Quote Originally Posted by willpell View Post
It just seems to me as though a creature which is liquidy enough to be able to Engulf things shouldn't be susceptible to physical damage, like at all. Maybe if you have DBZ power levels, but mostly stabbing an ooze ought to be about as effective as stabbing a lake. Acid and fire and such are "supposed" to be necessary to kill oozes; 3E D&D is one of the few takes on fantasy I've encountered where this doesn't seem to be true.
Ah, so you meant "supposed" from a fluff perspective, not a game design perspective. It's interesting; I wouldn't have considered oozes that fluid, but rather more like a slightly runny clay, a thickened jellyfish, or an enormous bowl of Jell-O™ without the bowl . I suppose it depends on what you're used to, though.