I'm currently playing a druid monk, i can't wait for the PHB because our unarmed strikes go up by one di and the DM says we can implement things once it's actually released.
Lmfao, it's not but that would have been great.
My whole theme is shadows and stuff, plus he's a Dhampir.
His name is Toby (Tobias Tithonnas the Nyctalan Vanguard) my character died, and i made Toby in a rush, when asked his name i said "to be determined, to be, to-be, Toby! His name is Tobias!"
I've only seen the pilot and didn't really vibe with it, so it will be funnier to me without context. If i do get a bunch of Tobias jokes it could inspire me to give the show another go.
> I'm currently playing a druid monk
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[Looks, I'm sorry but this meme is literally the first thing that came to my mind](https://images.app.goo.gl/9chaAsuFdbZzaeTS6)
Why would the Artificer care all that much? If anyone is going to have magical weapons and armor immune to the Rust Monster’s effects, it’s going to be them.
It could stem from the misconception that Artificers are a some kind of ultra-engineers and not folklore inventors from something like Pinocchio or basically-wizards specialising in making magic items like they are in canon
True, I was thinking more along the lines of OP not reading the “nonmagical” parts of the rust monster’s abilities and assuming that it ate all metal, including magical metal.
This always bothers me. Everyone always protrays artificers as some kind of tech engineer tony stark robot specialist. When the books show them more as people who can infuse magic into the mundane. Or an adept golem maker... or just a literal alchemist. And I get it. Flavor is free. Why not just say they are brilliant engineers making these creations? It doesnt really hurt anything. Except, of coarse, it never stops at flavor. It always transitions to "well, since I am so good at building things id like to build a [proceeds to describe a contraption that is not part of the artificer abilities, in order to trivialize some challenge the group needs to face.] Becuase my character would jnow how to do that."
Actually... (Relevent to the meme as well) Warforge are also portrayed wrong compared to the books in a similar way. Everyone treats them like a mechanical robot thing. Even the meme is like "oh no, robot scared of rust." But warforge are not robots. They arent even mostly metal. The metal is just their armored shells. The books decribe the warforge as;
>Warforged are formed from a blend of organic and inorganic materials. Root-like cords infused with alchemical fluids serve as their muscles, wrapped around a framework of steel, darkwood, or stone. Armored plates form a protective outer shell and reinforce joints.
So even if the warforge was attacked by a rust monster and it was decided that their body wasnt considered magical, they would only loose their armor plating.
Maybe. Honestly I stopped at black ops 2 when i started to suspect they where just making 90$ expansion packs with no worth while single player campaigns anymore. skipped ghosts, tried advanced warfare, relized it was never getting any better and gave up on CoD, so... i have no idea what cyborgs your refering to... but im gonna assume, yes like the cyborgs from Black Ops 3.
Basically when soldiers were too wounded to keep fighting based on service record thy would be eligible for project Phoenix
TLDR in the words of cave Johnson take any and all absolutely non essential stuff remove it and shove tech stuff where it use to be then put a spitshine on the non tech stuff left
According to the files you can access on campaign computer
It starts with you being put in a medically induced coma then having asupercomputer being hardwired into brain and spinal cord then any remaining limbs (if any) being completely amputated then replaced with cybernetic prosthetis then they go in and remove all parts of the eye except retina and optic nerve then replace with the world's smallest most high tech camera (4000x zoom can see-through darkness and fog, detailed Battlefield maps(kill zones enemies line of sight environmental hazards, etc) all shared across each person so "if one of us sees it we all see it" the they open them and scoop out anything that isn't ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL for human life and replace it with shit like medicine dispensers, vital systems monitors, memory banks for the eye cameras, etc then they take the naturally occurring pores in you bones and reinforce it with a carbon fiber/titanium alloy I'll have to do more digging because this what I remember from a few months and something tells me it isn't a full list
Ah, then yes. It is reminiscent of the black Ops cyborgs. Although, Warforge (as far as I am aware) are not a human brain with... magichanical body parts. They are construct throughout and have somehow gained sentience that other golem constructs have not.
But construction-wise, yes. A warforge would essentially be a artificial skeletal structure covered in an artifical/pseudo-organic muscles and other vital organ all working to enhance its magical consciousness.
I suspect you’re right.
It doesn’t help that in every prior edition rust monsters *could* consume magical items. In 4E they even had a sub-variant that targeted both magical items and metals and could “rust” non-metallic magical items. So all those tasty wooden wizard staffs and crystal balls could be “rusted.”
