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MUSTARD JELLY |
Large Ooze |
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Hit Dice: 7d10+29 (67 hp) |
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Initiative: -5 (Dex) |
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Speed: 10 ft |
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AC: 4 (-1 size, -5 Dex) |
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Attacks: Slam +6 melee |
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Damage: Slam 2d4+3 and 1d4 acid |
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Face/Reach: 5 ft by 10 ft/10 ft |
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Special Attacks: Improved grab, acid, poisonous aura, constrict 2d4+3 and 1d4 acid |
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Special Qualities: Damage reduction 10/+1, blindsight, SR 13, cold immunity, split, ooze |
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Saves: Fort +4, Ref -3, Will -3 |
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Abilities: Str 15, Dex 1, Con 15, Int –, Wis 1, Cha 1 |
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Climate/Terrain: Any marsh and underground |
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Organization: Solitary |
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Treasure: None |
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Alignment: Always neutral |
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Advancement: 8-10 HD (Large); 11-21 HD (Huge) |
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The mustard jelly, thought to be related to the ochre jelly, however it is far more dangerous, is a large, amorphous ooze. The only clue to its presence is a faint odor (that can be detected at 20 feet) not unlike that of blooming mustard plants. That and its translucent yellowish-brown color give it its name. |
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Unlike other oozes, the mustard jelly cannot climb walls or stick to ceilings. |
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COMBAT |
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A mustard jelly attacks by forming a pseudopod of its acidic substance and striking with it. |
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Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, the mustard jelly must hit with its slam attack. If it gets a hold, it can constrict. |
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Constrict (Ex): A mustard jelly deals automatic slam and acid damage with a successful grapple check. |
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Acid (Ex): A mustard jelly secretes a digestive acid that dissolves only flesh and wood. Any melee hit deals acid damage. |
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Poisonous Aura (Ex): 10-foot radius, affected as by slow spell as cast by a 12th-level sorcerer, Fortitude negates DC 15. The save must be made each round a creature is within range. |
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Split (Ex): Weapon and electricity attacks deal no damage to a mustard jelly. Instead the creature splits into two identical jellies, each with half the original’s hit points (round down). A jelly with only 1 hit point cannot be further split. |
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Ooze: Immune to mind-influencing effects, poison, sleep, paralysis, stunning, and polymorphing. Not subject to critical hits. |
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The Mustard Jelly first appeared in the 1e MM (Gary Gygax, 1977). |