ability_mods:
  cha_mod: 0
  con_mod: 1
  dex_mod: 3
  int_mod: -4
  str_mod: 0
  wis_mod: 1
ac: 19
ac_special: null
automatic_abilities:
- description: A rust monster can smell metal as a precise sense.
  name: Metal Scent
  traits: null
description: Found in lost dungeons, deep caves, and abandoned mines, rust monsters
  are a bane to any adventurers who rely on armor, weapons, or other metal items.
  These strange-looking creatures grow to about 5 feet long, with four insectile legs
  and a long tail ending in a four-pronged appendage resembling a tiny windmill. However,
  it is the rust monster's feathery antennae that strike fear in the hearts of battle-hardened
  warriors, for a single touch from even just one antenna can reduce an adventurer's
  most valuable tools to a useless pile of rust.
divine_spells: null
hp: 40
immunities: null
innate_spells: null
items: null
languages: null
level: 3
melee:
- action_cost: One Action
  name: antenna
  to_hit: 10
  traits:
  - finesse
- action_cost: One Action
  damage:
    formula: 1d10+4
    type: piercing
  name: mandibles
  to_hit: 8
  traits:
  - finesse
- action_cost: One Action
  damage:
    formula: 1d4+2 plus Improved Knockdown
    type: bludgeoning
  name: tail
  to_hit: 8
  traits:
  - finesse
name: Rust Monster
perception: 8
proactive_abilities:
- action_cost: One Action
  description: . On a success, the item is subject to the rust monster's rust ability
    (see below) in addition to the effects of the Disarm, and if the check to Disarm
    is a critical success, the rust monster drops the item on the ground in its own
    space.
  name: Antenna Disarm
  traits:
  - with the same modifier as an antenna Strike
- description: to a metal item the target is wearing or holding, ignoring its Hardness.
    If the rust monster hits an unattended metal item, the item takes this damage
    automatically. If a creature uses the Shield Block reaction with a metal shield
    against an antenna attack, the shield is automatically broken, but no other item
    is rusted on that attack.
  name: Rust
  traits:
  - doubled on a critical hit
ranged: null
resistances: null
saves:
  fort: 8
  ref: 10
  will: 6
saves_special:
  fort: null
  ref: null
  will: null
senses:
- darkvision
- metal scent 30 feet
skills:
  Athletics: 7
skills_special: null
speed:
- amount: 35
  type: Land
- amount: 10
  type: Climb
spell_attack_to_hit: null
spell_dc: null
traits:
- N
- Medium
- Aberration
type: Creature