Stone Pudding

A large blob of grayish, stone colored liquid lies upon the floor.

Stone Pudding (CR 9)

Huge Ooze
Alignment: Neutral
Initiative: -5
Senses: Blindsight 60 feet; Perception -5

Speed: 20 feet (4 squares), Climb 20 feet
Space: 15 feet

Defense

Armor Class: 3, touch 3, flat-footed 3 (-5 Dex, -2 size, +0 natural)
Hit Points: 126 (11d10+126)
Saving Throws: Fort +9, Ref -2, Will -2
Split (fire, 10 hp)
Immunity: fire, mind-affecting effects, ooze traits

Offense

Melee: slam +11 (2d6+3 plus Grab plus 1d6 acid, plus petrifying touch)
Reach: 10 feet

Special Attacks: acid, Constrict (2d6+4 plus 1d6 acid), petrifying touch

Statistics

Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha
17 (+3)	1 (-5)	22 (+6)	-	1 (-5)	1 (-5)

Base Attack Bonus: +8
CMB +13
CMD 18

Feats:

Skills: Climb +11, Stealth -13 (-3 when hiding on stone surfaces)

• Racial Modifiers: +10 Stealth on stone

Languages:

Special Qualities: racial vulnerabilities, Split

Special Abilities

Acid (Ex)

a stone pudding secretes a digestive acid that dissolves organic material and stone, but not metal. Any melee hit or constrict attack deals acid damage. Furthermore, clothing, leather armor, and stone and wooden weapons dissolve upon contact, immediately becoming useless. A DC 21 Reflex saving throw, negates. The save DCs are Constitution-based. The pudding's acidic touch deals 21 points of damage per round to wooden or stone objects (including creatures it has turned to stone), but the pudding must remain in contact with the object for 1 full round to deal this damage.

Petrifying Touch (Su)

a stone pudding's touch attacks turn opponents to stone permanently. Fortitude save DC 21 negates. The save DC is Constitution-based.

Racial Vulnerability (Ex)

a stone pudding is slowed (as by a slow spell) for 3 rounds if stone to flesh is cast on it. The stone pudding does not receive a save against this effect.

Ecology

Environment: Underground
Organization: solitary
Treasure: none


A stone pudding resembles a large blob of liquid, slow-moving stone. A stone pudding spends its time slithering along dungeon passageways feeding on carrion, adventurers, and just about anything else it encounters. It is thought to be a distant relative of the other deadly puddings. Stone puddings are most active at night. During the day they simply lie dormant, almost as if sleeping. They serve no purpose in the Ecology of things and simply spend their time devouring stone and organic materials.

The typical stone pudding appears as a large, oozing gray blob about 16 feet across and from 2 to 4 feet thick. The typical stone pudding weighs in excess of 20,000 pounds. Stone puddings attack by forming a pseudopod and grabbing their prey. Opponents turned to stone are grappled and dissolved by the deadly pudding's acid. Though non-intelligent, a stone pudding often lies in wait, using its coloration to hide itself against a wall or floor of worked stone, before lashing out against an opponent.

Copyright Notice Author Scott Greene.