JAMUMU
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What you're saying is basically like answering the question by asking how many rust-monsters can dance on the head of a pin? And if that pin is made of ferrous material, how long before accidental contact with their antennae disintegrates the pin? Except someone is going to add that it isn't a pin, pins aren't that big; it's a knitting kneedle. And knitting needles are sometimes, but not always, covered in a plasticised coating to prevent wear and tear.Not to mention the tendency to take an analogy and run with it way beyond the boundaries of applicability or common sense.
So, what we're actually talking about is the likelihood that all these dancing rust monsters, which we have more of now because the point of knitting needle is wider than a pin (No, no it isn't! Oh yes it is!), will score the plastic coating, leading to exposure to their antennae. So really what we need to talk about is the sharpness of a rust monster's claws versus the hardness of a coated knitting needle and how long before the application of both claw and antennae destroys the pin that's being danced upon.
Ah but they aren't antennae, says someone else, they're more like antler fronds. They supply a picture of a rust monster.
But that isn't even a real rust monster, says another. Here's a fully labelled diagram of a rust monster showing where you're wrong.
That's all well and good, says one of the first someones. But no one is taking into account the tail. All you're worrying about are the claws, and the fronds (Antennae! Antlers! Deedley-Boppers says a drive-by troll! Rust Monsters don't have claws, shouts someone new to the whole process!) but really we need to be cognizant of the tail, how it's affecting the balance of those rust monsters, and whether or not the presence of the tail is actually limiting the number of rust monsters on the end of your pin. (NEEDLE!) Pffft adds a new combatant. Rust Monster tails are purely aesthetic. The rules have never mentioned them.
The asker of the original question, who was wondering how much basic bite damage for medium-sized creatures in d20 based roleplaying games is, hasn't read the thread for weeks. Four of the posters haven't fed their cats for 72 hours. The cats are slinking closer to their owners, sticking to the shadows, ancient hunger guiding silent steps. The starving felines launch themselves through the air.
d8. The answer was d8.