WLD LT

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Lodestone Toadstool - this gigantic toadstool-like creature is capable of detecting the proximity of ferrous metals and magnetizing itself to attract them with massive ST when targets come within range. Anybody wearing ferrous metal armor (not bronze or orichalcum and such) is attracted to the Living Lodestone with ST 20, and held there once they impact with ST 30. Characters wearing only metal weaponry and other such smaller items will find these attracted to the creature with a 'mere' ST 14, pulling on the items themselves and by extension on the characters if they are tied to them or try to hold onto them. Swords and daggers are unlikely to hit point-first unless specifically guided in that direction by hand all the way, as opposed to letting them fly, and in any case the Lodestone has DR 10 unless one hits the inside of the open mouth or targets other chinks in its skin armor.

Oh, yes, the mouth - once a Lodestone has a metal-bearing character trapped, it opens a large, toothy mouth just underneath the 'head' of the toadstool (also the center of the magnetic attraction, and starts using a grinding motion and dripping acids to consume the character a bit at a time - frequently starting feet first. It consumes both flesh and metal, incorporating the metal bits into its organic electromagnet and armored skin. There are no telltale remains left to litter the stone floor around the creature.