diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/blob_mobs.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/blob_mobs.dm
index 440967945ab..97d61898b37 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/blob_mobs.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/blob_mobs.dm
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/blob/blobspore
 	name = "blob"
-	desc = "Some blob thing."
+	desc = "A floating, fragile spore."
 	icon_state = "blobpod"
 	icon_living = "blobpod"
 	health = 40
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/blob/blobbernaut
 	name = "blobbernaut"
-	desc = "Some HUGE blob thing."
+	desc = "A hulking, mobile chunk of blobmass."
 	icon_state = "blobbernaut"
 	icon_living = "blobbernaut"
 	icon_dead = "blobbernaut_dead"
diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/core.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/core.dm
index b19965f3d3e..ec7ed02ece8 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/core.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/core.dm
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 	name = "blob core"
 	icon = 'icons/mob/blob.dmi'
 	icon_state = "blank_blob"
+	desc = "A huge, pulsating yellow mass."
 	health = 200
 	fire_resist = 2
+	explosion_block = 6
 	var/overmind_get_delay = 0 // we don't want to constantly try to find an overmind, do it every 30 seconds
 	var/resource_delay = 0
 	var/point_rate = 2
@@ -44,6 +46,9 @@
 /obj/effect/blob/core/fire_act(datum/gas_mixture/air, exposed_temperature, exposed_volume)
 	return
 
+/obj/effect/blob/core/ex_act(severity, target)
+	return
+
 /obj/effect/blob/core/update_icon()
 	if(health <= 0)
 		qdel(src)
diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/factory.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/factory.dm
index 90dab3c0fe2..e89afd34300 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/factory.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/factory.dm
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 	name = "factory blob"
 	icon = 'icons/mob/blob.dmi'
 	icon_state = "blob_factory"
+	desc = "A thick spire of tendrils."
 	health = 100
 	fire_resist = 2
 	var/list/spores = list()
diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/node.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/node.dm
index 423272ed8b6..5da503da5df 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/node.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/node.dm
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 	name = "blob node"
 	icon = 'icons/mob/blob.dmi'
 	icon_state = "blank_blob"
+	desc = "A large, pulsating yellow mass."
 	health = 100
 	fire_resist = 2
 
diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/resource.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/resource.dm
index 78527b7cde0..2996265ee2c 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/resource.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/resource.dm
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 	name = "resource blob"
 	icon = 'icons/mob/blob.dmi'
 	icon_state = "blob_resource"
+	desc = "A thin spire of slightly swaying tendrils."
 	health = 30
 	fire_resist = 2
 	var/resource_delay = 0
diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/shield.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/shield.dm
index 1c145f4404f..387dda96048 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/shield.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/shield.dm
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 	name = "strong blob"
 	icon = 'icons/mob/blob.dmi'
 	icon_state = "blob_idle"
-	desc = "Some blob creature thingy"
+	desc = "A solid wall of slightly twitching tendrils."
 	health = 75
+	explosion_block = 4
 	fire_resist = 2
 
 
diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/storage.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/storage.dm
index 4b5089b10cc..a09e58915f3 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/storage.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/blobs/storage.dm
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 	name = "storage blob"
 	icon = 'icons/mob/blob.dmi'
 	icon_state = "blob_resource"
+	desc = "A huge, smooth mass supported by tendrils."
 	health = 30
 	fire_resist = 2
 
diff --git a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/theblob.dm b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/theblob.dm
index 907bf7e2c68..ce99589ffad 100644
--- a/code/game/gamemodes/blob/theblob.dm
+++ b/code/game/gamemodes/blob/theblob.dm
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 	name = "blob"
 	icon = 'icons/mob/blob.dmi'
 	luminosity = 3
-	desc = "Some blob creature thingy"
+	desc = "A thick wall of writhing tendrils."
 	density = 0
 	opacity = 0
 	anchored = 1
+	explosion_block = 2
 	var/health = 30
 	var/health_timestamp = 0
 	var/brute_resist = 4
diff --git a/code/game/objects/explosion.dm b/code/game/objects/explosion.dm
index 682fc5293fe..6d3c4e6dce0 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/explosion.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/explosion.dm
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@
 					if(W.reinf && W.fulltile)
 						cached_exp_block[T] += W.explosion_block
 
+				for(var/obj/effect/blob/B in T)
+					cached_exp_block[T] += B.explosion_block
+
 		for(var/turf/T in affected_turfs)
 
 			var/dist = cheap_hypotenuse(T.x, T.y, x0, y0)
@@ -215,6 +218,9 @@
 					if(W.explosion_block && W.fulltile)
 						dist += W.explosion_block
 
+				for(var/obj/effect/blob/B in T)
+					dist += B.explosion_block
+
 		if(dist < dev)
 			T.color = "red"
 			T.maptext = "Dev"