D.13 Oozeborn

Oozeborn are ooze creatures that have gained true sentience through a strange quirk of their birth. They are very rare to see in civilized lands, as most oozeborn lack the opportunity to discover more than the dark caves in which they were spawned. Since they often grow up without mentorship from any civilized creature, oozeborn tend to have odd mannerisms and a poor ability to mask their emotions, even after spending years in civilization. Old oozeborn may eventually adapt to societal norms and act perfectly natural, or they may abandon civilized company entirely.

The body of an oozeborn is amorphous, and they lack any identifiable internal organs. Their natural color depends on the nature of the ooze that spawned them, so green and gray are the most common colors. Adventuring oozeborn typically assume a bipedal shape for both practical and social convenience, but their natural shape is a loosely spherical blob. Unconscious oozeborn revert to their default state automatically, though some learn to maintain a semblance of cohesion while asleep.

Creature Type: Unlike most other playable species, oozeborn are animates instead of humanoids.

Size: Medium.

Attributes: -1 Intelligence, +1 Constitution.

Special Abilities:

• Acidic Body: Ooozeborn are impervious (+4 defenses) to Acid and Poison attacks. However, they are vulnerable (-4 defenses) to Earth attacks.
• Amorphous Form: An oozeborn’s natural form is a loosely spherical blob. They have a -10 foot penalty to their speed, but they gain a +5 bonus to the Flexibility skill (see Flexibility). Since they have no legs, they are immune to being prone (half speed, -2 Armor and Ref). Most legless creatures cannot jump, but oozeborn can jump without penalty. They can also use the mold body ability to adopt a particular shape.

  Mold Body

  Standard action

  Tags: Sustain (free)

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  You make a Disguise check to alter your appearance (see Change Appearance). This physically changes your body to match the results of your disguise. You gain a +4 bonus on the check, and you ignore penalties for changing your gender, species, age, and number of limbs. However, this effect is unable to alter your equipment or size category in any way.

  You cannot create more than four limbs with this ability, and a maximum of two free hands. If you create four legs, you become quadrupedal, so you gain a +10 foot bonus to your speed. If you give yourself a standard humanoid shape, you can wear armor designed for humanoids without suffering the normal penalties for barding (see Barding).

  You can sustain this ability for any length of time without mental strain, ignoring the normal 5 minute limit.

• Compressible Body: Oozeborn can compress their head and shoulders down to a minimum of a one inch radius, allowing them to squeeze through very small areas. Their clothing or armor is not compressed, so they may limit their ability to move through extremely narrow spaces.
• Darkvision: Oozeborn have darkvision with a 60 foot range, allowing them to see in complete darkness (see Darkvision).
• Oozeborn Archetype: Oozeborn only gain two class archetypes instead of three. Instead, they treat the Oozeborn archetype as one of their archetypes, and they gain ranks in it just like they gain ranks in class archetypes.

Automatic Languages: Common.

D.13.1 Oozeborn Archetype

Rank 1 – Acidic Pseudopod

One of your arms becomes a pseudopod natural weapon. It deals 1d8 damage and has the Acid and Long tags (see Weapon Tags). You do not have a free hand on that arm while using it as a weapon in this way.

In addition, all of your attacks with natural weapons have the Acid tag. This does not affect damage you deal with manufactured weapons.

Rank 2 – Darkborn Senses

You gain blindsense with a 60 foot range, allowing you to sense your surroundings without light (see Blindsense). If you already have the blindsense ability, you increase its range by 60 feet. In addition, you gain blindsight with a 15 foot range, allowing you to see without light (see Blindsight). If you already have the blindsight ability, you increase its range by 15 feet.

Rank 2 – Ingest Object

Rank 3 – Amorphous Form+

You gain a +4 bonus to your defenses when determining whether a strike gets a critical hit against you instead of a normal hit. In addition, your mold body ability loses the Sustain (free) tag. Instead, it lasts until you choose to dismiss it. This allows you to maintain your shape while unconscious.

Rank 3 – Compressible Body+

You reduce your penalties for squeezing (-2 Armor and Ref) by 1.

Rank 4 – Acidic Body+

You are immune to Acid and Poison attacks.

Rank 4 – Acidic Pseudopod+

The damage dealt by your pseudopod increases to 1d10.

Rank 5 – Darkborn Senses+

The range of your blindsense increases by 60 feet. In addition, the range of your blindsight increases by 15 feet.

Rank 5 – Ingest Object+

The maximum number of objects you can absorb with your ingest object ability increases to 2. In addition, you may absorb allies with that ability in addition to unattended objects.

Rank 6 – Amorphous Form++

The defense bonus against critical hits from strikes increases to +10.

Rank 6 – Compressible Body++

The reduction of squeezing penalties increases to 2. This means you take no penalties for squeezing unless you use the tight squeeze ability (see Flexibility).

Rank 7 – Third Arm

When you use your mold body ability, you can create three arms instead of two. You can use all three hands as free hands. For example, this can allow you to use a Heavy weapon and a shield simultaneously.

In addition, your arms become stronger and more agile. You can use any of your arms as a pseudopod natural weapon, and your pseudopods gain the Light weapon tag (see Weapon Tags).

D.13.2 Base Class Effects

If you choose oozeborn as your base class, you gain the following benefits.

Level	Rank	Durability	Bonus1	Special
1	1	+0	x1	—
2	1	+1	x1	—
3	1	+2	x1	+1 to two attributes
4	2	+2	x2	HP: 2x durability
5	2	+3	x2	—
6	2	+4	x2	Legacy item: rank 3
7	3	+4	x3	HP: 3x durability
8	3	+5	x3	—
9	3	+6	x3	+1 to two attributes
10	4	+6	x4	HP: 4x durability
11	4	+7	x4	—
12	4	+8	x4	Legacy item: rank 5
13	5	+8	x6	HP: 6x durability
14	5	+9	x6	—
15	5	+10	x6	+1 to two attributes
16	6	+10	x8	HP: 8x durability
17	6	+11	x8	—
18	6	+12	x8	Legacy item: ranks 7
19	7	+12	x10	HP: 10x durability
20	7	+13	x10	—
21	7	+14	x10	+1 to two attributes

1. This bonus applies to your accuracy, magical ✨ power, mundane power, trained skills, and defenses.  

Defenses

You gain a +3 bonus to your Brawn, Mental, and Reflex defenses. In addition, you gain a +5 bonus to your Fortitude defense and a +1 bonus to your vital rolls.

Resources

• Attunement points: 3 (see Attunement Points).
• Fatigue tolerance: 3 + your Constitution (see Fatigue).
• Insight points: 1 + your Intelligence (see Insight Points).
• Trained skills: 4 from among your class skills, plus additional trained skills equal to your Intelligence if it is positive (see Skills).

Weapon Proficiencies

You are proficient with simple weapons.

Armor Proficiencies

You are proficient with light armor.

Starting Items and Equipment

You can start with the following items and equipment:

• Buff leather
• A club or dagger
• A buckler
• A standard adventuring kit (see Standard Adventuring Kit).
• A rank 0 wealth item (1 gp)

Class Skills

You have the following class skills:

• Strength: Climb, Swim.

• Dexterity: Balance, Flexibility, Sleight of Hand, Stealth.

• Constitution: Endurance.

• Intelligence: Knowledge (dungeoneering).

• Perception: Awareness, Survival.

• Other: Intimidate.