The Puddle From Which You Came: Slime-as-Class, Simple Race

 

Art from Rune Factory 2

The biological ancestry of a slime is dubious at best. Are they in fact some form of mold given mobility by the evolutionary process? Or are they a magical creation or mishap? Furthermore, some slimes have been noted to carry the bones of a single humanoid within them, forming around them as a replacement for flesh. Is the slime actually the changed body of the old humanoid?

Strangest still, and rarest of all, are those few slimes that bear true sentience...

Nicholas RookZero

Slime: A Simple GLoG Ancestry

You may choose "Slime" as your optional race. This comes with the following benefits and drawbacks:

• Morph: You can squeeze through openings only an inch wide. You can move gear through as well, so long as it would fit.
• Slimeform: You take 1/2 damage from physical sources, but double from elemental sources. You have about as much mass as an average human, and can shape it as you see fit.
• Sticky: You can cling to walls and ceilings and move along them at 1/2 speed.
• Monstrous: Humanoids often assume you are a monster, and react with -2. Maintaining a humanoid form and wearing clothes reduces this to a -1.

Slime-as-Class

Skills: Dungeon Architecture | Anatomy | Alchemy

Gear: An old spear, 3d6 GP, A skull from a creature of your choice.

1. Slime, Mass, Basic Slime Moves
2. +1 Mass
3. +1 Mass, Advanced Slime Moves
4. +2 Mass

Slime: You gain all the above features of the "Slime Ancestry"

Mass: You begin with 2 mass, which is about the same as an average human adult. You may spend mass to perform special abilities. At 0 mass you are only about a foot tall, and move at 1/2 speed if carrying more than 3 bulk. You regain 1 mass each time you eat a meal. You may also consume 1 HD of a creature over 10 minutes to regain 1 mass and d6 HP.

Basic Slime Moves: The following moves each cost 1 Mass whenever you use them.

• Ambush: Strike a creature unaware of you, immediately grappling them and dealing 2d6 damage to them each round. If you take fire damage, you must release them.
• Ingest: Absorb a potion. You learn its effects. Later, you may consume it yourself or regurgitate it as an action. It does not take inventory space.
• Acidic Spray: Spray a 15' cone of acid, dealing 2d6 damage to all creatures in the area, or 1/2 as much on a save.
• Tentacle: Shoot a slimy pseudopod up to 30', grappling a creature or object. 

Advanced Slime Moves: The following moves each cost 2 Mass whenever you use them.

• Channel: You negate all damage from one source, physical or elemental.
• Expulse: You launch at least 20 coins or similar small objects at rapid speed. All creatures within 20' take 3d6 damage, or 1/2 as much on a save. Alternatively, you launch a ranged projectile up to double it's range, and dealing double damage on a hit.
• Mimicry: You change your physical form to gain a feature from a creature you've eaten, such as claws, wings, or hard scales. This lasts until you rest.

Design Notes:

This class was put together a little more hastily than normal, as I have to leave for work in ten minutes. If you have ideas for how to improve it, feel free to let me know in the comments! I really like the idea of Mass as a class resource though. A character growing larger or smaller based on their current potential just feels like a good fit for this class.