Ooze, Suppurating

A sentient pool of blood and protoplasm seeps forward, the thin membrane encasing its form rippling with undulating pustules.

Medium ooze, unaligned

Armor Class 8
Hit Points 30 (4d8 + 12)
Speed 10 ft., climb 10 ft.

STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
16 (+3) 6 (-2) 16 (+3) 1 (-5) 6 (-2) 2 (-4)

Saving Throws Constitution +5
Damage Resistances cold, necrotic, slashing
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities blinded, charmed, deafened, exhaustion, frightened, poisoned, prone
Senses blindsight 60 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive Perception 8
Languages
Challenge 1 (200 XP)

Special Traits

  • Amorphous. The ooze can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing.
  • Ooze Nature. An ooze doesn’t require sleep.
  • Seeping Death. A living creature that touches the ooze or hits it with a melee attack while within 5 feet of it takes 4 (1d8) necrotic damage and must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or contract a disease. At the end of each long rest, the diseased creature must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or its Dexterity score is reduced by 1d4. The reduction lasts until the target finishes a long rest after the disease is cured. If the disease reduces the creature’s Dexterity to 0, the creature dies and its body becomes a suppurating ooze 1d4 hours later. The disease lasts until removed by the lesser restoration spell or other similar magic.
  • Spider Climb. The ooze can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check.

Actions

  • Pseudopod. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage plus 9 (2d8) necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 13 Constitution saving throw or become infected with the seeping death disease (see the Seeping Death trait).

About

Unnatural Antibodies. Suppurating oozes lurk in horrible, disease-ridden places. These semi-transparent accretions of pus and coagulant are borne from the liquefied remains of victims of a disease called the Seeping Death.

Morbid Liquefaction. The contagion spread by the suppurating ooze is a radically advanced form of liquefactive necrosis and helps the ooze slowly digest its fleshy prey.

Variant: Seeping Death Skeleton

Sometimes, the skeletal victim of a suppurating ooze will reanimate, either by the twisted will of a necromancer or the ebb and flow of wild magic. Seeping Death Skeletons are considered CR 2 monsters and gain the following attack:

  • Diseased Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 5 (1d6 + 2) slashing damage plus 9 (2d8) necrotic damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or become infected with the seeping death.
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