Slime Tube monster/Slime Mouth

Slime Mouth
Monster ID	791
Locations	The Slime Tube
Hit Points	200
Attack	100
Defense	100
No-Hit	110
Initiative	55
Meat	None
Phylum	slime
Elements	slime
Resistance	None
Monster Parts	blob, pseudopod
Drops	small slimy cyst, slimy sweetbreads, slimy fermented bile bladder
Manuel Entry
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 You're fighting a Slime Mouth

You slide into the tube and land in the mouth of madness. "Madness" being the name you've given to this rudimentary mouth made of Slime.

or

As you slide into the tube, you hear a wailing and gnashing of teeth. You investigate and find that both noises are being made by a gigantic rudimentary Slime mouth. Apparently, it has a mouth and also must scream. It also must try and beat you down, by the looks of things.

or

You slide down into the Slime Tube, and land on a strange, tongue-shaped protrusion of the Slime. After a few seconds, you realize that the reason it's tongue-shaped is that it's actually a tongue, and that it's connected to a mouth that's now trying to chew you up.

or

You slide into the gaping maw of the tube, almost landing in a gaping maw made of Slime. Have you ever noticed how you only ever see gaping maws? You don't see, like, a "kind-of-pursed, like it's trying to whistle" maw. Anyway, you'd better get busy fightin', or get busy being eaten.

or

You land in the Slime, and mouth off a little about how you're going to loot it. The Slime decides to mouth back, and grows a fearsome maw with teeth made of all kinds of pointy flotsam and jetsam.

Hit Message(s):

The Slime wraps its tongue around your knees and pulls. Ugh! Ooh! Argh! Ugh! (slime damage)

The Slime opens wide, and manages to simultaneously bite your <shoulder> and your <shoulder>. Argh! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! (slime damage)

The Slime gnaws on you. Nothing hurts like this mouth, mouth, mouth. Ugh! Oof! Oof! Argh! (slime damage)

It impales you with a rusty sword tooth. Great, now you're going to need a shot, and those things hurt. Ouch! Ooh! Ow! Argh! (slime damage)

It impales you with a broken fencepost tooth. Great, on top of everything else, splinters! Ugh! Ow! Ouch! Eek! (slime damage)

The Slime sneezes, spraying you with foul-smelling ichor. Bleagh. Ow! Ugh! Eek! Ouch! (slime damage)

The Slime impales you with a sword-tooth. What time is it? Tooth-hurty. Ow! Ow! Ugh! Ow! (slime damage)

The Slime gives you a tongue-lashing. No, literally. Oof! Ouch! Argh! Ow! (slime damage)

The Slime bites your throat with a bunch of miscellaneous fenceposts and whatnot. Eek! Ouch! Eek! Argh! (slime damage)

The Slime gives you a big wet kiss. Eek! Ooh! Eek! Ow! (sleaze damage)

The Slime puckers up and makes a series of terrifying "ooooooooooooh" noises. Ugh! Oof! Ugh! Eek! (spooky damage)

The Slime flicks out its tongue and laps you up. It manages to chew on you for several minutes before you can escape. Eek! Ouch! Oof! Ugh!

Critical Hit Message:

not known

Miss Message(s):

The Slime gums you. Unpleasant, but not painful.

The Slime tries to bite your head, but you quickly slip it between two of its teeth and avoid harm.

The Slime tries to lick your face, but you're not into that sort of thing.

The Slime tries to scream, but it must not because it has a mouth.

The Slime sneers at you. It's unpleasant to look at, but not much of an attack.

The Slime bites you, but with a part of its mouth that's lined with beach balls.

The Slime opens up wide to chomp on your <shoulder>, but it gets a cramp in its jaw.

Fumble Message:

not known

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After Combat

You acquire an item: slimy fermented bile bladder (5% chance)*

You acquire an item: slimy sweetbreads (5% chance)*

You acquire an item: small slimy cyst (5% chance)*

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Occurs at The Slime Tube with +301 to +600 Monster Level active.

Notes

• Possible avatars for the slime are:

• Names are randomly generated as "<adjective> Slime <noun>".
  • The adjective is one of: chomping, gaping, gnashing, puckering
  • The noun is one of: beak, maw, mouth

References

• The slime that "has a mouth and also must scream" and the slime that "tries to scream, but it must not because it has a mouth" are both references to the award-winning 1967 short story "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison.