Pudding, Subterranean, Stone [1449]

Climat/Terrain Subterranean
Organisation Solitary
Fréquence Rare
Diète Tout
Cycle d'activité Any
Intelligence 5-7 - Intelligence basse
Trésor Nil
Alignement Neutre Mauvais
Nombres 1 (1-3)
Classe d'armure 4
Mouvement Au sol : 3''
Vol : - Classe de vol :
Nage :
Enfouissement :
Web :
Dés de vie 5
Thac0 15
Nbre d'attaques 1
Dommage / attaques 3-18
Attaques spéciales Moves on ceilings
Défenses spéciales See below
Résistance à la magie 30%
Taille -
L-H (8’+ diam.)
Morale 11-12 - Stable
Valeur en XP 1400 xp

Commentaires : Subterranean puddings are viscous, slimy creatures that resemble massive lumps more than living things. A subterranean pudding is, in fact, a colony of hundreds of living organisms in a single pudding. They have no visible eyes, ears, or mouths; the colony creature’s sensory organs are located on its underside. Subterranean puddings range from gray to deep blue in color and are usually 8 feet in diameter; larger masses indicate multiple puddings, though no more than four puddings are found in any one mass. They always search for food, moving along floors, ceilings, and walls to find prey.
Sages believe all subterranean puddings are magically altered black puddings. Indeed, the two monsters share some standard characteristics. Subterranean puddings take no damage from edged weapons; blunt weapons cause one-quarter normal damage, regardless of any magical bonuses. Such puddings are immune to acid, cold, and poison attacks. Unlike other puddings, they do not divide when attacked. Rather, they divide into two half-sized sections, each with full hit points, when any of the following spells are cast at them: fireball, lightning bolt, flamestrike, flaming sphere, wall of fire, chain lightning, and incendiary cloud.
Combat : Though malleable, this pudding appears rather solid and very sluggish. It is a thick lump that oozes slowly along any surface, preferring to hide on ceilings (from whence it can drop onto its food). It ranges in color from light gray to dark gray – the darker the color, the more recently it has fed. A stone pudding’s secretions are poisonous, and each attack causes 3d6 points of damage. When a pudding kills a victim, it rests upon the dead creature until its body absorbs the flesh. This takes 1-10 rounds. Stone puddings cannot eat metal, wood, leather, and other such objects, which are left behind after they consume their victims.
These puddings, their remains, and their surface secretions can be prepared as poisons and used as ingredients in oil of acid resistance.