So as a player it would be an unexpected monster - although the surprise might be jarring.

A highly dextrous ooze with great slight of hand? More intelligent and charismatic than many PCs? And faster - 105 ft per round is pretty fast... for an ooze? How do you describe this so players are happy with that - it it intended to challenge their expectations? On the other hand this loses a lot of typical ooze immunities.

AC 70 and 90 HP seems a bit on the high side for a CR 5 monster. Not excessive at all, just above average. Its no earth elemental. Attack and damage seems a little above average as well +7 seems more common than +8 for attacks. Not really an issue for either of these - both within the bounds of what would be normal.

The whole thing kind of looks fine, it just doesn't seem like an Ooze. And the oozemaster's spell list - there is nothing actively wrong with it, I just don't get the fluff behing the cleric spells.


Would you consider describing them as an abberation instead? They typically have higher intelligence, can be a bit amorphous (see gibbering mouther).