Jelloman
| Statistic | Value |
|---|---|
| Climate/Terrain | Any |
| Frequency | Very rare |
| Organization | Solitary |
| Activity Cycle | Any |
| Diet | None |
| Intelligence | Non- (0) |
| Treasure | Nil |
| Alignment | Neutral |
| No. of Appearing | 1 |
| Armor Class | 8 |
| Move | 6 |
| Hit Dice | 4+4 |
| THAC0 | 17 |
| No. of Attacks | 2 |
| Damage/Attack | 1-4/1-4 |
| Special Attacks | Nil |
| Special Defenses | See below |
| Magic Resistance | Nil |
| Size | M (6' tall) |
| Moral | Fanatic (17) |
| XP Value | 650 |
Description
A jelloman is a creature like a golem that has to be manufactured. It can be given simple commands like "attack", "wait", or "guard". They do make very ineffective warriors however, and are best used to 'distract' players (or monsters) from chasing or engaging magic-users. (I first introduced the jellomen by having them stand between an illusionist and the attacking party. The jellomen basically kept the party busy while the illusionist cast spells and eventually fled.)
Due to there consistency, jellomen are immune to attacts with non-edged weapons. For example a mace would tend to bounce off a jellomans flesh. Edged weapons pass right through the creature. Each hit caused by an edged weapon causes no damage, but every time the jelloman is hit, it must save vs. polymorph or be severed. Parts from a severed jelloman will continue to attack as long as possible.
Electrical attacks do no damage to the jelloman. Water based attacks will do no damage either unless the water is above 150 degrees F. In which case it will dissolve a jelloman (2-8 points of damage, or treat as holy water vs. undead). Cold based attacts will cause a jelloman to freeze and solidify, in which case there speed is reduced by 1/2, however their attacks will now do 2-12/2-12 and edged weapon will no longer have the severing ability. Instead edged weapons do half damage, and non-edged weapons do full damaged. Jellomen are particularly vulnerable to fire and take double damage from all fire attacks.
Jellomen come in a variety of colors, although the all are translucent. Their bodies are built from rectangular solids (no curves) and they have no facial features.