Homebrew Ooblexian Species Details

Sentient Slimes
An ooblexian is the stray evolution of a slime, gaining a conscious mind and personality. A ooblexian is made entirely out of a water based substance much like other slimes and its form is ever changing. Ooblexian naturally assume a humanoid form and a blob form when it first gains a consciousness. Its humanoid form usually resembling the form of the first humanoid creature it sees and a blob form resembling one of their parent's form. The colour of an ooblexian's liquid will typically influenced by the environment that the ooblexian had lived in. The ooblexian Colours table contains example colours and the environment they typically come from.

 

Ooblexian Colours

d8	Colour	Environment
1	Blue	Underground or within caves. This is the most common type of ooblexian, with little to distinguish them from actual water.
2	Green	Forests. Often thought of as being poisonous, they often prefer to remain in their blob form as it takes less effort to uphold.
3	Yellow	Coasts. While they are still weary of the water, they are generally carefree and have very upbeat personalities.
4	Red	Deserts. Being adaptive to their environment, the temperature of their body is generally 40 to 50 degrees (Celcius). They often dehydrate quickly and are constantly searching for more water.
5	White	Arctic or mountain tops. Being adaptive to their environment, the temperature of their body is generally 0 to 10 degrees (Celcius). Often proud and stoic in their appearances, and never making compromises when if comes to their attire.
6	Purple	Swamplands. They often have a higher intelligence to that of a regular ooblexian, while they are generally shy and reserved in their personality.
7	Pink	Grasslands or flowery fields. Typically feeds off nectar or soft flower buds, and they have a fresh honey-like scent.
8	Black	These ooblexians have turned black while growing up in an environment that was influenced by curse magic, polluted, or Desolated. They often make dark and satirical comments on society, and they are not careful with what they say.

 

Droplets of Unpredictability
Ooblexian are a really rare case of slimes and as a result, not many communities, or none that are widely known, are formed with more than one ooblexians. However, in those communities, people are always wary of this race because of their unpredictable nature. Many, if not all ooblexians are lower class and even there, they are discriminated against by the other lower class citizens. Because of civilisation, some ooblexians may decide to remain in the wilderness because of its simplicity, although it isn't the most ideal situation for them as it risks them being exposed to potentially lethal amounts of water.

 

Going with the Flow
As an evolution from their animalistic parent slimes, many ooblexians are self taught the necessaries of civilisation and the basics of the world through the observation. Even after learning the basics, many ooblexians are still oblivious to the more confusing social constructs such as wealth and power status.

An ooblexian can bond well with other rare and discriminated races, naturally being able to connect with genasiae and firbolgs. Although an ooblexian has a hard time understanding the more violent races, like orcs and minotaurs, as it sees them resembling the ooblexian's instinct driven heritage.

Ooblexian Personality
A ooblexian's personality can be seen as similar to that of a human child's. To customise a ooblexian character, you can use the Ooblexian Quirks table to determine a personality quirk or to inspire a unique mannerism.

d10	Quirk
1	You are easily scared. This might take the form of a phobia (e.g. Nyctophobia, acrophobia, xenophobia).
2	You have more energy than you know what to do with.
3	You are picky about which foods you eat.
4	You refuse to write things down, instead using pictograms.
5	You have a special attachment to a mundane item (e.g. a teddy bear) and become anxious without it.
6	You refuse to wear clothing of a specific colour.
7	You have an imaginary friend who you talk to occasionally.
8	You have a seemingly endless curiosity of the world.
9	You spend any money you earn within a day of gaining it.
10	You never respond to any name but your own. / You always assume that someone is talking to you when your name is said.

Ooblexian Traits

Your Ooblexian character has the following racial traits.

Ability Score Increase

Your Constitution score increases by 2, and your Wisdom is increased by 1.

Size

An ooblexian's size can vary depending on the situation, ranging from a small blob of 2 to 3 feet to a 5 to 6 feet tall humanoid. Your size is Medium but you may become a Small blob form as an action and you can revert back to your Medium humanoid form as an action. You can only use this trait if you have at least 5 feet of movement Speed.

Ooze Nature

Your creature type is ooze, rather than humanoid.

Blindsight

When you are compressed into a blob form, your eyes are blinded but you make up for it through the enhanced sensitivity of your liquid that allows you to feel the faint vibrations of the air, allowing you to effectively "see". While you are a Small size, you can perceive your surroundings within 30 feet without relying on sight. However, you are blind beyond this radius while you are Small.

Liquid Body

You can move through or stand in another creature's space if they are of your size or smaller. While a creature is in your space, they are treated as though they are fully submerged underwater. You also have resistance to acid and fire damage.

Amorphous

While you are a Small size, and prone, you can fit through a space as small as 1 inch without squeezing. You can use this trait without being prone if you are a Tiny size.

Dilution

Your liquid body is susceptible to dilution when exposed to large amounts of water, which will greatly weaken you. When you take damage from a water source against your liquid body, you gain a level of exhaustion. If you end your turn while your liquid body is in water deep enough for you to stand submerged in or is submerged in water, you gain levels of exhaustion equal to the number of consecutive rounds spent in the water minus your Constitution modifier (minimum of 0 levels). 

If you die due to this trait, you cannot be revived by any means short of a Resurrection spell. At the end of a long rest, you remove all levels of exhaustion caused by this trait.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common. You can also communicate with and understand intelligent ooze type creatures.