Formless Sea Bestiary

Mycondids: Roughly looking like a cross between a squid and a mushroom, Mycondids are by far the most peaceful of the intelligent creatures in the Formless Sea. They have a single large black eye as well as a beak in the center of their stalk. They have six large tentacles lined with suction cups that hang down from their gills that allow the Mycondids to grasp objects. Two of these tentacles are longer than the others and have paralytic poison in their tips. They have large wide caps that can expand greatly in volume along with a very elaborate external gill system more common to amphibians than fungus. The caps and gills are the source of the Mycondids two most amazing abilities; its levitation and its musicality.

By capturing and filtering various gases Mycondids are able to float a few inches above the ground, an ability that allows them to glide above the muck of the Formless Sea. While not fast creatures Mycondids are can expel their captures gasses to give them a rapid burst of speed. They can also expel their gasses to make music and sing. The sounds that Mycondeid produces sounds like crystals ringing and they most commonly have a range of about sixteen octaves, the top four of which are above the level which human ears and perceive. It is in these octaves that the Mycondids communicate with one another. Even more amazing is that because of their unique vocal systems they can speak in multiple voices at the same time. Their voice when speaking to humanoids has been described as being choir like, as if multiple people are talking at once.

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Fungaloids: These creatures look roughly like a cross between a man and a mushroom. They have a set of arms and legs which are made of wrapped and knotted mycelia. Their stalks are thick and their caps are stubby in comparison to other mushrooms. They have a savage intelligence, somewhere between pack animals and man. They have no verbal communication, rather they communicated by small clouds of psychoactive spores. They are broken up into colonies, each lead by an immobile mold like queen. They eat anything dead, standing immobile over the corpse, their tendrils wrapped all over it. On a clear day if one looks out from the tops of the Ubershrooms they often see whole Fungaloid colonies on the move, their queens held high above their caps marching to the next corpse fall.

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Oozes: Oozes are a catch all term that encompasses a number of different creatures as the difference between oozes, jellies, puddings, or slime is mostly semantic. They are blind, quiet, slimy, semi opaque, and dissolve stuff. Most are just globular nuances but a few breeds are of particular note. Splitter Slimes, that divide when hit. Helmet Jelly, who eat hair and have a metal shell. Walking Lawns, vast green mats that start to digest anything that stops moving on top it. Arcane Slimes, who are attracted to magic and occasionally fart spells out. Yolks, a parasitic ooze that feeds on other oozes from the inside. Androgynous Blobs, who are attracted to large amounts of estrogen and testosterone. Flesh Clouds, who can be best described as flying cysts. Violet Molds, who perch from the bottoms of large mushrooms, emit powerful strobes to color to stun prey. Blue Slimes, which are harmless, safe to drink and serve as one of the best sources of fresh water in the Formless Sea (some settlements even herd them). Sparky Puddings, electrically charged blue spheres attracted to metal.

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Hogs: Pigs, imported by the first settlers to the Formless Sea as a foodstuff, have now become an invasive species. The Formless Sea is a literal hog heaven, an unending mud wallow filled with truffles, chewy oozes, and sweet green goblin flesh. Gone feral, the hogs of The Formless Sea are massive tusked creatures, with thick hides and bad temperament. The Goblins have adapted well to the new creatures, using them for food, mounts, beasts of burden, and population control.

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Sludge Strider: This large water bug like creature can be seen skimming across the sludge of the Formless Sea. They are mostly docile, unless you approach one of the nests, and eat the caps of the mushes that grow in abundance. Some have been tamed by the settlers of this sea to be used as transportation and as beasts of burden.

Skum Dogs: A friendly teardrop shaped ooze, they come in a variety of colors, most commonly blue or green. These slimes have a rough dog like intelligence and demeanor. A single antenna with a ball like sensing organ on top protrudes from the bodies and they emit a faint glow that changes with their emotions. To many of the settlers here they serve as watchdog, companion, and garbage disposal. 

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Sluggernaughts: Goblins, like monkeys, if given enough time and resources produce masterworks. Sluggernaughts are those masterworks. With a scavenged iron shell, bristling with firearms, and a function still-engine Sluggernaughts are up gunned and up armored oozes that might be best thought of as Ships-of-the-Slime. Goblins might be a nuance, but Sluggernaughts are a threat to all but the most power of fortifications and ships. They are thankfully slow and hard to control, like a bucking bronco going at quarter speed.

Gummy Snakes: Not actually snakes but oozes, gummy snakes look like large bright colored worms. Their ‘skin’ is much thicker than an oozes and they can only consume things that go into their ‘mouth’, a large gap in their thick skin. Most Gummy Snakes are about a foot long, but can grow up to thirty.