Rust Monster

Ability Scores

Details

Initiative +1 (11) Senses Darkvision 60 ft.; Passive Perception 11 Languages None

Traits

• Iron Scent. The rust monster can pinpoint the location of ferrous metal within 30 feet of itself.

Actions

• Multiattack. The rust monster makes one Bite attack and uses Antennae twice.
• Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +3, reach 5 ft. Hit: 5 (1d8 + 1) Piercing damage.
• Antennae. The rust monster targets one nonmagical metal object—armor or a weapon—worn or carried by a creature within 5 feet of itself. Dexterity Saving Throw: DC 11, the creature with the object. Failure: The object takes a -1 penalty to the AC it offers (armor) or to its attack rolls (weapon). Armor is destroyed if the penalty reduces its AC to 10, and a weapon is destroyed if its penalty reaches -5. The penalty can be removed by casting the Mending spell on the armor or weapon.
• Destroy Metal. The rust monster touches a nonmagical metal object within 5 feet of itself that isn't being worn or carried. The touch destroys a 1-foot Cube of the object.