Mucus. When a creature is afflicted with a Mucus Token, the following applies:
- Strength Sap
The creature afflicted with a Mucus Token gains a level of exhaustion equal to the number of Mucus Tokens they are afflicted with. Should the number of Mucus Tokens decrease in any way, the exhaustion level of that creature drops to match the level of Mucus Tokens.
- Combustable
When a creature is stuck by a spell that deals fire damage, or is exposed to an open flame, they are caught on fire, taking (x)d6 fire damage; where (x) is equal to the number of Mucus Tokens they are afflicted with. When a creature takes damage from this ability, all Mucus Tokens are removed from that creature.
- Sticky
The Mucus Tokens of this creature last for 1 week. Should a creature try to remove their Mucus Tokens before this, they must spend 1 consecutive hour to do so.
Leap. As an action, this creature can jump 15ft. in any direction, ignoring difficult terrain. If this creature moves into a space occupied by another creature with this ability, this creature may make a Slam attack against that creature. Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (3d8 + 3) bludgeoning damage and the target must make a DC 12 Constitution Saving Throw. On a failed save, the target gains 1 Mucus Token.
Shadowfell Slugs unlike many monster corrupted by the shadowfell do not gain much improvement in their intelligence from the many slugs they were individually prior to its transformation. As such, the main "tactic" of the Shadowfell Slug is to swarm individual targets and down them as soon as possible. Shadowfell Slugs found working together will attempt to work together to down the same target, but usually not more than 3 at a time. Once a target has been slain and no immediate danger presents itself to them, they will find any fresh cadavre (one that has not perished for a period of time greater than a handful of days) and spend 10 minutes draining the creatures blood and bodily fluids, and replacing them with their mucus, in an attempt to make a Maggot Man.