b'Black Pudding \n'b'  Family:   Oozes  \n'b'  Large   ooze ,  unaligned  \n'b'  Armor Class  7  Hit Points  85 (10d10 + 30);  Wound Threshold  N/A  Speed  20 ft., climb 20 ft.\n'b' STATS STR: 16 (+3) DEX:  5 (-3)  CON:  16 (+3)  INT:  1 (-5)  WIS:  10 (+0)  CHA:  1 (-5)  \n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'\n'b'  Damage Immunities  acid, cold, lightning, slashing  Condition Immunities   blinded ,  charmed ,  deafened ,  exhaustion ,  frightened ,  prone   Senses  blindsight 60 ft. (blind beyond this radius), passive  Perception  10  Languages  \xe2\x80\x93  Challenge  4 (1,100 XP) \n'b' SPECIAL TRAITS \n'b'\n'b'  Amorphous . The pudding can move through a space as narrow as 1 inch wide without squeezing (see Adventurers, Combat). \n'b'  Corrosive Form . A creature that touches the pudding or hits it with a  melee attack  while within 5 feet of it takes 4 (1d8) acid damage. Any nonmagical weapon made of metal or wood that hits the pudding corrodes. After dealing damage, the weapon takes a permanent and cumulative -1 penalty to  damage rolls . If its penalty drops to -5, the weapon is destroyed. Nonmagical ammunition made of metal or wood that hits the pudding is destroyed after dealing damage. The pudding can eat through 2-inch-thick, nonmagical wood or metal in 1 round. \n'b'  False Appearance . While the pudding remains motionless, it is indistinguishable from a shadowy area. \n'b'  Spider Climb . The pudding can climb difficult surfaces, including upside down on ceilings, without needing to make an ability check. \n'b'\n'b' ACTIONS \n'b'\n'b'  Pseudopod .  Melee Weapon Attack : +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.  Hit : 6 (1d6 + 3) bludgeoning damage plus 18 (4d8) acid damage. In addition, nonmagical armor worn by the target is partly dissolved and takes a permanent and cumulative -1 penalty to the AC it offers. The armor is destroyed if the penalty reduces its AC to 10. \n'b'\n'b' REACTIONS \n'b'\n'b'  Split . When a pudding that is Medium or larger is subjected to lightning or slashing damage, it splits into two new puddings if it has at least 10  hit points . Each new pudding has  hit points  equal to half the original pudding\xe2\x80\x99s, rounded down. New puddings are one  size  smaller than the original pudding. \n'b'\n'b' ABOUT \n'b' Entirely black, made of a substance that barely reflects light, the black pudding hunts stealthily by sticking to the ceiling and dropping onto prey. Its highly corrosive fluids can melt practically anything: flesh, wood, metals vulnerable to corrosion\xe2\x80\xa6 However, gold, mithral, platinum, and adamantium are unaffected. \n'b' SPECIAL OPTION \n'b' By using this option, attacking with the wrong weaponry is even more dangerous when confronting a black pudding, as its offspring take advantage of their numbers and have the following trait: \n'b'\n'b'  Pack Tactics . The pudding has advantage on  attack  rolls against a creature if at least one of the pudding\xe2\x80\x99s allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn\xe2\x80\x99t  incapacitated .'