Black Pudding

Adapted From Pudding, Black-d20PFSRD https://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/oozes/pudding-black/

This black, amorphous Ooze

Ooze

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Name

Ooze

Racial_traits

An ooze is an amorphous or mutable creature, usually mindless.

Features

An ooze has the following features.

• d8 Hit Die.
• Base attack bonus equal to 3/4 total Hit Dice (medium progression).
• No good saving throws.
• Skill points equal to 2 + Int modifier (minimum 1) per Hit Die. However, most oozes are mindless and gain no skill points or feats. Oozes do not have any class skills.

Traits

An ooze possesses the following traits (unless otherwise noted in a creature’s entry).

• Mindless: No Intelligence score, and immunity to all mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, phantasms, patterns, and morale effects). An ooze with an Intelligence score loses this trait.
• Blind (but have the blindsight special quality), with immunity to gaze attacks, visual effects, illusions, and other attack forms that rely on sight.
• Immunity to poison, sleep effects, paralysis, polymorph, and stunning.
• Some oozes have the ability to deal acid damage to objects. In such a case, the amount of damage is equal to 10 + 1/2 ooze’s HD + ooze’s Con modifier per full round of contact.
• Not subject to critical hits or flanking. Does not take additional damage from precision-based attacks, such as sneak attack.
• Proficient with its natural weapons only.
• Proficient with no armor.
• Oozes eat and breathe, but do not sleep.

Tags

SRD, Pathfinder, Creature Type

IsShared

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piles upon itself, a quivering mound of midnight sludge that glistens darkly before surging forward.

Basic Information

Genetics and Reproduction

Split

A black pudding reproduces by breaking off a piece of its body and forming a new, smaller black pudding, which grows to full size in 1 month’s time. Slashing and piercing weapons deal no damage to a black pudding. Instead, the creature splits into two identical puddings, each with half of the original’s current hit points (round down). A pudding with 10 hit points or less cannot be further split and dies if reduced to 0 hit points.

Ecology and Habitats

Larger specimens of black puddings have been encountered in the deepest parts of the world, with Gargantuan individuals having up to 30 HD. Other colored puddings are rumored to exist, with white ones living in the arctic, brown ones living in swamps, and tan ones living in deserts.

Dietary Needs and Habits

Acid

A black pudding secretes a digestive acid that dissolves organic material and metal quickly but does not affect stone. Each time a creature suffers damage from a black pudding’s acid, its clothing and armor take the same amount of damage from the acid.

Additional Information

Uses, Products & Exploitation

Some of the more intelligent creatures in the underworld use black puddings as natural garbage disposals, creating stone pits to house the pudding and throwing organic refuse or foes in as needed.

• DC 30 Survival- Immediately after incapacitating a Black Pudding a skilled survivalist may be apple to collect one dose of Black Pubbing Essence in a Glass Vial (20 pp). This essence can be used to make a powerful Psionic cloak.

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

Black puddings are the scavengers of the underworld, constantly on the lookout for a meal. They can sense organic or metallic objects within 60 feet and mindlessly attack such items or beings until they are dissolved or the ooze is killed.

Genetic Ancestor(s)

• Ooze

Scientific Name

sinemente limus nigreos

CR 7

Black Pudding

N H Ooze

Initiative: -5 Senses: blindsight 60 ft.; Perception -5

This black, amorphous blob piles up on itself, a quivering mound of midnight sludge that glistens darkly before surging forward.

Defense

AC: 3, touch 3, flat-footed 3 (–2 size, –5 Dex)

HP: 106 10d8+60

Fortitude: +9 Reflex: -2 Will: -2

Defensive Abilities: split, ooze traits

Offense

Speed: 20 ft., climb 20 ft.

Melee: slam +8 Blugeoning plus Acid plus grab

Special Attacks: Constrict plus acid A black pudding secretes a digestive acid that dissolves organic material and metal quickly, but does not affect stone. Each time a creature suffers damage from a black pudding’s acid, its clothing and armor take the same amount of damage from the acid. A DC 21 Reflex save prevents damage to clothing and armor. A metal or wooden weapon that strikes a black pudding takes 2d6 acid damage unless the weapon’s wielder succeeds on a DC 21 Reflex save. If a black pudding remains in contact with a wooden or metal object for 1 full round, it inflicts 21 points of acid damage (no save) to the object. The save DCs are Constitution-based.
corrosion An opponent that is being constricted by a black pudding suffers a –4 penalty on Reflex saves made to resist acid damage applying to clothing and armor.

Space: 15 ft Reach: 10ft

Statistics

Str 16 , Dex 1 , Con 22 , Int -, Wis 1 , Cha 1 ,

Base Attack: BAB +7 CMB: +12 +16 grapple CMD: 17 27 vs. bull rush, can’t be tripped

Feats: Str 16, Dex 1, Con 22, Int —, Wis 1, Cha 1

Skills: Climb +11

SQ: Split (Ex) Slashing and piercing weapons deal no damage to a black pudding. Instead, the creature splits into two identical puddings, each with half of the original’s current hit points (round down). A pudding with 10 hit points or less cannot be further split and dies if reduced to 0 hit points. Suction (Ex) The black pudding can create powerful suction against any surface as it climbs, allowing it to cling to inverted surfaces with ease. A black pudding can establish or release suction as a swift action, and as long as it is using suction, it moves at half speed. Because of the suction, a black pudding’s CMD score gets a +10 circumstance bonus to resist bull rush, awesome blows, and other attacks and effects that attempt to physically move it from its location.