of oth er dim ens ion s, wh ich I am told I require several fancy degree
calls upon the
se “pr ofe sso rs” too , as my las t enc ounter with a gelatinous hypercube
understand. I believe the
still not sur e wh at it did to my brain, but it hurt. A lot.
– Brother Yolo
was con fou ndi ng. I’m
 Gelatinous
Hypercube
Armor Class 5
Hit Points 275 (22d12 + 132)
Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
21 (+5) 1 (−5) 22 (+6) 1 (−5) 8 (−1) 1 (−5)
Saving Throws Str +9, Con +10
Damage Immunities psychic
Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened,
exhaustion, frightened, prone, stunned, unconscious
Senses blindsight 120 ft. (blind beyond this radius),
passive Perception 9
Languages —
Challenge 11 (7,200 XP) Proficiency Bonus +4
TRAITS cube and restrained. An affected creature can attempt
Gelatinous. The ooze’s body is a transparent 15-foot
cube of gelatinous plasm that completely fills its space.
Other creatures can enter the cube’s space and vice
versa as though they were difficult terrain. A creature
that is completely within the cube has total cover from
everything outside the cube, and vice versa.
When a creature makes physical contact with the
cube for the first time on a turn or starts its turn in
contact with the cube, it takes 22 (4d10) psychic
damage as its mind is reaved by the extradimensional
reality of the cube. A creature reduced to 0 hit points
by this damage becomes permanently incapacitated
as its mind is scattered across the dimensions, and it
becomes immune to this trait for as long as it remains
incapacitated. This incapacitation can be ended by an
affected creature receiving the benefits of a heal spell,
greater restoration spell, or similar magic.
Hypercube. A portion of the cube occupies an
imperceptible extradimensional space in a 30-foot cube
centered on it. When a creature makes physical contact
Huge ooze, typically unaligned
with the area for the first time on a turn or starts its turn
there, it must succeed on a DC 17 Intelligence saving
throw or become bamboozled for as long as it remains
within the area. While so bamboozled a creature
cannot leave the affected area by physical or magical
means unless it first uses an action to attempt a DC 17
Intelligence ability check (no associated skill), ending
the effect on a success. Once a creature has succeeded
in this manner, it is immune to this cube’s Hypercube
trait until 24 hours have passed.
Sticky. The cube can climb difficult surfaces, including
upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an
ability check.
Additionally, when a Large or smaller creature or
object makes direct physical contact with the cube’s
body for the first time on a turn, it becomes stuck to the
a DC 17 Strength saving throw, preventing the effect on
a success. A stuck creature or object can be freed by a
creature within reach using an action to attempt a DC
17 Strength (Athletics) check, freeing the creature on a
success.
ACTIONS
Multiattack. The cube makes two Pseudopod attacks
against two different targets.
Pseudopod. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach
30 ft., one creature. Hit: 26 (6d6 + 5) bludgeoning
damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature,
it is subjected to the cube’s Sticky trait.
Dimensional Shift. The cube magically shifts into
another dimension and vanishes, along with anything
stuck to it. At the start of its next turn, the cube and
anything stuck to it reappears in an unoccupied space
within 60 feet of the space from which it vanished.