FLUMPH

These strange creatures are saucer shaped and pure white in color.

The mouth is at the centre of the upper surface which is AC 0; either side of the mouth is a 4-inch long eyestalk. The underside is AC 8 and carries a mass of small spikes and numerous small tentacles.

The flumph 'flies' by sucking air into its mouth and expelling it through its underside. Normally it floats about 4 inches above the ground but can fly up to 10-ft, particularly for attack purposes. It is maneuverability class D. A flumph is helpless if turned over.

Normally the flumph repels an attack with a squirt of foul-smelling liquid; this can strike anyone within a 60° arc up to a range of 20-ft — any victim who fails his saving throw (versus Poison) will flee in disgust. The liquid is squirted through an aperture on the creature's 'equator' — the horizontal line of maximum diameter. For 1-4 hours afterwards, a victim struck by this liquid will be shunned by his companions who will not be able to tolerate his presence within 100-ft until the effects wear off.

If this method of repulsion fails the flumph will rise above its target and drop vertically on its chosen victim. The spikes collectively inflict 1-8 hit points of damage and the tentacles fill the wounds with an acid which does an additional 1-4 hit points of damage, the latter damage recurring for the next 2-8 rounds unless magical means are used to negate the acid (alchemists have so far failed to create an effective antidote).

The creature can communicate in the Lawful alignment tongues, though its vocabulary is severely limited.