Even if you are not in the camp that says all monsters should be unique, it can be a challenge to find or create monsters that savvy players can't just easily metagame their way through. To help alleviate this challenge I created this chart that allows a DM to quickly create a remixed version of the slimes molds and jellies of classic fantasy adventure gaming. This chart can be used on the fly or when preparing a dungeon. Personally I think it works best when used to generate an ooze or two to give various rooms or regions in a dungeon a specific flavor.
Please download and let me know if you use it:
Slimes, Molds & Jellies!
Not using it yet, but I'm planning on it. I've got one level devoted to slime and they're on random encounters in other levels.
ReplyDeleteBest part of the table:
Roll again and it's luminescent.
Wow, a 20% chance that a slime will be intelligent!
Question - how would you define the difference between a pudding and an ooze?
Great! glad to hear it. As far as the difference between a pudding and ooze I'm tempted to go back to the old monster manual and give each type a base number appearing and size based on that, but on second thought I think it's better to just suggest that oozes are nasty bubbly things that get all over the place even without independent movement, while a pudding is maybe a little larger and forms into a single blob with more surface tension.
ReplyDeleteI know this is an older post, but the link doesn't seem to be working :(
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DeleteThanks for asking, it's fixed now. There's also a link over on the right under Free Loot.