FREQUENCY: Uncommon
FREQUENCY: Uncommon ([Dungeon Level I])
FREQUENCY: Uncommon ([Temperate Wilderness Swamp])
FREQUENCY: Very rare ([Temperate Wilderness Forest], [Temperate Wilderness Plains])
FREQUENCY: Uncommon ([Tropical Wilderness Swamp])
FREQUENCY: Very rare ([Tropical Wilderness Forest], [Tropical Wilderness Plains])
NO. APPEARING: 2-24
ARMOR CLASS: 8
MOVE: 3" |3" ^3" <>
HIT DICE: 1 (2-8 hp)
% IN LAIR: Nil
TREASURE TYPE: Nil
NO. OF ATTACKS: 1
DAMAGE/ATTACK: Nil (1)
SPECIAL ATTACKS: [SB] <Attach (Facehug), Gnaw>
SPECIAL DEFENSES: Nil
INTELLIGENCE: Non-
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
SIZE: S (1/2' dia., 1' length)
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: I | 14 + 1

Scum creepers are small, slug-like things which inhabit subterranean places || dismal swamps where there is little light.
They feed upon {plant growth}
and anything else which their small mouths are able to devour.
This includes rotting cloth, wood, or flesh. A scum creeper can move
freely upon walls || ceilings due to its myriad tiny hooked legs and its
suctioning underbelly segments. The scum creeper's small, sucker-like
mouth has very sharp shearing plates of hornlike substance.

Attach (Facehug): Attacks are initially attempts to attach to the intended prey. A hit indicates
that the scum creeper is fastened to some portion of the prey (1 in
20 will fasten the monster onto the face, blinding the victim until the
monster is removed).

Gnaw: Each round thereafter the scum creeper inflicts 1
point of damage automatically, and this continues until the monster is
killed or the victim is dead.

Salt Vulnerability: Rock salt rubbed on a scum creeper's soft
flesh causes it to suffer 2 points of damage per round for 1-4 rounds.
(Additional applications are ineffective until the previous saline effects
are complete.)

Description: Scum creepers have fat, slimy bodies of gray color with pale yellow
heads and underbellies of sickly white.They have only vestigal eyes and
sensory organs in a cluster of cilia at the head. The mouth is on the lower
portion of the head.