Monster: Jellicat

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Jellicat

A weirdly elongated cat with semi-translucent body. A strange blobs of various colors are visible inside it's gelatinous flesh.

CR 3; XP 800
N Medium Ooze
Init +3; Senses blindsight 60 ft., scent; Perception +12

Defense
AC 15, touch 13, flat-footed 12 (+3 Dex, +2 natural)
hp 32 (5d8+10)
Fort +3, Ref +6, Will +4
Defensive Abilities evasion; DR 5/slashing or piercing; Immune falling damage, fear, ooze traits; Resist acid 20, sonic 20

Offense
Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft., swim 30 ft.
Melee vomit acid +6 touch (2d6 acid) and 2 slams +6 (3)
Space 5 ft.; Reach 5 ft. (10 ft. with vomit)
Special Attacks corrosive tongue, push (slam, 5 ft., critical only)

Statistics
Str 16, Dex 16, Con 14, Int 2, Wis 17, Cha 7
Base Atk +3; CMB +6; CMD 19 (23 vs. trip)
Feats Acrobatic Steps, Lightning Reflexes, Nimble Moves
Skills Acrobatics +12, Climb +12, Escape Artist +12, Perception +12, Stealth +12, Swim +12; Racial Modifiers +8 Acrobatics, +8 Escape Artist, +8 Perception, +8 Stealth
SQ compression, hold breath

Ecology
Environment forests, ruins, dungeons, and underground
Organization solitary or pair
Treasure standard

Special Abilities

Corrosive Tongue (Ex) A jellicat's lick inflicts 1 point of nonlethal acid damage to creatures as a standard action, or 1 point of acid damage to objects with hardness 10 or less after licking it for a number of rounds equal to its hardness. A jellicat gains +10 bonus to taste-based Perception checks, to Perception checks made to notice creatures and creatures they have tasted, and to Survival checks made to track such creatures and objects.

Soft Slam (Ex) A jellicat paws are gelatinous and soft like the rest of its body, inflicting damage equal to its Strength bonus (minimum 1 point of nonlethal damage). On a confirmed critical hit, soft slam gains push 5 ft. universal monster rule.


Jellicats are felline-shaped oozes. Despite their strange anatomy, they resemble cats in form and behavior, though they are less predatory. Instead they are absolute omnivores with a penchant for discovering new tastes—which they do by licking newly encountered things with their corrosive tongues.

Jellicats reproduce by two or more specimens fusing together for an hour or so after gorging themselves on food and certain combinations of flavors, and then splitting into twice as many individuals with young template.

Jellicats can be influenced with Wild Empathy and reared with Handle Animals as if they were wild animals, though any Wild Empathy and Handle Animals check suffer a –10 penalty and even after they are reared and trained, they can't be pushed to perform tricks they don't know. No training regimen yet invented seems to be capable to teach them not to lick newly encountered creatures, though they can be taught specific trick where their handler orders them to refrain from licking novelties for a short time.

A jellicat makes a suitable familiar for a 7th level caster with Improved Familiar feat.