A sewer corridor, uncharacteristically spotless. By Alexvanderlinde
Oozes
Mostly based on Fiction
Oozes are based on the 1958 movie "THE BLOB", where this ooze was described as a red ameba with an acidic composition that starts off the size of a human head, but then eats all organic material in its path until it becomes the size of a building. The military finds out it's immune to all damage except for freezing temperatures, so they transport it to the Arctic where it stays dormant. The word Ooze was first invented in the middle ages, it means "to slowly trickle down". In d&d, Oozes didn't arrive in a meteor from space, like in THE BLOB, instead they spawned from the demon lord Jublex, The faceless lord.
Black puddings are large mounds of sticky black sludge. They hide in dark passageways and corrode all matter, except for stone, with its Acidic form. If slashed or electrocuted, the black pudding splits into two smaller Oozes that slowly grow to normal size after feeding.
Gelatinous cubes resemble large cubes of transparent slime usually having a faint green or blue tint to its body. They slide through dungeon passageways forming into the shape of the corridors. They appear nearly invisible, if not moving, and surprise their prey by engulfing them into its acidic form. Gelatinous cubes corrode flesh and other organic materials and leave behind there prey's bones and gear.
Grey Oozes don't spawn from Jublex but instead are created when stone is subjugated to the pure chaos of limbo. They resemble liquid snakes with the texture and color of an oil pool or wet stone. They strike stealthy in stone surfaces and corrode Organic material as well as any metal items that its victim is carrying. If a grey ooze lives long enough, they become more intelligent than other Oozes and can crush a creatures mind using psyonics.
Ochre jellies are the most intelligent Oozes created by Jubliex. They resemble yellow blobs that climb and slither through surfaces and corrode away lone pray one by one. They can only consume organic flesh, but they also have the same splicing properties as black puddings.
In Mythology
THE BLOB movie made in 1958 starring Steve McQueen.