Ochre jelly

Ochre jellies were a dangerous variety of ooze.

Description
Ochre jellies resembled giant amoebas, dark yellow in color. A mature ochre jelly reached up to in diameter and around  thick. However, it could compress its mass to fit through gaps of only. Moreover, it had a mass of.

Combat
They lurked in dungeons, slowly creeping along floors, walls, and ceilings and under and through doors and cracks looking for victims. When they were found, the ochre jelly extended itself and latched onto a victim, proceeding to constrict and engulf them. The jelly exuded pseudopods to slam and grapple foes in combat.

Ecology
If cut, an ochre jelly could split into two similar, but smaller, offspring.

Habitats
Ochre jellies were known to exist in the dungeon of Xûl-Jarak in Thar. They could also be found in the ruins of the Ulcaster school near Beregost.

In the Abyss, ochre jellies could be found in Shedaklah, the Slime Pits, the 222 layer of the Abyss.

Significance
They were favored by the drow deity Ghaunadaur.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Ruins of Adventure • Dungeon #28: "Visitors from Above" • Dungeon #30: "...And a Dozen Eggs" • Sons of Gruumsh • Scepter Tower of Spellgard • Dragon of Icespire Peak • Dragon+ #12, "The Barber of Silverymoon" • Dragon+ #21, "Six Faces of Death"
 * Video Games
 * Menzoberranzan • Baldur's Gate • Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn • Icewind Dale II • Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms • Neverwinter Nights: Darkness over Daggerford • Neverwinter Nights: Tyrants of the Moonsea
 * Card Games
 * Adventures in the Forgotten Realms