Homebrew Slimeoid Species Details

Slimeoid
When an Ooze finds sentience they become a Slimeoid. They can gain sentience by multiple means, usually magical, but divine beings have been known to grant a slime with consciousness (usually las a joke). However rarely a slime consuming an intelligent species gain sentience as well.

Upon gaining this new form of intelligence an ooze will act as though it is a child, unless it was blessed with greater intelligence from the beginning. It will usually take the form of a humanoid upon meeting one most likely to “fit in”.

Monstrous Species

Whenever you are in a populated area you always get strange looks and hear whispers about your appearance. Guards may seem to follow you around and some shopkeepers may refuse to accommodate you.

Alignment

Slimeoids can be any alignment, usually taken after what they were surrounded by as an adolescent.

Age

Slimeoids reach adulthood at the same rate as humans and overtime lose the ability to hold themselves together, living to around a century 

Slimeoid Traits

Below are all the traits and features a Slimeoid gets

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution and Dexterity both increase by 1 but cannot exceed 20. Follow this rule regardless of the method you use to determine the scores, such as rolling or point buy.

Languages

Your character can speak, read and write Common and one other language of your choice.

Creature Type

You are a Humanoid.

Size

You are a Small or Medium creature.

Speed

Your walking speed is 30 feet.

Blindsight

You have blindsight with a range of 10 feet. Within that range, you can effectively see anything that isn’t behind total cover, even if you’re blinded or in darkness. Moreover, you can see an invisible creature within that range, unless the creature successfully hides from you.

Dormancy

When you take a long rest you must spend at least 6 hours in an inactive, bloblike state, rather than sleeping. In this state, you appear inert, but you can still sense things within 10 feet of you using your blindsight. You can choose any items on your person to be absorbed into you for safe keeping.

Slimy Nature

You can change your shape at will so long as you do not gain or lose mass. Additionally you can move through a space that is as narrow as 1inch wide without squeezing. You also have 15 feet of climbing speed and can climb on ceilings.