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# Rust Monster
Medium Monstrosity unaligned
 
**Armour Class:** 14 (natural armor)<br>
**Hit Points:** 27 [roll:5d8+5]<br>
**Proficiency Bonus:** <br>
**Movement:** 40
 
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| **STR** | **DEX** | **CON** | **INT** | **WIS** | **CHA** |
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| 13 (+1) | 12 (+1) | 13 (+1) | 2 (-4) | 13 (+1) | 6 (-2) |
 
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**Saving Throws:** <br>
**Skills:** <br>
**Senses:** darkvision 60ft., passive Perception 11<br>
**Languages:** n/a<br>
**Challenge:** 1/2 / (XP)
 
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Special Abilities

Iron Scent. The rust monster can pinpoint, by scent, the location of ferrous metal within 30 feet of it. Rust Metal. Any non magical weapon made of metal that hits the rust monster corrodes. After dealing damage, the weapon takes a permanent and cumulative -1 penalty to damage rolls. If its penalty drops to -5, the weapon is destroyed. Non magical ammunition made of metal that hits the rust monster is destroyed after dealing damage.

Actions

Bite

Melee Attack: +3 to hit , reach 5 ft., one target.

Hit: or 5 piercing damage. Antennae. The rust monster corrodes a nonmagical ferrous metal object it can see within 5 feet of it. If the object isn’t being worn or carried, the touch destroys a 1-foot cube of it. If the object is being worn or carried by a creature, the creature can make a DC 11 Dexterity saving throw to avoid the rust monster’s touch. If the object touched is either metal armor or a metal shield being worn or carried, its takes a permanent and cumulative -1 penalty to the AC it offers. Armor reduced to an AC of 10 or a shield that drops to a +0 bonus is destroyed. If the object touched is a held metal weapon, it rusts as described in the Rust Metal trait.

Description

A rust monster”s body is covered in thick, lumpy armor, its long tail ends in a bony protrusion, and two feathery antennae sprout from its insectile head.