Rust Monster

Medium Aberration

Source(s):	3.5E Monster Manual 1, 3E Monster Manual 1, Monstrous Compendium Volume 2, 1E Monster Manual 1, Basic Boxed Set, Rules Cyclopedia, Classic D&D Game, Monstrous Manual, Dragon#346 (ecology of)
Alignment:	Always True Neutral
Climate/Terrain:	Any Underground
Organization:	Solitary or pair
Rarity:	Uncommon
Challenge Rating:	3
Experience Value:	270
See Also:	Manavore
Most fighters would rather face an army of orcs than confront a rust monster. These squat quadrupeds look like hunched, brown turtles with a vaguely insectoid head and two antennae whose touch corrodes metal into rusty dust in seconds.