Ancient Apparatus
Level 2Hazard (Complex)Attacks
Abilities
Trigger The ancient apparatus takes damage or an attempt to disable it fails
Effect The ancient apparatus begins to grind and churn faster. Its soft ticking whirs up to a discordant buzzing sound, and the entire thing begins to glow with an unsettling rust-colored light. All living creatures in area D3 experience the unsettling taste of rust in their mouths and must succeed on a DC 18 fortitude save to avoid becoming Sickened 1. The ancient apparatus then rolls initiative.
Those afflicted by rust creep develop uncomfortable rust-colored bruises on their flesh and endure full-body aches like those one might experience after a long workout. As the affliction progresses, their bodies—as well as the clothing and items they wear or carry—increasingly break down until a painful death occurs. If a character successfully resists contracting rust creep, or recovers from a case of rust creep, they are temporarily immune to future rust creep infections for 24 hours.
Saving
A complex device made of multicolored metal that resembles a combination of grinding gears, spider-like legs, and twitching blades, from which emits a constant soft ticking sound. All of the metal in the device appears to be rusted or corroded.