{ "ac": 11, "alignment": "N", "breadcrumbs_spa": [], "category": "creature", "charisma": -5, "constitution": 3, "creature_ability": [ "Motion Sense", "Corrode Weapon", "Metal Resistance", "Rust" ], "creature_family": "Ooze", "creature_family_markdown": "[Ooze](/MonsterFamilies.aspx?ID=79)", "dexterity": -4, "exclude_from_search": false, "fortitude_save": 10, "hp": 80, "hp_raw": "80", "id": "creature-1930", "immunity": [ "critical hits", "mental", "precision", "unconscious", "visual" ], "immunity_markdown": "critical hits, [mental](/Traits.aspx?ID=106), precision, unconscious, [visual](/Traits.aspx?ID=163)", "intelligence": -5, "language_markdown": "", "level": 3, "markdown": "[Rust Ooze](/Monsters.aspx?ID=1930)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThese reddish-brown globs wriggle through sewers and other waterways in search of iron pipes, metal trash, and other objects that rust.\r\n\r\n\r\n**[Recall Knowledge - Ooze](/Rules.aspx?ID=563)**\r\n([Occultism](/Skills.aspx?ID=11)): DC 20\r\n\r\n**[Unspecific Lore](/Rules.aspx?ID=563)**: DC 18\r\n\r\n**[Specific Lore](/Rules.aspx?ID=563)**: DC 15\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Rust Ooze](/Monsters.aspx?ID=1930)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n**Source** [Pathfinder #178: Punks in a Powderkeg](/Sources.aspx?ID=119) pg. 87\n\n**Perception** +6; motion sense 60 feet, no vision\r\n\r\n**Languages**\n\n**Skills**\r\n[Athletics](/Skills.aspx?ID=3) +9, [Stealth](/Skills.aspx?ID=15) +5\r\n\r\n\r\n**Str** +4\r\n\r\n**Dex** -4\r\n\r\n**Con** +3\r\n\r\n**Int** -5\r\n\r\n**Wis** +1\r\n\r\n**Cha** -5\r\n\r\n\r\n**Motion Sense** A rust ooze can sense nearby creatures through vibration and air or water movement.\n\n\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n**AC** 11 \r\n\r\n**Fort** +10 \r\n\r\n**Ref** +3 \r\n\r\n**Will** +6 \n\n\r\n\r\n**HP** 80\n\n**Immunities**\r\ncritical hits, [mental](/Traits.aspx?ID=106), precision, unconscious, [visual](/Traits.aspx?ID=163)\r\n\r\n**Resistances**\r\nmetal 5\r\n\r\n**Weaknesses**\r\n[electricity](/Traits.aspx?ID=56) 5\r\n\r\n**Corrode Weapon** **Trigger** The rust ooze is hit with a metal weapon; **Effect** The rust ooze deals 2d6 acid damage to the item, ignoring its Hardness.
**Metal Resistance** A rust ooze has resistance 5 to metal weapons.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n**Speed** 15 feet, swim 30 feet\r\n\r\n**Melee**\r\n\r\npseudopod +11,\r\n**Damage** 1d6+5 bludgeoning plus rust and [tetanus](/Diseases.aspx?ID=3)\n\n**Rust** When a rust ooze critically succeeds at a pseudopod Strike, it deals 2d6 acid damage to a metal item the target is wearing or holding, ignoring the item's Hardness. If a creature uses the [Shield Block](/Feats.aspx?ID=839) reaction with a metal shield against a rust ooze's pseudopod attack, the shield is automatically broken, but no other item is rusted.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n", "name": "Rust Ooze", "npc": false, "perception": 6, "rarity": "uncommon", "reflex_save": 3, "release_date": "2022-04-27", "resistance": {}, "resistance_markdown": "metal 5", "resistance_raw": "metal 5", "search_markdown": "\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n**Source** [Pathfinder #178: Punks in a Powderkeg](/Sources.aspx?ID=119) pg. 87\r\n\r\n**Creature Family** [Ooze](/MonsterFamilies.aspx?ID=79)\r\n\r\n\r\n**HP** 80\r\n\r\n**AC** 11\r\n\r\n**Fort** +10\r\n\r\n**Ref** +3\r\n\r\n**Will** +6\r\n\r\n**Perception** +6\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\n\r\nThese reddish-brown globs wriggle through sewers and other waterways in search of iron pipes, metal trash, and other objects that rust.