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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 6368252" data-attributes="member: 57383">Standard Gossamer Working DraftGossamer, StandardDiminutive AberrationHit Dice: 1/4d8 (1 hp)Initiative: –4Speed: Fly 30 ft. (poor)Armor Class: 10 (+4 size, –4 Dex), touch 10, flat-footed 10Base Attack/Grapple: +0/–17Attack: Sting –1 melee (1 acid plus poison)Full Attack: Sting –1 melee (1 acid plus poison)Space/Reach: 1 ft./0 ft. (5 ft. with sting)Special Attacks: Acid, poisonSpecial Qualities: Deliquescence, voidbornSaves: Fort +0, Ref –4, Will +2Abilities: Str 1, Dex 3, Con 11, Int –, Wis 10, Cha 1Skills: —Feats: —Environment: SpaceOrganization: Solitary, fluther (2-20), or shoal (20+)Challenge Rating: 1/8Treasure: NoneAlignment: Always neutralAdvancement: —Level Adjustment: —A jellyfish floats in space, its translucent body glows with cool  colors that flow across its skin in waves. The creature's no larger than  a mundane jellyfish – it's about the size of a halfling's head with  radiating tentacles over a yard long. Gossamers are basically what they appear to be, a relative of jellyfish  that lives in space. They gather in vast shoals which are normally  encountered in asteroid belts and space sargassos, but do sometimes  travel across open space. Their beautiful color display appear to be  some sort of communication with other gossamers in their shoal. A  relaxed gossamer glows green, blue or purple, with the occasional  flicker of yellow or orange. Alarmed gossamers flash bright red and  amber, so whenever something threatens a shoal waves of red and amber  radiate out from the danger point.A gossamer's body is mostly empty space and incredibly fragile. It will  collapse and die under its own weight if it encounters a gravity field  or air envelope stronger than its own. Standard gossamers are scavengers  who mainly live off whatever organic  detritus they can find, although  they will attack other creatures  smaller than themselves.A standard gossamer is 6 inches in diameter and weighs about an ounce. Its stinging tentacles are up to 4 feet long.CombatStandard gossamers only prey on Fine sized creatures, but will sting  Tiny opponents in self defense. They instinctively avoid creatures and  objects that are Small size or larger, since their mere proximity is  fatal to a gossamer (see Voidborn, below). The only way a standard  gossamer is likely to hurt a larger opponent is if the latter  accidentally touches the gossamer's deliquescing corpse.Acid (Ex): A gossamer's acidic enzymes only damage organic materials, such as flesh or leather.Deliquescence (Ex): 1d3 rounds after a gossamer dies, its remains   melt into a foul-smelling  puddle 2½ ft. across. The viscous liquid of   the puddle is corrosive  and  poisonous. Contact with the fluid does 1   point of acid damage and   exposes the touching object to the  gossamer's  poison (see below). The   dangerous properties of the fluid  evaporate  away 1d10+10 rounds after the  creature deliquesced.Poison (Ex): A gossamer's tentacles secrete poisonous enzymes  that can sicken or paralyze on contact. The liquid remains of a recently  dead gossamer are also poisonous, and remain dangerous until 1d10+10 rounds after the creature's Deliquescence (see above).Standard Gossamer poison: Contact (tentacles or body fluid), Fort DC 10, initial damage 1d2 Dex, secondary damage 1 Dex and sickened for 1d3 minutes. The save DC is Constitution-based.Voidborn (Ex): A gossamer can exist comfortably in the  harsh  conditions  of space. It takes no damage from radiation or vacuum.   However, a  gossamer is  exquisitely sensitive to gravity and pressure.  If a gossamer enters the air envelope or gravity field of a creature or  object larger than itself it immediately collapses in on  itself and  dies.In SpelljammerA gossamer collapses if it enters the gravity field or air envelope of anything larger than itself. If you're using the Spelljammer  campaign setting, creatures and objects produce a gravity field  approximately three times wider than their dimensions (e.g. a 2 foot by 3  foot by 6 foot sarcophagus generates a gravity field roughly 4 foot by 9  foot by 18 foot). This gravity field is what retains the creature's air  envelope (if any), so the air envelope will be the same size as the  gravity field. A particularly big object or creature also produces a  gravity well that has a much larger radius. The pull of such gravity  wells is usually too weak to cause gossamers to collapse.For convenience, it may be simpler to assume most creatures have gravity  fields three times wider than their Space, so a Medium size