Gloop
By Jonas Bolander (jonas.bolander@saab.se)
Level Three Talisman
Arete
Quintessence
Spheres
Forces 3, Life 3 (convert electricity to body mass) Forces 1 (sense electricity)
Description
Created by the Austrian Son of Ether, Herr Doktor Hankelbrunner, as a way to stop runaway electrical experiments, the Gloop is a green, semi-translucent blob of jelly. It feels slightly oily if touched and emits a faint odor of ozone. It is usually contained in an airtight glass jar approximately the size of a football. When released from its jar it will move toward the nearest source of electricity (even if it prefers a larger source of "food" over a smaller and sometimes will be picky about a certain "taste"). It can move (ooze) approximately 2 meters/turn and squeeze through most cracks larger than a few millimeters. When it comes into contact with the source of electricity the Gloop will start to convert it into body mass, using it to grow (one Health Level per turn) while simultaneously draining the source (the larger it becomes the faster it will drain the source). It will continue to grow until there is no more electricity. At that time Paradox will make it shrink one Health Level per turn until it has reached its original size of 2 Health Levels. It takes no damage from cutting, punching and bullets. Only fire and aggravated damage is of any concern to it. Unless "fed" a small amount of electricity (tidbits of batteries or a nice tazer-jolt) once a month it will die.