Black Pudding

D&D 2024 monster: Black Pudding. Source: Monster Manual (2025). challenge rating 4, creature type Ooze, Large size, speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft. Black Pudding Divisible, Corrosive Blob Habitat: Underdark Treasure: None Black puddings are shapeless masses of predatory cells. Once a pudding detects organic matter, it oozes toward its prey, dissolving living matter and various objects. If a black pudding is split by lightning or slashing attacks, it divides into two smaller, independent puddings. Various supernatural conditions might bring black puddings into being. Roll on or choose a result from the Black Pudding Sources table to inspire a pudding's origins. 1 An ancient black dragon's acidic saliva. 2 The blood or extreme emotions of a foul deity. 3 Cosmic entropy or ruinous planar forces. 4 A curse that transformed a forgotten tyrant. 5 Forbidden or industrialized magic. 6 Necrotic material animated by aimless spirits. Black Pudding Sources Ooze Large 20 ft., climb 20 ft.