If it only realized the kind of power it held, one tiny, quiet, innocent little Burbur could conceivably bring down almost any living creature, of any size, and generate one of the game's deadliest hazards in the process. So what happens, then, if a Burbur spits? The Burbur's official description makes a point of mentioning that predators avoid them, because green slime can still survive for a while in their stomachs. One little drop of green slime is all it takes to kill damn near anything, consuming and spreading like a flame until nothing else is left. The only creature that could ever want more of it. Think about it: the Burbur is virtually the only creature that likes green slime.

Its new artwork was damn cool, but there was little to no expansion on its concept or mechanics, which is a shame, because I think it's easy to see just how deeply, deeply insidious a Burbur could become with only minimal tweaking. I, of all people, can appreciate elements of pure world-building flavor, but I can also understand that these things have to be weighed against printing costs in an industry that struggles harder than ever, so I'm not surprised that the Burbur's 1996 reprint would also be its last.

I can't imagine toxic mold was ever all that popular a threat, and small pockets of slime could just as easily be set on fire, relegating the Burbur to little more than a curiosity. Feeding exclusively on subterranean biofilms, the gentle little critter could suction up three times its mass in deadly cave-crud, including not only green and olive slimes but an assortment of deadly toxic mosses and molds.Ī novel concept, with a nice design and an interesting niche role in a fantastical ecosystem, but perhaps a little too niche for its own good. An unforgettably grotesque and notoriously frustrating hazard, to say nothing of its cousin the olive slime, which goes the extra mile and converts its victims into shambling, zombie-like slime creatures.Īs enduring and unique a threat as slime has always been, it only makes sense that it was given at least one specialized natural enemy a cute, innocent looking little slug-weevil introduced in Dragon #101. Dating back to the very earliest editions of the game, green slime is a colonial, algae-like sessile organism that instantly dissolves metal and consumes organic matter at an exponential rate, quickly converting even the most heavily armored adventurer into a proportional puddle of deadly sludge. A Dungeons and Dragons Monster Review by Jonathan Wojcikīefore we talk about the Burbur, it's important to understand one of its favorite snacks, the infamous green slime.

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