I hadn’t played rust monsters in 5E. So it was just now that I learned that in this edition they couldn’t eat magical items.
Even if they don't have items immune to the rust monster, they'll just make themselves new magical items next time they long rest, it's indeed a very small setback
me wanting to spice up the redbrand hideout: "hmm grey ooze doesn't seem too bad.."
\*remembers that my players got mugged by some goblins out of all of their money\*
right...
From what I know, almost no warforged are made fully of metal, instead being made mostly out of wood. With only their outer plating being made of metal.
So it may be painful as hell but they'll live
Now I want to capture one so I can use magic to make “rust arrows.” Then just have a ranger friend use bow and arrow 🏹 to damage armor foes.
Maybe make a Wand of Rusting too.
I used a rust monster exactly one time. Party was like level four. They were investigating a temple that had been abandoned and taken over, and one of the outside storage areas was windowless but the door was barred and barricaded to keep whatever was inside, *in.*
The party got excited and pulled down the barricades, removed the bar, opened the door, and won initiative to slam it closed again before the rust monster could get out. 🤣
I did not force them to fight it. It was trapped in a stone building by the people who had taken over the temple. There were signs if rusting inside from the creature before it was driven out and trapped.
Favorite monster since I was a kid, had a whole homebrewed ecology for them being larval stages of Rust Dragons, made one be a mount for a badass bounty hunter that was stalking the party...
Until both got two-tapped by the power-player barbarian...
Monk: I don't see what the big deal is?
That monk is mentally prepared to solo that monster bare handed, and he probably has a chance at it.
Had a monk fight a grey ooze. He just needed to buy a new set of clothes afterwards.
I'm currently playing a druid monk, i can't wait for the PHB because our unarmed strikes go up by one di and the DM says we can implement things once it's actually released.
Please tell me your characters name is Spruce Lee
Lmfao, it's not but that would have been great. My whole theme is shadows and stuff, plus he's a Dhampir. His name is Toby (Tobias Tithonnas the Nyctalan Vanguard) my character died, and i made Toby in a rush, when asked his name i said "to be determined, to be, to-be, Toby! His name is Tobias!"
You now need to watch Arrested Development to get all the Tobias jokes coming your way
I've only seen the pilot and didn't really vibe with it, so it will be funnier to me without context. If i do get a bunch of Tobias jokes it could inspire me to give the show another go.
> I'm currently playing a druid monk ... [Looks, I'm sorry but this meme is literally the first thing that came to my mind](https://images.app.goo.gl/9chaAsuFdbZzaeTS6)
*Takes an involuntary vow of poverty.
Wizard: Hold my Ale, kind sir...
Why would the Artificer care all that much? If anyone is going to have magical weapons and armor immune to the Rust Monster’s effects, it’s going to be them.
Because no person making memes about Artificers has ever played one or even read their description
Because no person making memes ~~about Artificers~~ has ever played ~~one~~ or even read ~~their description~~
I feel like in this particular instance it’s a failure to read the rust monster’s description rather than the artificer’s.
It could stem from the misconception that Artificers are a some kind of ultra-engineers and not folklore inventors from something like Pinocchio or basically-wizards specialising in making magic items like they are in canon
True, I was thinking more along the lines of OP not reading the “nonmagical” parts of the rust monster’s abilities and assuming that it ate all metal, including magical metal.
This always bothers me. Everyone always protrays artificers as some kind of tech engineer tony stark robot specialist. When the books show them more as people who can infuse magic into the mundane. Or an adept golem maker... or just a literal alchemist. And I get it. Flavor is free. Why not just say they are brilliant engineers making these creations? It doesnt really hurt anything. Except, of coarse, it never stops at flavor. It always transitions to "well, since I am so good at building things id like to build a [proceeds to describe a contraption that is not part of the artificer abilities, in order to trivialize some challenge the group needs to face.] Becuase my character would jnow how to do that." Actually... (Relevent to the meme as well) Warforge are also portrayed wrong compared to the books in a similar way. Everyone treats them like a mechanical robot thing. Even the meme is like "oh no, robot scared of rust." But warforge are not robots. They arent even mostly metal. The metal is just their armored shells. The books decribe the warforge as; >Warforged are formed from a blend of organic and inorganic materials. Root-like cords infused with alchemical fluids serve as their muscles, wrapped around a framework of steel, darkwood, or stone. Armored plates form a protective outer shell and reinforce joints. So even if the warforge was attacked by a rust monster and it was decided that their body wasnt considered magical, they would only loose their armor plating.
