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A type of Fantasy Fauna reimagined! I tried explaining Oozes before FantasTech - Know Your Oozes!P.S I should also admit, all of these are from D&D, albeit Tipsy-fied. Just to make things interesting and whatnot. XD
Anyway, gotta go!
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OI! So ah...the name's Jacqueline! Jacqueline Carbone, atcha service! I'm a Kangaroo Animalfolk, from a bit of a ways away, but have kinda been takin' interest in continuin' where famed wildlife explorer Tara Watts left off last time in her own adventures in documentin' weird beasties. Cauldron's got a lot of 'em after all.
Heck, she even mailed me her jodhpur pants. Seems like she's gonna be away from that particular gig fer a while, SOOOO...let's get started! An' what shall we--
--wait, Oozes?
Huh...interestin'. Not exactly my first choice, but this DOES need addressin'.
To begin with, there's about three types of Oozes recognized as biological creatures. They won't always be exactly alike, but Oozes can often be distinguished from each other, by their consistency, shape, and method of hunting, if they hunt at But frankly this idea is well...much more fun. And also a HELL of a lot more streamlined in terms of keeping things consistent.

So what ARE they?

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Fluozoans, known more commonly as Oozes, are a taxonomic class of colonial organism, that utilize a host of distinct zooids specialized to perform different functions. Whether it be digesting and distributing nutrients, creating a membranous shell, or inflating and deflating a series of "air bubbles" to cause them to roll forward, this use of zooids makes Fluozoans most related to well...

Siphonophores. Aka, despite how derived they are, they're most closely related to the Man O' War. They're like...liquid land jellyfish.

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On the diagram is only an archetypal demonstration of their anatomy. That's because between their three most well known orders, Slimes (Causticorpusae), Puddings (Gelareformidae) and Jellies (Adhaeredermae), they are distinguished by how their anatomical features are used in for more specialized contexts.

Examples?

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Slimes are often known for being pursuit predators that can flow fast, and digest their prey quickly. Yet they have extremely weak membranes because digestive acids are too strong for them to form a proper membrane. What little membrane they do have is extremely pliable, allowing them to slip through tiny spaces. That, and the gastrozooids that produce them are considered acidophiles--organisms that tolerate the extremely low pH they produce.

Puddings are often either forest bottomfeeders, feasting on detritus and dead matter, or symbiotic creatures that incorporate other organisms into their bodies--such as fungi, algae, plants, etc--to grant them either nutrition or protection. Because of how heterogeneous their insides become, they develop very strong membranes to keep it all in. All while whatever digestive acid they can produce usually can't digest meat.

Jellies are especially bizarre, because they have sticky membranes to hold their prey in place, but other than that, they have a very minimalist body. Because of this, they only need to supplement themselves on very specific substances. Among the most infamous among them is the Ochre Jelly--a kind of greasy, golden Ooze that only consumes saturated fats, by absorbing it through their prey's pores.

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For all their strengths...Fluozoans are not immortal just because they're mostly liquid.

Slimes often have such acidophilic gastrozooids that one can easily kill them by throwing soap at them, as it raises their body's pH too high.
Puddings and jellies can't tolerate changes in climate, as their membranes become unable to form properly.
They cannot eat poisonous things, as the poison kills their gastrozooids before they can digest their prey.

And Oozes in general are still vulnerable to physical force. A melee weapon that tears open their membrane enough times weakens the zooids producing and repairing it. Enough sustained physical force will render them too weak to repair the membrane, leaving the Ooze permanently torn open. Leaving all the other zooids to slowly starve to death.

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Such is the fate of many unfortunate Oozes killed by adventurers as "XP Fodder". Locked inside of dungeons to unwittingly protect some treasure. Finding their food options so limited they are forced to prey on adventurers--only to be killed unceremoniously due to a weak membrane, broken down by malnourishment. All of that, for creatures no more malicious than a jellyfish.

Attempts to conserve them are currently underway, thanks to the efforts of the Conservation Crusaders. Please, help their cause by donating today! After all...

We couldn't save them then.

Perhaps we can save them now.

