Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is coming! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
Help with a rust monster
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="paulewaug" data-source="post: 1043461" data-attributes="member: 5899"><p>I have No Problem with destroying the pcs gear, because being mean to them gives me a chane to be nice to them.</p><p></p><p>You can do it too much and I have not yet used a rust monster IMC but I have sundered the dwarfs most prized waraxe, the look on his face was priceless! </p><p>Unfotunaly the cleric mended it..darn it! </p><p>(he had a back up weapon and a weaponsmith back at camp that could fix it for him..oh well!)</p><p> </p><p>But not to hijack the thread with the "sunder" controversy!</p><p>------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>So this seems like kind of a dumb question but:</p><p>Do you allow the attack that causes damage to "the rusty" actually hurt it? </p><p>------------------------------</p><p>We have run an encounter using just 1 so far and both our group's "other dm" and myself agreed it was amussing to not let the weapon even hurt it because the item <em>Instantly</em> turns to rust and is ruined. </p><p><strong>It makes the rusty pretty scary that way!</strong> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p>I knew what the creaure was because as a player I am (besides the other dm) the most experienced and also Dm my own game, so the dm let my pc, a dwarf, make a knowledge check to verify what it was (my reasoning was that dwarves Love metal and a rusty wuold be a blight in their eyes so they would know to look out for them).Our party's cleric..did something to stun it for a round, I don't remember what, and then my chacter dropped a couple of Master Crafted longswords we found and ran back the other way. </p><p> One of the players was flipping out because of "all the money (I) had just thrown away" but I told him that both he and the cleric should be glad that we only lost a couple of swords we weren't using, rather than lamenting the loss of the clerics Banded armor and His Greatsword! We were trapped in an series of underground passages and had not yet been able to find the way, we knew that we would likely have to fight a red dragon because of rumours we had heard back in town, (quite some distance away) and that all we could count on was what we had on us and what we may get lucky and find.</p><p>I did propose that our characters could "strip down" and go back with clubs (we had found some goats peend in a wooden pen) and kill it but he was reluctant for some reason..go figure!</p><p></p><p>But I find that because the Rust Monster is so distinctive that the players will likely know what they face unless you "wolf in sheeps clothing" it.</p><p></p><p>Sorry for the long post!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="paulewaug, post: 1043461, member: 5899"] I have No Problem with destroying the pcs gear, because being mean to them gives me a chane to be nice to them. You can do it too much and I have not yet used a rust monster IMC but I have sundered the dwarfs most prized waraxe, the look on his face was priceless! Unfotunaly the cleric mended it..darn it! (he had a back up weapon and a weaponsmith back at camp that could fix it for him..oh well!) But not to hijack the thread with the "sunder" controversy! ------------------------------------------------------------------ So this seems like kind of a dumb question but: Do you allow the attack that causes damage to "the rusty" actually hurt it? ------------------------------ We have run an encounter using just 1 so far and both our group's "other dm" and myself agreed it was amussing to not let the weapon even hurt it because the item [i]Instantly[/i] turns to rust and is ruined. [b]It makes the rusty pretty scary that way![/b] ;) I knew what the creaure was because as a player I am (besides the other dm) the most experienced and also Dm my own game, so the dm let my pc, a dwarf, make a knowledge check to verify what it was (my reasoning was that dwarves Love metal and a rusty wuold be a blight in their eyes so they would know to look out for them).Our party's cleric..did something to stun it for a round, I don't remember what, and then my chacter dropped a couple of Master Crafted longswords we found and ran back the other way. One of the players was flipping out because of "all the money (I) had just thrown away" but I told him that both he and the cleric should be glad that we only lost a couple of swords we weren't using, rather than lamenting the loss of the clerics Banded armor and His Greatsword! We were trapped in an series of underground passages and had not yet been able to find the way, we knew that we would likely have to fight a red dragon because of rumours we had heard back in town, (quite some distance away) and that all we could count on was what we had on us and what we may get lucky and find. I did propose that our characters could "strip down" and go back with clubs (we had found some goats peend in a wooden pen) and kill it but he was reluctant for some reason..go figure! But I find that because the Rust Monster is so distinctive that the players will likely know what they face unless you "wolf in sheeps clothing" it. Sorry for the long post! [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
Help with a rust monster
Top