Cold (Goo Ball)
Summary
Cold is a blob-like creature with cold-producing abilities encountered by the party in the campaign. The goo ball was acquired by the party after diffusing a potentially dangerous situation and claiming it as a companion. In Session 5, Cold demonstrates remarkable abilities including dissolving organic materials, reconstructing food items, and maintaining some form of wifi connection. The creature's cold production varies based on its emotional state, with intense cold fields being a fear response and milder temperatures indicating calm and comfort.
Cold travels with the party by rolling along the road behind their cart. The party actively experiments with the goo ball to understand its properties, emotional states, and potential uses.
Appearance
Cold manifests as a mysterious blob capable of changing its physical form. When calm, it can slink down into an almost puddly form. The goo ball can extend pseudopods from its mass to interact with objects in its environment. It rolls along surfaces for locomotion, moving behind the party's cart as they travel. The creature produces a visible field of cold that varies in intensity based on its emotional state.
History
Session 5
In Session 5, Cold has been with the party for approximately a day and a half. The GM notes that the goo ball is rolling along the road behind the party's cart as they travel.
During this session, the party observes that Cold has produced a much less intense field of cold compared to when they first encountered it. The party develops the understanding that the amount of cold the goo ball was producing when they found it was directly related to it being afraid. Sucks compares this behavior to a mood ring, noting the correlation between the creature's emotional state and its temperature output.
The party conducts experiments to better understand Cold's abilities. In one test, they fill a wooden cup with water from a nearby pond and place it near the goo ball. Cold responds by slinking down into its puddly form, reaching forward with a pseudopod, and dissolving the cup into its mass, spilling the water in the process.
Previous to Session 5, Cold demonstrated its ability to reproduce foods after observing them. The creature had previously reproduced apples after seeing Sucks eat one.
Key Attributes
- Cold Production: Generates a field of cold that varies in intensity based on emotional state—intense cold when afraid, milder cold when calm and comfortable
- Material Dissolution: Can dissolve organic materials such as wood, breaking them down into its mass using pseudopods
- Food Reconstruction: Has demonstrated the ability to reproduce food items, including apples, after observing them being consumed
- Shape-Shifting: Can transition between blob form and puddly form, and can extend pseudopods for interaction
- Wifi Connection: Possesses some form of wifi connection, though the nature and purpose of this ability remains unclear
- Locomotion: Moves by rolling along surfaces
- Emotional Responsiveness: Reacts to its environment and treatment with measurable changes in temperature output