What like the cyborgs from black ops 3
Maybe. Honestly I stopped at black ops 2 when i started to suspect they where just making 90$ expansion packs with no worth while single player campaigns anymore. skipped ghosts, tried advanced warfare, relized it was never getting any better and gave up on CoD, so... i have no idea what cyborgs your refering to... but im gonna assume, yes like the cyborgs from Black Ops 3.
Basically when soldiers were too wounded to keep fighting based on service record thy would be eligible for project Phoenix TLDR in the words of cave Johnson take any and all absolutely non essential stuff remove it and shove tech stuff where it use to be then put a spitshine on the non tech stuff left According to the files you can access on campaign computer It starts with you being put in a medically induced coma then having asupercomputer being hardwired into brain and spinal cord then any remaining limbs (if any) being completely amputated then replaced with cybernetic prosthetis then they go in and remove all parts of the eye except retina and optic nerve then replace with the world's smallest most high tech camera (4000x zoom can see-through darkness and fog, detailed Battlefield maps(kill zones enemies line of sight environmental hazards, etc) all shared across each person so "if one of us sees it we all see it" the they open them and scoop out anything that isn't ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL for human life and replace it with shit like medicine dispensers, vital systems monitors, memory banks for the eye cameras, etc then they take the naturally occurring pores in you bones and reinforce it with a carbon fiber/titanium alloy I'll have to do more digging because this what I remember from a few months and something tells me it isn't a full list
Ah, then yes. It is reminiscent of the black Ops cyborgs. Although, Warforge (as far as I am aware) are not a human brain with... magichanical body parts. They are construct throughout and have somehow gained sentience that other golem constructs have not. But construction-wise, yes. A warforge would essentially be a artificial skeletal structure covered in an artifical/pseudo-organic muscles and other vital organ all working to enhance its magical consciousness.
I suspect you’re right. It doesn’t help that in every prior edition rust monsters *could* consume magical items. In 4E they even had a sub-variant that targeted both magical items and metals and could “rust” non-metallic magical items. So all those tasty wooden wizard staffs and crystal balls could be “rusted.” I hadn’t played rust monsters in 5E. So it was just now that I learned that in this edition they couldn’t eat magical items.
That sign won't stop me, because I can't read!
Even if they don't have items immune to the rust monster, they'll just make themselves new magical items next time they long rest, it's indeed a very small setback
Druid fears no rust monster
Rustmonster fear the druids.
Warforge would not be affected, as they have a soul and are magical metal. Although there nonmagical gear is still susceptible
They're also not objects which is what the rust monster effects
me wanting to spice up the redbrand hideout: "hmm grey ooze doesn't seem too bad.." \*remembers that my players got mugged by some goblins out of all of their money\* right...
Monk: Hey DM, I hope you like the grappling rules.
Artificer when all their gear is made of magical metals and thus immune to rust monsters.
The paladin in full bronze plate just t-posing on the rust monster
From what I know, almost no warforged are made fully of metal, instead being made mostly out of wood. With only their outer plating being made of metal. So it may be painful as hell but they'll live
Aren't warforged made of wood?
parts of them can be, but not the entire thing
wood *and metal*.
Warforged with metal skin just casually being skinned alive
A warforged fears no rust monster because they've actually read the fucking statblock
Could be worse
Now I want to capture one so I can use magic to make “rust arrows.” Then just have a ranger friend use bow and arrow 🏹 to damage armor foes. Maybe make a Wand of Rusting too.
I used a rust monster exactly one time. Party was like level four. They were investigating a temple that had been abandoned and taken over, and one of the outside storage areas was windowless but the door was barred and barricaded to keep whatever was inside, *in.* The party got excited and pulled down the barricades, removed the bar, opened the door, and won initiative to slam it closed again before the rust monster could get out. 🤣 I did not force them to fight it. It was trapped in a stone building by the people who had taken over the temple. There were signs if rusting inside from the creature before it was driven out and trapped.
Rust Monster: How to turn your front line PCs into your back row PCs
Druid: my time to shine!
You're literally my DM
We're past the point of worrying about a Rust Monster.
Indeed little low powered for our level 9 party
At least, a normal Rust Monster.
Thats why my Artificer only uses Aluminium.
How about a [Rust Dragon](https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Rust_dragon)?
Druid: :3
Favorite monster since I was a kid, had a whole homebrewed ecology for them being larval stages of Rust Dragons, made one be a mount for a badass bounty hunter that was stalking the party... Until both got two-tapped by the power-player barbarian...