| “ | Don't tell me who I am! | „ |
| ~ Miles the Doppelganger to Agnes. |
Miles the Gelatinous Cube (later Miles the Doppelganger) is an antagonist and boss in Tilly's D&D module in Qui Nguyen's play "She Kills Monsters".
In the module, "Miles" is the second boss that Tilly and her party encounter. It functions as one of the Tiamat's Great Guardians, alongside Farrah the Faerie and Vera the Beholder. Tilly based it off of her older sister Agnes's boyfriend, Miles, for whom she held a deep jealousy and dislike. His presence as a monster in the module causes friction between Tilly and Agnes, especially when the Gelatinous Cube turns into a Doppelganger of Miles himself and the party leaves Agnes to fight it alone.
In the Play[]
The shape-shifter first appears in the form of a large Gelatinous Cube when the party reaches the foot of the Mountain of Steepness, and Kaliope introduces its name as "Miles the Gelatinous Cube". The Great Mage Steve suddenly appears and touches the Cube, mistaking it for a Jell-O mold, but it swallows him whole. Agnes begins to argue with Tilly, the creator of the module, about why she would name a flesh-eating monster after Agnes's boyfriend, and she initially refuses to fight it.
After an emotional argument, Agnes finally agrees to fight the monster, as all it has in common with the real Miles is its name. At that, the shape-shifter changes form into a Doppelganger of the actual Miles, mimicking his appearance, voice, and mannerisms. Tilly and the rest of the party decide to sit out the battle and leave it to Agnes, who eventually manages to kill the shape-shifter after a long battle. Even after the boss fight is won, the inclusion of "Miles" as a monster in the module remains as a source of bitterness between Agnes and Tilly.
Personality[]
Very little is shown of the shapeshifter's personality. It doesn't move or speak in its cube form (aside from eating Steve), and when it transforms into Miles, it simply adopts a more aggressive version of his personality.
Trivia[]
- Although the shape-shifter is referred to as both a Gelatinous Cube and a Doppelganger, it bears some notable differences to how those monsters are typically present in D&D.
- Gelatinous Cubes are traditionally transparent, while Miles the Gelatinous Cube is repeatedly described as green and is usually designed as such.
- Doppelgangers are traditionally only able to assume humanoid shapes, while Miles the Doppelganger is able to shape-shift into a Gelatinous Cube.