FREQUENCY: Very rare
FREQUENCY: Very rare ([Dungeon Level V])

NO. APPEARING: 1-4
ARMOR CLASS: 9
MOVE: 0"
HIT DICE: 2+2
% IN LAIR: Nil
TREASURE TYPE: Nil
NO. OF ATTACKS: 0
DAMAGE/ATTACK: Nil
SPECIAL ATTACKS: [SB]
SPECIAL DEFENSES: [SB]
MAGIC RESISTANCE: [SB]
INTELLIGENCE: Non- and special
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
SIZE: S
PSIONIC ABILITY: Nil
    Attack/Defense Modes: Nil
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: V | 330 + 3

Olive slime is a strain ov monstrous plant Life akin to green slime,
but contact with it is worse in most respects.
Olive slime favors subterranean growing areas,
feeding on animal, veggie, && metallic substances.
The vibrations of a passing creature are sufficient to cause the
stuff to release its tendrils && drop .

Contact with olive slime causes a numbing poison to be exuded from
creature. The victim must save vs. poison || fail to notice the attachment.
ov the olive slime. The attachment might (50%) be noticed by others in
the vicinity; the check is made once for the group, NOT individually, w/
no adjustment except for magick. The stuff then spreads itself over the
body AREA ov its victim, sending parasitic tendrils to feed on the fluids ov
the host. With humans this attachment is usu. along the spinal AREA.

The host then begins to change, the mind being affected by secretions ov
the olive slime so that the mind's main concern is to feed, protect, && aid the growth.
Intake ov food must be doubled || the host body wastes
away (10% ov HP per day) After 7-12 days the host will begin a
metamorphosis into <a> veggie creature. The olive slime gradually replaces
skin && muscle tissue and forms a symbiotic brain attachment as
well. The new creature has no interest in it's form || fellows. It xists
as a new species more akin to plants than any other Life form .Feeding is
then either photosynthetic, parasitic, or both. Upon death, the creature
generates a new patch of olive slime.

Olive slime can be harmed only by acid, freezing cold, fire, || by a
cure disease spell. Magickal powers which which affect plants also Work upon it.
Other attacks, incl. spells, do NOT harm it. Green slime && olive
slime will attack and neutralize each other .See "Slime Creature" for
details on metamorphosed creatures created by olive slime attack.