![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The green slime appeared in the D&D Basic Set (1977, 1981, 1983) and Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991). The green slime first appeared in the original Dungeons & Dragons set (1974). The conception of green slime as an invasive life form that overgrows its victims, as depicted in Dungeons & Dragons, also has roots in science fiction, such as the 1968 film The Green Slime, and horror such as William Hope Hodgson's short story "The Voice In The Night". ![]() Some of these might have been inspired by cavers' contacts with peculiar lifeforms in caves with a high hydrogen sulfide and sulfuric acid content which are even more corrosive than the environments they inhabit, such as the "snottites", "red goo", and "green slime" encountered in the real-world Cueva de Villa Luz. The description of various "genera" and "species" of corrosive mineral oozes encountered by unwary miners underground, that can eat unnoticed through skin and flesh to the bone, date back at least to the works of Georg Agricola. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |