Giant slug

A giant slug was an extremely huge and deadly version of a slug. "Giant slugs remain a very real danger in jungles, forests, and dungeons everywhere."

- Excerpt from the Monstrous Manual

Description
These gargantuan slugs seemed to resemble benign garden slugs, but were actually hideous mutations with highly advanced traits. Most giant slugs had a grey outer color with a white underside. These slugs had an unlimited store of corrosive acid, proving deadly to almost all foes. Giant slugs were immune to this acid.

Behavior
Surprisingly, giant slugs were extraordinarily strong, being able to batter down barricades, and even demolish wooden buildings in mere seconds. Being invertebrates, giant slugs could squeeze through spaces that even much smaller creatures had no chance of passing.

Combat
These monstrous slugs used their shear size to overwhelm enemies and chomp down on them. Once doing so, the slugs would release their saliva, which acted as a corrosive acid. As well as corroding their opponents themselves, the vile gloop dissolved their equipment too. If not in reach, the giant slugs could send projectile-spit the acid. These spitting attacks, as well as corroding most materials, caused huge damage, and furthermore, could be used whenever, at will. However, this was made up by their poor accuracy, particularly from very far range.

Giant slugs had very thick hides of a rubber-like substance, and thus, could not be hit by blunt weapons.

Ecology (use for animals)
Though some generic slugs were herbivorous, all giant slugs were omnivorous, and as such, fed on literally anything. Giant slugs had enormous appetites, feeding on both meat, plant material, carrion, and even garbage, but flesh was preferable. They spat their caustic acid on their food before consuming it. They had no need to employ pack tactics, and thus dwelt alone. Giant slugs lurked in damp, dark places, which were often underground.

Placing right at the top of the food chain, giant slugs had no known predators.

Due to the super potent strength of their internal acids, they were sometimes used as material components for spells. Their bile was used in the vitriolic sphere spell, and their spittle was needed for Veladar's vambrace.

History
In the palace of Dangwaru on the Chultan Peninsula, a giant slug scaled the statue of a kraken. This giant slug was formerly a cleric of Umberlee, but was turned into the huge mollusc by the goddess herself as a punishment.

Appearances

 * Video games
 * Curse of the Azure Bonds
 * Secret of the Silver Blades
 * Gateway to the Savage Frontier
 * Treasures of the Savage Frontier