Her last entry is dated Sol-Monap, Mud Month, 1294: “Latest varieties are larger and more aggressive. “New generations quickly lose taste for raw ores and seek out fabricated metals instead. Mines ten times as fast as the common type! Snapped at me today as I closed the cage.” Success was elusive at first, but her journals soon filled with peculiar accounts: The perfect organism for tilling stone fields and harvesting ore crop!”įor years, Mool worked with Chulochs in her cave-laboratory, increasing their size and their ability to process ore.
Upon rediscovering the Chuloch, her notes gush: “At last, my living plow. Mool wished to create a beast of burden, not for the field, but for the mine. Bestiaries considered them a waste of ink, when more impressive monsters remained to be cataloged.Īnd so the Chuloch was ignored, until Hlin Mool, a Dwarven Tinkerer-Mage, again realized its potential. So the metal-eating slug found itself once again relegated to that class of notably dull creatures unworthy of examination. Years of study led to a disappointing but inescapable result: No matter what metals or magic were fed to a Chuloch, they could not transform it into gold.ĭespite interest by arms-makers in the alloys found in Chuloch skin, most research was quickly abandoned. A brief but intense ‘Chuloch Rush’ followed, during which time Chulochs were collected by the thousands and subjected to intense experimentation. They grow no larger than a man’s arm, and the iron within a simple dagger could sustain one for years.Īlchemists during the Elder Age were fascinated by the Chuloch’s ability to digest metal. Chulochs live silent lives deep underground, where they feed on natural iron deposits. Take the simple Chuloch, an odd-looking but harmless creature whose shape approximates that of a garden slug. Most are born innocuous, no more terrifying than the common salamander. Not all monstrosities begin life as twisted horrors.
Quality, enchanted steel with a razor edge. On the second, it fell apart like soggy bread. An adult rust monster is 5 feet long and weighs 200 pounds (20 bulk).Rust Monster Card art by Joe Bilicic Rust Monster Origins, Biology, & Lore They have a long tail ending in a forked spade. Rust monsters combine the appearance of fleas and termites. The long antennae of a rust monster quickly corrode any metallic object they touch. They have a taste for metal and seek to consume it. Organization solitary, pair, or nest (3-10)Ī rust monster is a magical breed of giant insect that evolved in the depths of the world. Rust (Ex)Ī rust monster’s antenna causes metal to rapidly rust and corrode, dealing 2d6+4 points of damage to a metal object (doubled on a critical hit), ignoring its Hardness. This ability functions the same as the scent ability, except that the rust monster can only use it to sense metal objects (including creatures wearing or carrying metal objects). On a success, the item also is subject to the rust ability. The rust monster attempts to disarm a metal item a creature is holding using its antenna. Skills Athletics +13, Stealth +8, Survival +8
Str +1 Dex +4 Con +2 Int -4 Wis +1 Cha -1
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Melee antenna +11 (disarm plus rust), or bite +11 (1d6+4P), or tail +11 (1d6+4B, critical knockdown) Init +4 Senses blindsense (metal scent) 90 ft., darkvision 60 ft.