D6x6 Ruddy Rust Monsters

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D6	These rust monsters look like
1	the bastard child of a stag beetle and an armadillo.
2	wolves that have been jellified and shoved into a cockroach's carapace.
3	exoskeletal ankylosaurs with a waxy scarlet sheen.
4	big beavers with squamous red hides and heads like a vortex of wriggling teeth.
5	screw-beaked kiwis with oily, sharp-pointed wires instead of feathers.
6	black-scaled slugs with six stubby limbs.

D6	These rust monsters rust
1	to draw energy from the process of oxidation - they're a naturally-evolved, if widely-divergent species from a shadow biosphere.
2	in order to further the progress of entropy - they're fauna of an older idea of hell, which simply brought to ruin without moral content.
3	because they were part of the recycling industry of an ancient empire, long since run rampant after its fall.
4	because they're the creation of a war god from the age of bronze, clinging to relevance.
5	because they're the descendants of a smith cursed to destroy his beloved creations.
6	because they're an elven bioengineering project to wither the scourge of cold iron.

D6	In addition to rusting, these rust monsters can also
1	spit streams of digestive acid.
2	magnetically accelerate their hardened feces like bullets.
3	speed along the process of burning and suffocation by their manipulation of oxidation.
4	coat themselves in flames by rapid exothermic rusting of stored iron.
5	mold rust into grainy fortresses.
6	hover short distances by interacting with the earth's magnetic field.

D6	A potential counter to these rust monsters is
1	the blood of a person or animal with hemochromatosis, which is rich enough in iron to attract them, yet contains organic compounds which are toxic to them.
2	luring them into bodies of water, which they are too heavy to swim in.
3	galvanized metal, which resists their corrosion.
4	vinegar, which irritates and eventually dissolves them.
5	the sound of a precisely-tuned muyu, which repels them if they're not hungry enough to ignore it.
6	storms, which they instinctually avoid as they draw lightning.

D6	Humans have found a use for these rust monsters
1	in prospecting, getting them to sniff out buried veins of ore.
2	as a test of election for rulers - one has to either be very clever or in possession of enchanted artifacts to not be stripped bare of armaments by the monsters.
3	as a tool for peasant rebellions, levelling the field with their heavily-armed and -armoured masters.
4	in testing the purity of gold - coin-debasing kings hate them!
5	as starvation food-livestock that can be fattened off fodder no other animal can.
6	in releasing them onto battlefields in the wake of their slaughter to discourage the defilement of warriors' graves by filching scavengers.

D6	You might loot from these rust monsters
1	the ultra-abrasive lining of their gizzards.
2	trace engrams of sentient magic items, iron golems, and other such metallic intelligences eaten by the rust monster, rich in historical data.
3	a compass-like organ located behind a central nerve cluster which can be squeezed to disrupt the minds of whales, bees, birds, and other creatures that rely on magnetism to guide their behaviour.
4	plates of armour that rust the weapons that strike them.
5	volatile glands that can be worked into tetanus-inducing grenades.
6	bezoars of precious metals, gems, and other accreted, undigestible valuables.