Homebrew Blobnorb Species Details
A gelatinous cube race that started when a slime cube ate a human, and the gained their intelligence. The cube then began mass reproducing creating an entirely new race of slime cubes. The Blobnorbs are recognized as an official race because of their sentience. Despite popular opinion and stereotypes the Blobnorbs actually live in mountainous regions. Blobnorbs have been known to change their appearances due to their gelatinous state. Blobnorbs are fluent in both common and primordial. Through extensive research of the Blobnorbs it has been found they consume most of their diet while it is alive and instead of digesting they simply meltdown and absorb the nutrients directly, at the same time though it takes approximately at least one whole hour for them to eat. After eating one meal though, they can go up to 48 hours without eating again, however they have been known to eat in those 48 hours regardless. Researchers and scientists still do not understand how Bloblnorbs are able to speak or how they were able to obtain knowledge or how they were even able to learn magic but because of this there are natural born magic users among the Blobnorbs though it is a very rare occurrence, it is still entirely possible.
Blobnorb Traits
Bloblnorbs have mostly the same traits as any other ooze like creature you might encounter, though because they are intelligent and sentient they have many unique traits.Ability Score Increase
Your Constitution increases by 2, and either your Dexterity or your Intelligence increases by 1.
Age
Blobnorbs physically mature at a rapid rate, becoming fully grown by the time they are 10 years old. Although their mental aging is entirely different. The mental development of a Blobnorb depends entirely on the prey they consume and the memories they absorb from. The longest living slime is said to have been over 100 years old though the suggested average lifespan is close to 80 years.
alignment
Blobnorbs have never been known to lean any which way when it comes to things. They are most often True Neutral. They have also never been known to follow any sort of a religion.
Size
While Blobnorbs can fit into various spaces, the mass of a full grown Blobnorb is similar to a human’s. A Blobnorb naturally appears as a round-ish or cube-ish blob but can also take on the form of a humanoid between five to six feet tall. Your size is Medium.
Speed
As a blob or humanoid, your base sliding/walking speed is 30ft.
Languages
As a Blobnorb you have the ability to speak and read common and primordial, but you are unable to write since you do not have any appendages.
Absorb Memories
As a blob, you may consume a creature of size Medium or smaller over the course of a short rest (or an equivalent amount of time) and peer into their memories as long as they had memories. As the creature's life flashes through your mind, you learn the most important memory from their life. You can also actively glean additional information; you may ask the DM one question, and the DM must answer truthfully though they may couch the answer in figurative language representative of the memory's qualities. Once you have used this trait, you may not use it again until you have taken a long rest.
Internal Pockets
As a Blobnorb you are able to form pockets within your gelatinous body to carry objects. While you can have several pockets within your body, they collectively have up to a volume of 1 cubic foot. For example, you can hold a single short sword or several small pouches or a handful of arrows or a pair of daggers. Another creature can attempt to wrestle an object from inside your body through an Athletics check contested by your Acrobatics or Athletics check. You may use this trait even as a humanoid though the objects must fit within your body.
Malleable Form
As a Blobnorb you are able to fit through small spaces as narrow as one inch, while doing so you are considered prone. Any equipment that you have in your internal pockets must be able to fit through the space or be ejected from you. Upon exiting the space you are a blob (round in shape).
As an action, you are able to morph into the appearance of a medium-sized humanoid that you have seen or consumed. You are still translucent though you appear superficially anatomically correct. As a humanoid, you may wield weapons, use tools, and wear armor similar to other humanoids. You can also form in and out of any armor or clothes while morphing and ignore the time required to don/doff the equipment. You revert to your blob form as an action or if you are knocked unconscious. Doing so automatically forces you to exit and drop any equipment you are using that requires a humanoid body.
Blobnorbs cannot wear traditional armor as a blob. You may have armor crafted/modified specifically for that form. As a guideline, DMs should consider at least twice the cost of traditional armor if purchasing from a normal smith.
Blob Pseudopods
As a Blobnorb, you do not have versatile appendages and cannot use tools that require fine motor control or wield traditional weapons. However, you can quickly lash out with an ooze-like pseudopod to perform unarmed strikes. Your unarmed strike deals bludgeoning damage equal to 1 + your Strength modifier unless otherwise determined (e.g. through class features or feats). You may also cast spells using the movement of your pseudopods to mimic somatic components.
Resilient Slime Body
Due to your gelatinous form, as a Blobnorb you gain resistance to any non-magical bludgeoning/piercing/or slashing attacks, since the shifted slime simply molds back into place. (This can be changed to only resistance to non-magical bludgeoning damage only if it seems to OP).