How to kill a black pudding

[ConcreteBuddha]

Acid is a liquid you can buy in the PHB that does damage.

(pH has nothing to do with it. Also, elements [the real world definition] do not exist, nor does hydrogen or oxygen.)

I don't allow science in my games. I've been tainted by Spelljammer, where galleons have their own localized atmospheres while in space.

 

[Zephalon]

BTW the game designer gave the fiendish black pudding n intelligence score of 3.

Heres my try on different size oozes (through splitting):

Assumptions:

1. First I assume that splitting an black pudding halves the HD and lowers the size category by one.

2. For size reduction effects, I reverse the rules for size increase (DMG p.12).

3. I consider the puddings feats to be a part of the creature as oozes don't get feats or skills per HD (DMG p.13).

4. It's slam damage bonus is 1.5 times Str bonus (DMG p.7)

5. Oozes have bonus hit points depending on their size per DMG p. 6

6. Damage dice reduction as per DMG p.13

7. As it's not clear how many HD a halved 5HD ooze should have, i rounded up. The ooze looses a lot of hp when dropping in size, so these "bonus" HD just make up for it.


"normal" Black Pudding:

- Huge, Face/Reach 5ft*20ft/10ft, HD 10d10+60 (+40 Con, +20 size), hp 115, base attack +7, Str 17, Dex 1, Con 19, AC 3 (-5 Dex, -2 size), slam +8 (+7 base -2 size +3 Str), damage 2d6+4 slam + 2d6 acid, Fort +7, Ref -2 Will -2

- Large, Face/Reach 5ft*10ft/10ft, HD 5d10+25 (+10 Con, +15 size), hp 52, base attack +3, Str 9, Dex 3, Con 14, AC 5 (-4 Dex, -1 size), slam +1 (+3 base -1 size -1 Str), damage 1d8-1 slam + 1d8 acid, Fort +4, Ref -3 Will -4

- Medium, Face/Reach 5ft*5ft/5ft, HD 3d10+10 (+0 Con, +10 size), hp 26, base attack +2, Str 1, Dex 5, Con 10, AC 7 (-3 Dex), slam -3 (+2 base -5 Str), damage 1 slam + 1d6 acid, Fort +1, Ref -2 Will -4

- Small, Face/Reach 5ft*5ft/5ft, HD 2d10+3 (-2 Con, +5 size), hp 14, base attack +1, Str 1, Dex 7, Con 8, AC 9 (-2 Dex, +1 size), slam -3 (+1 base -5 Str +1 size), damage 1 slam + 1d4 acid, Fort -1, Ref -2 Will -5

- Tiny, Face/Reach 0.5ft*0.5ft/5ft, HD 1d10-1 (-1 Con), hp 4, base attack +0, Str 1, Dex 9, Con 8, AC 11 (-1 Dex, +2 size), acid -3 (+0 base -5 Str +2 size), damage 1d3 acid, Fort -1, Ref -1 Will -5

All sizes retain their normal black pudding abilities and immunities.

 

[Celtavian]

Re

Zephalon,

That table looks pretty good. Let me know how the encounter plays out and if you don't mind, I might use your Pudding Split stats for my own campaign.

 

[Zephalon]

Re: Re

Zephalon,

That table looks pretty good. Let me know how the encounter plays out and if you don't mind, I might use your Pudding Split stats for my own campaign.

You are welcome. This might work, but perhaps it changes the Challenge Rating of this monster. The splitted halves really lose a lot of power. I hope it's not too easy now.

When I figured out the stats, I noticed that the monsters don't really conform to the size increase rules (increased Con, Str, natural AC, decreased Dex).

Perhaps WOTC should have made size more of a direct modifier for damage, hp, AC than a bonus to Str, Con, AC...