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Document Path: /doc/monsters/giant_slug

Name:
	Giant Slug  (Lesser Animal)

Stats:
	No. Appearing  : 1
	Climate/Terrain: Subterranean and wet
	Frequency      : Uncommon
	Organization   : Solitary
	Activity Cycle : Any
	Diet           : Omnivore

Description:
	Giant slugs are huge, omnivorous mutations of the small and benign gar-
	den slugs. Their highly developed mouths are capable of chewing flesh
	as well as plants, and they spit a highly corrosive acid on their food.
	Most giant slugs are pale gray, with dead white underbellies.

Combat:
	Giant slugs can bite, but their main attack form is their corrosive
	acid saliva. The acid is spat at a single target and corrodes any orga-
	nic tissue (plants or animals), and will also destroy equipment. Giant
	slugs can use this breath weapon every round (its acid stores are never
	used up). Slugs are not very accurate with this attack; the first shot
	has only a 10% chance of hitting. The success of subsequent shots de-
	pends on the distance to the target - the base chance of hitting is 90%
	at a distance of ten yards, with a -10% pentalty per additional ten
	yards. If the slug misses, the acid hits 10 feet from the desired tar-
	get. Note that giant slugs are impervious to this acid spittle.

	Giant slugs are immensly strong and can batter down doors and wooden
	buildings in seconds. They have no bones and can squeeze through holes
	and crevasses normally impassible to much smaller predators. For ex-
	ample, a party of adventurers might seek cover in a large stone buil-
	ding, while taunting the slowly approaching slug behind them. To their
	astonishment, the huge creature enters through the same doorway the
	party did and begins to send acid everywhere.

	The rasping tongue of a giant slug enables it to burrow through 1 foot
	of earth or 6 inches of wood per round, making most standard barricades
	useless against it. Because of their lack of bones and their thick,
	rubbery hides, giant slugs are not harmed by blunt weapons or spells
	that cause crushing or impact damage. Only edged and pointed weapons
	and magical attacks can harm a giant slug.

Habitat/Society:
	Giant slugs can be found in any wet and dark environment, including de-
	serted dungeons, swamps, and rain forests. Giant slugs are solitary
	creatures and speak no language. They are barely sentient, exhibiting
	only rudimentary instinctive reactions when confronted.

Ecology:
	No one has ever found a good use for giant slugs, except maybe as huge
	garbage disposals. They have no known predators. They will eat anything
	- plants, carrion, garbage - but prefer warm, living flesh when they
	can catch it. Since giant slugs have such huge appetites, they rarely
	attack smaller creatures, such as squirrels and monkeys, which they
	have a hard time seeing anyway. Even on a good day, they must usually
	supplement their feedings with some vegetation.

	Normal slugs have a nasty reaction to salt when it is sprinkled on
	them. They dry up and die in a few rounds. It is unlikely that this
	technique is adaptable to the giant variety, but some fabrication and
	summoning spells might be acceptable if there ever seemed to be a need
	for it.

	For now, giant slugs remain a very real danger in jungles, forests, and
	dungeons everywhere.