Jolly Jelly

This creature appears to be a bright pink ooze speckled with spots of green, yellow, and blue. Scattered across the body of the ooze are small spiracles through which it apparently breathes.

Jolly Jelly (CR 5)

Medium Ooze
Alignment: Neutral
Initiative: -5
Senses: Blindsight 60 feet; Perception -5
Aura: gloom (30 feet, DC 14)

Speed: 30 feet
Space: 5 feet

Defense

Armor Class: 10, touch 5, flat-footed 10 (-5 Dex, +5 natural)
Hit Points: 63 (6d8+36)
Saving Throws: Fort +8, Ref -3, Will -3
Immunity: fire, ooze traits

Offense

Melee: 3 slams +6 (1d6+2)
Reach: 5 feet

Special Attacks: pheromones

Statistics

Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha
14 (+2)	1 (-5)	22 (+6)	-	1 (-5)	12 (+1)

Base Attack Bonus: +4
CMB +6
CMD 11 (can't be tripped)

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Special Abilities

Aura of Gloom (Su)

Any living creature that comes within 30 feet of a jolly jelly must succeed on a DC 14 Will save or take 1d2 points of Charisma damage. A new save must be made each round the creature remains in the area. A creature that takes 6 or more points of Charisma damage from this attack is automatically affected as if by a rage spell (CL 6th) with the exception that it cannot tell friend from foe. The affected creature remains enraged until it moves more than 30 feet away from the jolly jelly. There is no save against the rage effect. This is a mind-affecting effect. The save DC is Charisma-based.

Pheromones (Ex)

Once per day, as a swift action, a jolly jelly can emit a cloud of pheromones containing the distilled essence of the positive emotions the jelly has consumed. This cloud covers a 20-foot-radius burst around the jelly. Living creatures in the cloud must succeed on a DC 19 Fortitude save or be affected as by a hideous laughter spell (CL 6th) for 2d4 rounds. The save DC is Constitution-based.

Ecology

Environment: Temperate Land
Organization: solitary
Treasure: none


Jolly jellies are psychic vampires which feed on positive emotion. The mere presence of a jolly jelly causes living creatures in its vicinity to become dour and petulant. Often the victims of a jolly jelly descend into violence against one another as all traces of happiness and mirth are drained away by the creature. A jolly jelly needs no nourishment other than the emotions it drains from its victims. A jolly jelly can go several months between meals before the effects of starvation are noticed.

Jolly jellies are mostly active during sunrise and sunset, even underground. During daylight hours they are sedentary in their lair which if aboveground is usually under fallen trees or hollowed logs. Underground, jolly jellies dwell in damp caves and caverns.

Jolly jellies vary in size, but a typical specimen is 5 feet across and weighs 100 pounds. A jolly jelly that has recently eaten (usually within the last 4 hours) is flushed with a deeper pink hue than one that hasn't.

Unlike most oozes, a jolly jelly has no acid with which it can attack. Its only means of physical defense are slams from its multi-colored pseudopods. As a last-ditch defense, a jolly jelly can emit a cloud of pheromones containing the mirth it has absorbed from its victims. It is this laughter-inducing cloud that gave the jolly jelly its name.