Black Pudding

Large

Ooze

Unaligned

7

85 (10d10 +30)

4m, climb 4m

16 (+3)

5 (-3)

16 (+3)

1 (-5)

6 (-2)

1 (-5)

Acid, Cold, Lightning, Slashing

Blinded, Charmed, Deafened, Exhaustion, Frightened, Prone

Blindsight 12m (Blind Beyond This Radius), passive Perception 8

4 (1,100 XP)

The pudding can move through a space as narrow as 2cm wide without squeezing.

A creature that touches the pudding or hits it with a melee attack while within 1m 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 5cm thick, nonmagical wood or metal in 1 round.

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

Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 1m, one target. Hit: (1d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage plus (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

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.