\r\n", "sense": "motion sense 60 feet, no vision", "sense_markdown": "motion sense 60 feet, no vision", "size": [ "Medium" ], "skill": [ "Athletics +9", "Stealth +5" ], "skill_markdown": "[Athletics](/Skills.aspx?ID=3) +9, [Stealth](/Skills.aspx?ID=15) +5", "source": [ "Pathfinder #178: Punks in a Powderkeg" ], "source_raw": [ "Pathfinder #178: Punks in a Powderkeg pg. 87" ], "source_category": "Adventure Paths", "source_group": "Outlaws of Alkenstar", "source_markdown": "[Pathfinder #178: Punks in a Powderkeg](/Sources.aspx?ID=119) pg. 87", "speed": { "land": 15, "max": 30, "swim": 30 }, "speed_markdown": "15 feet, swim 30 feet", "speed_raw": "15 feet, swim 30 feet", "spell_markdown": "", "spoilers": "Outlaws of Alkenstar", "stealth": "5", "strength": 4, "strongest_save": [ "fort", "fortitude" ], "summary": "These reddish-brown globs wriggle through sewers and other waterways in search of iron pipes, metal trash, and other objects that rust.", "summary_markdown": "These reddish-brown globs wriggle through sewers and other waterways in search of iron pipes, metal trash, and other objects that rust.", "text": " Rust Ooze These reddish-brown globs wriggle through sewers and other waterways in search of iron pipes, metal trash, and other objects that rust. Recall Knowledge - Ooze (Occultism): DC 20 Unspecific Lore : DC 18 Specific Lore : DC 15 Rust Ooze Source Pathfinder #178: Punks in a Powderkeg pg. 87 Perception +6; motion sense 60 feet, no vision Languages Skills Athletics +9, Stealth +5 Str +4 Dex -4 Con +3 Int -5 Wis +1 Cha -5 Motion Sense A rust ooze can sense nearby creatures through vibration and air or water movement. --- AC 11 Fort +10 Ref +3 Will +6 HP 80 Immunities critical hits, mental, precision, unconscious, visual Resistances metal 5 Weaknesses electricity 5 Corrode Weapon Reaction Trigger The rust ooze is hit with a metal weapon; Effect The rust ooze deals 2d6 acid damage to the item, ignoring its Hardness. Metal Resistance A rust ooze has resistance 5 to metal weapons. --- Speed 15 feet, swim 30 feet Melee Single Action pseudopod +11, Damage 1d6+5 bludgeoning plus rust and tetanus Rust When a rust ooze critically succeeds at a pseudopod Strike, it deals 2d6 acid damage to a metal item the target is wearing or holding, ignoring the item's Hardness. If a creature uses the Shield Block reaction with a metal shield against a rust ooze's pseudopod attack, the shield is automatically broken, but no other item is rusted. Rust Oozes and Rust Monsters While no one is sure how the first rust ooze came to be, some theorize that Hubert Brunt, an ooze researcher at Blythir College, spilled some proto-ooze on a rust monster antennae a colleague was studying. The urban legend says it consumed the antennae and absorbed the rust monster's powers, then consumed all of the metal instruments in the lab before a frightened attendant hastily washed the animated muck down the drain. ", "trait": [ "Mindless", "Ooze", "Uncommon", "N", "Medium" ], "trait_markdown": "[Mindless](/Traits.aspx?ID=108), [Ooze](/Traits.aspx?ID=122), [Uncommon](/Traits.aspx?ID=159)", "trait_raw": [ "Mindless", "Ooze", "Uncommon" ], "type": "Creature", "url": "/Monsters.aspx?ID=1930", "weakest_save": [ "ref", "reflex" ], "weakness": { "electricity": 5 }, "weakness_markdown": "[electricity](/Traits.aspx?ID=56) 5", "weakness_raw": " electricity 5", "will_save": 6, "wisdom": 1 }