Illustration Xan Drake

Black Pudding

System Reference Document 5.1
Challenge 4
(1,100 XP)
Robinloft Estimated CR 5
Large ooze, unaligned
Armor Class 7
Hit Points 85 (10d10+30)
Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft.
STR
16 (+3)
DEX
5 (-3)
CON
16 (+3)
INT
1 (-5)
WIS
6 (-2)
CHA
1 (-5)
Saving Throws
Skills
Damage Immunities slashing, acid, cold, lightning
Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, prone
Senses blindsight 60 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 8
Languages
Environments underdark
Amorphous.

The pudding can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.

Corrosive Form.

A creature that touches the pudding or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 4 (1d8) acid damage. Any nonmagical weapon made of metal or wood that hits the pudding corrodes. After dealing damage, the weapon takes a permanent and cumulative -1 penalty to damage rolls. If its penalty drops to -5, the weapon is destroyed. Nonmagical ammunition made of metal or wood that hits the pudding is destroyed after dealing damage. The pudding can eat through 2-inch-thick, nonmagical wood or metal in 1 round.

Spider Climb.

The pudding can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.

Actions

Pseudopod. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage plus 18 (4d8) acid damage. In addition, nonmagical armor worn by the target is partly dissolved and takes a permanent and cumulative -1 penalty to the AC it offers. The armor is destroyed if the penalty reduces its AC to 10.

Reactions

Split. When a pudding that is Medium or larger is subjected to lightning or slashing damage, it splits into two new puddings if it has at least 10 hit points. Each new pudding has hit points equal to half the original pudding’s, rounded down. New puddings are one size smaller than the original pudding.

Oozes

Oozes, sometimes referred to as slimes or jellies, describe creatures that resemble that of an amorphous blob. These blobs can come in different shapes and forms—such as a more stable cube or more liquid puddle-like slithering creature—that inform an adventurer on the unique properties and dangers that ooze can pose. Even a difference in color can be indicative of a helpful trait.

While oozes may look harmless with their lack of features such as eyes or discernible body parts, they are anything but. Despite their lack of sight they are more than capable of sensing any vibration in their vicinity, thriving in underground environments with echoey chambers and darker spaces that give them an advantage over their prey.

Tactics. An ooze’s main goal is to devour and disintegrate any prey it can find with their acidic bodies. They often lack intelligence and will go after the easiest prey, giving adventurers the room to try and distract an ooze with a meal other than themselves. The job isn’t so simple after that, though, as oozes disintegrate weapons just as well as biological creatures, so adventurers must be wise in how they attack these odd jellies.

Black Pudding

Not yet described

Duplication and Templates

Want to make a new design starting from 'Black Pudding'? Want to apply a template?