Best Weapons *Without Metal* to Fight a DnD Rust Monster

If you had to fight a magical fantasy creature that can corrode your steel swords, axes, hammers, etc... what would be good alternatives for the adventurer's inventory? Ideally something that hits hard and is robust enough to deal with its natural armor.

In history there are plenty of fascinating designs from indigenous cultures all over the world, so let's take a look at a few of them.

Special thanks to Ace the Super Villain for providing the dungeon background and animating the rust monster in the intro. Check out his bundle of polearm models:
https://www.cgtrader.com/3d-models/mi...


** Time stamps **

00:00 – 01:27 Intro
01:27 - 02:34 What does a rust monster do?
02:34 – 03:26 Metals & corrosion
03:26 – 04:42 Bronze weapons yes or no?
04:42 – 05:26 Wood / stone spears
05:26 – 05:50 Disc mace
05:50 – 07:13 Tetsubo / Kanabo, quarterstaff, maul
07:13 – 07:31 Atlatl (spear thrower)
07:31 – 09:15 Maori weapons
09:15 – 13:04 Native American war clubs
13:04 – 15:23 Pacific Island examples
15:23 – 16:48 Organic shields
16:48 – 18:41 Final thoughts / outtakes


** Sources **

Research on fire hardened spears
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/do...

The King of Māori Weapons- Mere Pounamu (1800’s)
   • The King of Māori Weapons- Mere Pouna...  
Taiaha at the Auckland Museum
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collec...
Testing a Maori fighting staff (Taiaha)
   • Testing a Maori fighting staff (Taiaha)  

Samoan & Fijian
https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/2396...
https://www.new-guinea-tribal-arts.co...

Native American ball-headed and gunstock war clubs
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...
https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2...
https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2...
https://www.cowanauctions.com/lot/apa...
https://www.proxibid.com/Excellent-cr...
A brief overview of Iroquoian War Clubs
   • A brief overview of Iroquoian War Clubs.  
Agricultural flail
https://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/med...
Russian flail
https://translate.google.com/translat...

Wood, hide, and wicker shields:

Indo-Persian
https://www.faganarms.com/products/fi...
African
https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/wal...
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/...
New Guinean
https://www.sftribal.com/product/shie...
2300 year old bark shield
https://gizmodo.com/2-300-year-old-ba...

Pictures:
https://www.deviantart.com/mcslackert...
https://pixabay.com/photos/bookshelf-...
https://pixabay.com/photos/castle-tow...
https://pixabay.com/photos/new-zealan...


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** Music **

"Cavern of Wonders" by Hitctrl
https://opengameart.org/content/rpg-t...
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license (CC BY 3.0)

Intro song:
"Illuminate" by Vindsvept
https://vindsvept.bandcamp.com/track/...
Used with artist's permission

Outtakes:
"Little People At Work" by Horrorpen
https://opengameart.org/content/littl...
CC BY 3.0

Outro:
"Highland Storm" by The Slanted Room Records
https://theslantedroom.github.io/stev...
Used with artist's permission


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