This entry is extremely WIP right now. Input would be appreciated on how to make the Wallhugger ability less overwhelming for DMs, though.


Deep Sludge

Medium Ooze
Hit Dice: 16d10+80 (168 hp)
Initiative: -4
Speed: Special (see Wallhugger)
Armor Class: 18 (+12 natural, -4 Dex), touch, flat-footed
Base Attack/Grapple: +12/+20
Attack: Tentacle +20 melee (2d6+12 +1d6 acid)
Full Attack: Tentacle +20 melee (2d6+12 +1d6 acid)
Space/Reach: 4 squares (see Wallhugger)/10 ft
Special Attacks: Improved Grab, Caustic Secretion
Special Qualities: Wallhugger, Sticky, DR 10/slashing
Saves: Fort +10, Ref +1, Will +3
Abilities: Str 26, Dex 2, Con 20, Int -, Wis 6, Cha 1
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Environment: Underground caverns
Organization:
Challenge Rating: 9
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Alignment: True Neutral
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Description/background/characteristics

Combat

Wallhugger (Ex): Deep Sludges make their home on walls, floors, and ceilings. They are, rather than the spherical, puddle-like shape of most oozes, completely flat and spread out across a large area. Deep Sludges must maintain contact with a solid surface at all times. When they take a move action, they may reconfigure their entire shape as they move. The new shape must be contiguous (every square adjacent to at least one other occupied square), and no square of the new shape may be more than 30 feet from a square of the old shape.

Caustic Secretion (Ex): Deep sludges constantly exude an extremely acidic substance that acts as a neurotoxin to anything it contacts. Any enemy damaged by a deep sludge's tentacle or constrict attack takes an additional 1d6 acid damage and must make a DC 16 Fortitude save or be stunned for 1d4 rounds. 1d10 doses of this toxin may be harvested from a dead deep sludge (+1d10 per size category above medium), usable as a contact poison worth 150gp per dose.

Sticky (Ex): The substance secreted by deep sludges is not only toxic, but extremely adhesive. A deep sludge may initiate a free grapple attempt against any creature that enters a square it occupies or attacks it with a natural weapon and a free disarm attempt against any manufactured weapon used to strike it.

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