It can be used to clean surfaces or slowly decompose small organic matter. If they try to take it to the ranchers, they'll say it's too small for them and suggest keeping it as a pet. Standing in the pool of volatile magic causes your attacks to deal an extra 1d6 force damage, but you also take 1d6 force damage each time from the magical feedback.ДЄfter defeating the large oozes, they find a small ooze that they can leave or keep. Gelatinous Cube, Gray Ooze, 2 Ochre Jelly Attempting to use the wand causes it to become overloaded from the size of the ooze and break, spilling volatile magical energy on the ground around them. Any captured oozes can be sold back to the farmers for 5 gp.ДЄs they continue to travel, the PCs eventually come across a group of large oozes that emerge from the woods and encircle them. Failure results in 1d6 acid damage as they burn themselves on the ooze's caustic flesh. They can use find more oozes by using a Survival check to find oozes in the countryside (their result determining how long it takes and the type of ooze they find), then use the wand to pacify it, followed by a DC 12 Sleight of Hand check to put the ooze in a jar. If the PCs show interest, the halflings will ask if the players want to help out at the ranch. The players could try to avoid it, fight it, or convince it to leave them be. Many of the trees are instead giant mushrooms.ДЄ Young Green Dragon hunts these woods. There's a large lake with huge growths of algae that float like icebergs. The halflings can give directions or escort the PCs to their ranch and are more than happy to have guests, especially ones that aren't instantly terrified of the oozes.Д¬ity ruins by a large river now serve as an ooze ranch. The wands can pacify oozes long enough to let you scoop them up into jars. The halflings have set up an ooze ranch and cultivate them for alchemical purposes. If they're asked about the attack on the tower, or about all the oozes in the region, they can explain that this part of the world has an unusually high amount of oozes in it, making it dangerous for most travelers. The drug has a 5% chance to turn you into a thrall of Juiblex.ДЄ few of them carry wands similar to the one the party found, and if asked, they can repair the wand. The ooze is used to make a powerful hallucinogenic drug. They will sell grey oozes in a jar for 25gp. They wear thick leather gloves, aprons, goggles, and other protective gear.

A DC 13 Arcana check can determine that the wand is malfunctioning and on the verge of breaking, but could be repaired by a specialist.ДЄfter leaving the tower and continuing on their travels, the party eventually comes across a caravan of halflings.ДЎ0 Halfling commoner Ooze farmers with oozes in glass jars in their carts. The top of the tower is empty, except for a couple skeletons and a wand. Within the tower are more skeletons and oozes, which can be avoided with a DC 10 Stealth check, or fought with a few quick clicks in the Encounter Maker. Further up the tower there's some lights on in the windows, and distant sounds of a scuffle and movement. A DC 12 Medicine check can determine that the skeletons are very fresh despite having no flesh.

The party comes across a mage tower with dead bodies everywhere, all skeletons and no blood. Use the links to the tools in their relevant section to customize the adventure to your party.

It can work as a small side adventure in an existing campaign, as a standalone one-shot, or the start of a new adventure. This adventure can be can be easily customized to a party of any size or level, or run as a levelДҐ players. No Prep Module: Ooze Rancher for D&D or RPGs

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