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<blockquote data-quote="The Souljourner" data-source="post: 1152483" data-attributes="member: 1622">It surprised us in a reasonably small room... the cleric was trapped between it and an antimagic field that we were pretty sure would fry all his equipment (as in permanently) and who knows what else... plus we didn't realize it had so much reach until it grabbed the cleric from 15' away.And the DM said that the pudding couldn't be split by piercing weapons, it wasn't due to an ability, it was just a DM judgement call.Xavim - the rules say it should split.&nbsp; They are there for a reason.&nbsp; Changing that changes the encounter, and in this case, made it a lot more difficult.&nbsp; Having to use slashing weapons means having to attack it in hand to hand, which means you are opening yourself up to being grappled like the cleric.&nbsp; I don't know if the arrows were doing damage or not, it's kinda hard to tell with an ooze.As for how arrows split it.... I'm not assuming that the arrow actually cleaves it in twain.. maybe the pain of the arrow piercing its skin causes it to pull away from the wound, making a split in the thing.&nbsp; I don't know the specifics of how and why an ooze splits, except what it says in the book.&nbsp;&nbsp; And you realize, the standard black pudding is huge to begin with, so what's the difference between a 15' cube and a 20' cube?&nbsp; If the 15' cube can be split with an arrow, why not the 20' cube?Also, the only member of the party who has a bludgeoning weapon was the cleric.It was a disgustingly hard fight... normally 3 above our APL, and there were several factors that made it more difficult than that.-The Souljourner</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The Souljourner, post: 1152483, member: 1622"] It surprised us in a reasonably small room... the cleric was trapped between it and an antimagic field that we were pretty sure would fry all his equipment (as in permanently) and who knows what else... plus we didn't realize it had so much reach until it grabbed the cleric from 15' away. And the DM said that the pudding couldn't be split by piercing weapons, it wasn't due to an ability, it was just a DM judgement call. Xavim - the rules say it should split. They are there for a reason. Changing that changes the encounter, and in this case, made it a lot more difficult. Having to use slashing weapons means having to attack it in hand to hand, which means you are opening yourself up to being grappled like the cleric. I don't know if the arrows were doing damage or not, it's kinda hard to tell with an ooze. As for how arrows split it.... I'm not assuming that the arrow actually cleaves it in twain.. maybe the pain of the arrow piercing its skin causes it to pull away from the wound, making a split in the thing. I don't know the specifics of how and why an ooze splits, except what it says in the book. And you realize, the standard black pudding is huge to begin with, so what's the difference between a 15' cube and a 20' cube? If the 15' cube can be split with an arrow, why not the 20' cube? Also, the only member of the party who has a bludgeoning weapon was the cleric. It was a disgustingly hard fight... normally 3 above our APL, and there were several factors that made it more difficult than that. -The Souljourner [/QUOTE]

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