Black Pudding (5e24)

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 5th edition (2024)

SRD 5.2 • CC-BY

 SRD 5.2 

DnD Black Pudding
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Black Pudding
Large Ooze, Unaligned
AC: 7Initiative: -3 (7)
HP: 68 (8d10+24)
Speed: 20 ft., Climb 20 ft.
Mod Save   Mod Save   Mod Save Str 16 +3 +3   Dex 5 -3 -3   Con 16 +3 +3   Int 1 -5 -5   Wis 6 -2 -2   Cha 1 -5 -5
Immunities: Acid, Cold, Lightning, Slashing; Charmed, Deafened, Exhaustion, Frightened, Grappled, Prone, Restrained
Senses: Blindsight 60 ft., Passive Perception 8
Languages: —
CR: 4 (XP 1,100; PB +2)
Traits Amorphous. The pudding can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch without expending extra movement to do so. Corrosive Form. A creature that hits the pudding with a melee attack roll takes 4 (1d8) Acid damage. Nonmagical ammunition is destroyed immediately after hitting the pudding and dealing any damage. Any nonmagical weapon takes a cumulative −1 penalty to attack rolls immediately after dealing damage to the pudding and coming into contact with it. The weapon is destroyed if the penalty reaches −5. The penalty can be removed by casting the Mending spell on the weapon. In 1 minute, the pudding can eat through 2 feet of nonmagical wood or metal. Spider Climb. The pudding can climb difficult surfaces, including along ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.  Actions Dissolving Pseudopod. Melee Attack Roll: +5, reach 10 ft. Hit: 17 (4d6+3) Acid damage. Nonmagical armor worn by the target takes a −1 penalty to the AC it offers. The armor is destroyed if the penalty reduces its AC to 10. The penalty can be removed by casting the Mending spell on the armor.  Reactions Split. Trigger: While the pudding is Large or Medium and has 10+ Hit Points, it becomes Bloodied or is subjected to Lightning or Slashing damage. Response: The pudding splits into two new Black Puddings. Each new pudding is one size smaller than the original pudding and acts on its Initiative. The original pudding’s Hit Points are divided evenly between the new puddings (round down).
+  Additional Properties Habitat: Underdark|}}

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Unofficial Description: Black corrosive ooze.

Found in Adventures

• Against the Giants
• Broken Mirrors
• Curse of Strahd
• Dead in Thay
• In the Mists of Manivarsha
• Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
• Out of the Abyss
• Pharaoh
• Princes of the Apocalypse
• Quests from the Infinite Staircase
• The Lost City
• The Will of Orcus
• What Wakes Below
• White Plume Mountain

Sources and Notes

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