Editing Grue (section)

==Varrdig==
The varrdig, or ''Fluid Brute'', is the fucking worst. The game already ''had'' the [[Elemental_Weird|Water Weird]], supposedly [[Chaotic Evil]] itself; but noooo, that wasn't enough. Much as some would like to blame [[Rose Estes]] for nerfing the Weird, she was writing June 1982, too late to affect whoever-it-was who came up with this Grue.

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This is a globular, jelly-like blob of translucent, greenish-colored slime, with its lower body fringed by small, clawed legs and with pipe-like protrusions radiating from its middle. These flexible hoses provide propulsion by jetting water when the creature is in its element, and when out of its element can be used to attack foes; blinding and stunning the conscious, and dispatching the vulnerable [[rape|hentai-style]] by thrusting a pipe into a nostril or mouth and filling the lungs with water. Like all grues, it can disguise itself as a mass of elemental matter - in this case water - but it retains a greenish tinge that can impede with its efforts to hide.

A trio of varrdigs can fuse together at will, forming a three-lobed entity that resembles a snowman. This triad fusion requires 1-3 rounds to complete, after which the creatures act as one; in this form, they are a far more formidable opponent, with increased defenses, moral and bludgeoning weight. The midbody portion is believed to house the sensory organs (if any do exist), as evidenced by odd outgrowths of cilia and stalks, and the upper body portion sprouts 3-6 propulsion tubes.

Water-based spells will not function within 30 feet of a varrdig.

Varrdigs often travel in packs of three, the better to assume their fused form in the event of a powerful threat. It is not known whether varrdig triads are the only ones to fuse or whether other varrdigs can join in the fusion. Varrdig fusion may be a religious sacrament as well as a defensive and hunting strategy. Varrdig triads seek out and claim territories that they defend from all others. These hunting grounds are soon depopulated by the varrdigs’ voracious appetites, and they move on to fresher waters.

Vardiggs are scavengers, though they are not above killing off weak, diseased, or elderly creatures they meet. They are exterminated by the marid whenever the two species meet, but they are on good terms with other water elemental races, and creatures such as the ixitxachitl and the sahuagin.
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