This may be a myth, but someone once told me that Gary Gygax coined the concept of oozes after eating (and detesting) a black pudding someone had made for him. Ochre Jelly, Green Slimes, Gelatinous Cubes and Grey Oozes were all then imagined up to fill the roster.
Okay, why the hell do they call this thing a "pudding?" What are they supposed to do, eat it to death?
and how do they expect to have pudding if they haven’t had their meat??
This may be a myth, but someone once told me that Gary Gygax coined the concept of oozes after eating (and detesting) a black pudding someone had made for him. Ochre Jelly, Green Slimes, Gelatinous Cubes and Grey Oozes were all then imagined up to fill the roster.