Slimes

Slimes are green viscous organisms whose bodies emit a venomous toxin. They appear in Ultima IV,  V,  VI,  VII, and  VII Part Two.

Description
Slimes are often found in swampland or dungeons, preferring moist dark environments. They attack by ejecting part of their envenomous flesh at their victims, and are capable of extremely rapid asexual reproduction - a process which may be instigated when a slime is struck with a weapon. As a result, large swaths of slime can easily overwhelm an ill-prepared adventuring party, especially when they are vulnerable or at rest. Most wayfarers, however, can protect themselves against such assaults by keeping a watch during the evening hours, and by equipping themselves with flame-based weapons or torches, which are extremely effective against such beasts.

Given the ease with which slimes may be dispatched given appropriate precautions, during the years of the gargoyle wars a spell existed which would transmute more threatening enemies into slime, although this cantrip eventually fell out of favor with the the magical community. 

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