Stabilized Black Pudding

A black pudding can sense nearby motion through vibration and air movement.

A creature that hits the pudding with a metal or wooden weapon must succeed at a DC 22 reflex save or the weapon takes 2d6 acid damage (after dealing damage to the black pudding as normal). Thrown weapons and ammunition take this damage automatically with no save.

Trigger An adjacent creature hits the black pudding jelly with a Strike that would deal slashing or piercing damage Effect A gout of acidic jelly shoots out at the attacker. The attacker must attempt a DC 25 reflex save. Critical Success The attacker is unaffected. Success The attacker takes 1d8 acid damage. Failure The attacker takes 2d8 acid damage. Critical Failure The attacker takes 2d8 acid damage and 4 persistent acid damage.

1d8+7 bludgeoning damage plus 1d6 acid damage, DC 26 fortitude save The monster deals the listed amount of damage to any number of creatures Grabbed or Restrained by it. Each of those creatures can attempt a basic Fortitude save with the listed DC.

When the pudding hits a creature with its pseudopod, any acid damage is dealt to the creature's armor or clothing as well as the creature.

The pudding can climb on ceilings and other inverted surfaces, though such surfaces are difficult terrain for it.

Requirements The monster's last action was a successful Strike that lists Grab in its damage entry, or the monster has a creature Grabbed or Restrained Effect If used after a Strike, the monster attempts to Grapple the creature using the body part it attacked with. This attempt neither applies nor counts toward the creature's multiple attack penalty. The monster can instead use Grab and choose one creature it's grabbing or restraining with an appendage that has Grab to automatically extend that condition to the end of the monster's next turn.