Description
A type of Fantasy Fauna reimagined! I tried explaining Oozes before FantasTech - Know Your Oozes!P.S I should also admit, all of these are from D&D, albeit Tipsy-fied. Just to make things interesting and whatnot. XD
Anyway, gotta go!
---------------------
OI! So ah...the name's Jacqueline! Jacqueline Carbone, atcha service! I'm a Kangaroo Animalfolk, from a bit of a ways away, but have kinda been takin' interest in continuin' where famed wildlife explorer Tara Watts left off last time in her own adventures in documentin' weird beasties. Cauldron's got a lot of 'em after all.
Heck, she even mailed me her jodhpur pants. Seems like she's gonna be away from that particular gig fer a while, SOOOO...let's get started! An' what shall we--
--wait, Oozes?
Huh...interestin'. Not exactly my first choice, but this DOES need addressin'.
To begin with, there's about three types of Oozes recognized as biological creatures. They won't always be exactly alike, but Oozes can often be distinguished from each other, by their consistency, shape, and method of hunting, if they hunt at But frankly this idea is well...much more fun. And also a HELL of a lot more streamlined in terms of keeping things consistent.

So what ARE they?

---------------------------------

Fluozoans, known more commonly as Oozes, are a taxonomic class of colonial organism, that utilize a host of distinct zooids specialized to perform different functions. Whether it be digesting and distributing nutrients, creating a membranous shell, or inflating and deflating a series of "air bubbles" to cause them to roll forward, this use of zooids makes Fluozoans most related to well...

Siphonophores. Aka, despite how derived they are, they're most closely related to the Man O' War. They're like...liquid land jellyfish.

---------------------------------------

On the diagram is only an archetypal demonstration of their anatomy. That's because between their three most well known orders, Slimes (Causticorpusae), Puddings (Gelareformidae) and Jellies (Adhaeredermae), they are distinguished by how their anatomical features are used in for more specialized contexts.

Examples?

-----------------------------------------

Slimes are often known for being pursuit predators that can flow fast, and digest their prey quickly. Yet they have extremely weak membranes because digestive acids are too strong for them to form a proper membrane. What little membrane they do have is extremely pliable, allowing them to slip through tiny spaces. That, and the gastrozooids that produce them are considered acidophiles--organisms that tolerate the extremely low pH they produce.

Puddings are often either forest bottomfeeders, feasting on detritus and dead matter, or symbiotic creatures that incorporate other organisms into their bodies--such as fungi, algae, plants, etc--to grant them either nutrition or protection. Because of how heterogeneous their insides become, they develop very strong membranes to keep it all in. All while whatever digestive acid they can produce usually can't digest meat.

Jellies are especially bizarre, because they have sticky membranes to hold their prey in place, but other than that, they have a very minimalist body. Because of this, they only need to supplement themselves on very specific substances. Among the most infamous among them is the Ochre Jelly--a kind of greasy, golden Ooze that only consumes saturated fats, by absorbing it through their prey's pores.

----------------------------------------------

For all their strengths...Fluozoans are not immortal just because they're mostly liquid.

Slimes often have such acidophilic gastrozooids that one can easily kill them by throwing soap at them, as it raises their body's pH too high.
Puddings and jellies can't tolerate changes in climate, as their membranes become unable to form properly.
They cannot eat poisonous things, as the poison kills their gastrozooids before they can digest their prey.

And Oozes in general are still vulnerable to physical force. A melee weapon that tears open their membrane enough times weakens the zooids producing and repairing it. Enough sustained physical force will render them too weak to repair the membrane, leaving the Ooze permanently torn open. Leaving all the other zooids to slowly starve to death.

-----------------------------------------------

Such is the fate of many unfortunate Oozes killed by adventurers as "XP Fodder". Locked inside of dungeons to unwittingly protect some treasure. Finding their food options so limited they are forced to prey on adventurers--only to be killed unceremoniously due to a weak membrane, broken down by malnourishment. All of that, for creatures no more malicious than a jellyfish.

Attempts to conserve them are currently underway, thanks to the efforts of the Conservation Crusaders. Please, help their cause by donating today! After all...

We couldn't save them then.

Perhaps we can save them now.