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Delving Deeper - Brainslugs and Slimes as Player Characters

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Note: The following has not been playtested, and is probably completely busted. Enjoy!   I think a party of different coloured slimes slurping through the dungeon, all with different abilities, would be really fun. A blue slime could have healing powers, a grey one could dissolve metal, an ochre jelly could divide, etc.     All of the following is designed to work with Devling Deeper v4b, which is available for free online at https://ddo.immersiveink.com/ . A slime fights and gains hit die as a cleric.    Arms and Armour A slime's pseudopodia act as natural weapons and have surprising reach. Slimes can use their pseudopodia to attempt to wield arms and complex tools, but they will only succeed with a throw of 4-6 on a six-sided die, wasting a turn in the case of failure. Armour is completely unusable by slimes given their semi-viscous nature. However, they are naturally resilient to crushing blows such as from hammers and staves, taking only half ...