The Rusting manifests as a thin, iron coating that grows over a victim's body. When exposed to moisture, this iron skin corrodes into a rust-colored plaque. As the Rusting covers the victim, the victim eventually transforms into a type of creature known as a Rusted (see Chapter 9).
The Rusting
Condition · Magical Contagion
Status Effect
The Rusting
This condition changes how a creature can act, move, perceive, or interact with the world until the condition ends.
Rules
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Effects
Any creature that is wounded by a Rusted creature or spends 1 hour in an area where the Rusting has manifested makes a DC 10 Constitution saving throw. Constructs and Undead automatically succeed on this save. On a failed save, the creature is afflicted by the Rusting and suffers the following effects:
- Curse.
The creature gains 1 level and is cursed. While the creature is cursed, finishing a Long Rest doesn't reduce the creature's level.
- Plated Joints.
The creature's Speed is reduced by 5 feet.
- Rusted Fate.
When a cursed creature's level reaches 6, it doesn't die. Instead, the creature transforms into a Rusted version of its former self; its creature type becomes Construct, and it gains Immunity to Poison damage and the , , and conditions. The curse then ends for that creature.
PoisonFighting the Contagion
Daily at dawn, an afflicted creature makes a DC 10 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature gains 1 level as more iron coats its skin. On a successful save, the creature's level decreases by 1. If the creature's level is reduced to 0, the contagion ends on the creature.
Removing the curse immediately ends the contagion for a creature.