creature  (Space: 5 ft.) has a gravity field 15 ft. wide, a Large creature (Space:  10 ft.) has a gravity field 30 ft. wide, and so on.Gossamer SwarmDiminutive Aberration (Swarm)Hit Dice: 12d8 (54 hp)Initiative: –4Speed: Fly 30 ft. (poor)Armor Class: 10 (+4 size, –4 Dex), touch 10, flat-footed 10Base Attack/Grapple: +9/—Attack: Swarm (3d6 acid plus poison)Full Attack: Swarm (3d6 acid plus poison)Space/Reach: 10 ft./0 ft.Special Attacks: Acid, distraction, poisonSpecial Qualities: Deliquescence, immune to weapon damage, swarm traits, voidbornSaves: Fort +4, Ref +1, Will +8Abilities: Str 1, Dex 3, Con 11, Int –, Wis 10, Cha 1Skills: —Feats: —Environment: SpaceOrganization: Solitary, brood (2-4), or nebula (5-20)Challenge Rating: 5Treasure: NoneAlignment: Always neutralAdvancement: —Level Adjustment: —A pulsating cloud of light formed from a multitude of glowing  jellyfish-like creatures, each the size of a buckler. Ripples of color  spread from one jelly to the next, combining into a beautiful display of  radiance.In rare circumstances, standard gossamers will gather into tightly knit  clouds able to attack to creatures larger than an individual gossamer.  This is a desperate strategy, for a portion of the gossamers will die  every time they attack a creature larger than Diminutive size. Sages  believe that gossamers only swarm to protect their young or to avoid  death from starvation. If a gossamer swarm manages to kill a large prey  item it hovers far enough away that its individual gossamers do not make  contact with its victim and collapse, then slowly picks away at its  meal with the tips of its flesh-corroding tentacles.A gossamer swarm is also sometimes known as a shoal.CombatA gossamer swarm simply flows around its opponents and uses its swarm  attack. It instinctively focuses its attacks on its smallest enemy.Acid (Ex): A gossamer's acidic enzymes only damage organic materials, such as flesh or leather.Deliquescence (Ex): Whenever a gossamer swarm takes  damage, some  of the gossamers in the swarm die and melt into a  foul-smelling   puddle of toxic fluids 5 feet across. Contact with the  fluid does 1d6  point of acid damage and   exposes the touching object to  the gossamer  swarm's poison (see below). If the entire swarm is  destroyed the  resulting puddle is 10 feet across and causes 3d6 acid damage on contact.  The   dangerous  properties of the fluid evaporate away 1d10+10 rounds  after the puddle is  formed.Distraction (Ex): Any living creature that begins its  turn with a gossamer swarm in  its square is nauseated for 1 round; a DC  16 Fortitude save negates the  effect. The save DC is  Constitution-based.Poison (Ex): A gossamer swarm secretes poisonous   enzymes  that can sicken or paralyze on contact. The liquid remains of a   recently  dead gossamer are also poisonous, and remain dangerous until 1d10+10 rounds after the creature's Deliquescence (see above).Gossamer swarm poison: Contact (tentacles or body fluid),  Fort  DC 16, initial damage 1d8 Dex, secondary damage 1d4 Dex and sickened   for 2d6 minutes. The save DC is Constitution-based.Voidborn (Ex): Gossamers can exist comfortably in the  harsh    conditions  of space. They take no damage from radiation or vacuum.     However, gossamers are  exquisitely sensitive to gravity and pressure.If a gossamer swarm enters the air envelope or gravity field of a   creature or  object larger  than Diminutive size, a portion of the  gossamers in the swarm will collapse in on themselves and die. If the  obstacle weighs more than the total mass of the swarm (roughly 300  pounds), the entire swarm is destroyed, otherwise the swarm takes damage  as indicated in the following table.If a gossamer swarm has a space in contact with another gossamer swarm's  space, the connected swarms bolster each other by "sharing" their mass.  Thus, if three gossamer swarms are connected together, it takes an  obstacle weighing more than 900 pounds to collapse one of the swarms  (300 pounds times 3 swarms).[TABLE="class: cms_table, width: 200"] [TR] [TD]Size[/TD] [TD]Damage[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Tiny[/TD] [TD]1d3[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Small[/TD] [TD]1d6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Medium[/TD] [TD]2d6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Large[/TD] [TD]4d6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Huge or bigger[/TD] [TD]8d6[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]     Originally appeared in MC9 Spelljammer Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1991).</blockquote>

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