GENERAL INFO
Originally created from a failed transmutation, pludloks are animate mounds of flesh. Their bodies bear a flexible internal keratin structure, lining and supporting their frame and lower jaw. The rest of a pludlok's body consists primarily of its small stomach cavity and its thick layer of flesh.

Although a pludlok typically begins life small enough to fit in a shot glass, it will quickly grow as soon as it begins to eat. Pludoks are able to digest a wide variety of matter and near-instantly convert ingested material into additional fleshy bodily mass. Because they tend to absorb everything they ingest, pludloks do not release any excretions. In rare instances where a pludlok attempts to ingest something that it can not digest (and survives), it will evacuate the substance simply by spitting it back out.

While pludloks attempt to eat whenever they see food in front of them, their hunger is naturally kept in check by the mass they gain. After only a few meals a pludlok's naturally slow mobility will dwindle to a crawl. A few meals beyond that and it becomes impossible for a pludlok to go in search of food. Even if food is present and in reach, the pludlok's mass will eventually reach a point where its ample folds block the path to its mouth. But this will not cause a pludlok to starve.

Pludloks tend to metabolize about half of their fleshy mass each week. But if a pludlok becomes to small it may die. This is perhaps why pludloks experience an instinctive compulsion to eat anything that doesn't seem dangerous. (Because larger pludloks don't consider smaller pludloks to be dangerous, they might engage in cannibalistic behavior.)

However, due to their body composition they lack the strength to chew. This makes it difficult, if not impossible, for a pludlok to eat hard objects larger than their mouth can accommodate. If a pludlok encounters such an object, it might suck and nibble for hours or even days to no avail. Pludloks have been known to starve to death in this manner.


VARIANTS
Due to the replicatable, but often unpredictable nature of pludlok creation, it is not uncommon for a pludlok to deviate from recorded standards. Pludloks of true sentience have been witnessed, as well as pludloks that are created with no sentience whatsoever. Pludloks have been known to sometimes occur in vastly different colors than standard, or to reach sizes well beyond the standard limits.

USES
Because their intense metabolism causes magical effects to occur immediately, Pludloks are commonly used in magical establishments to test alchemical supplies and ingestable magic such as potions that would otherwise take longer to display results.

Because they are relatively clean, pludloks have been known to make decent pets, if their owner is mindful of their behaviors and adjusts their environment accordingly.

In wealthy neighborhoods, it is not an uncommon sight for certain shops to own pludloks who gobble down trash.

Mages who have bound pludloks to serve as familiars report bolstered constitution.