[Monsters of the Day] Days 115-116/366 - Steel Ones (Patreon)

These massive, vaguely-humanoid creatures appear to be made from seamless black iron. They have four long arms and featureless faces. While it's unknown where the steel ones actually come from, it's believed that they are the servant guardians of Zistruenope, the great iron planet that exists at the edge of the Cosmos.

In the adventure, Creed of Iron, the steel ones are mysteriously under the cult fanatic Ozrolos' control. How Ozrolos obtained such power is a mystery even to Ozrolos. Pexian scholars will later theorize that Ozrolos must have had an innate connection to The Other and The Narrow Path to Zistruenope. Perhaps, Ozrolos is one of the mythical shadowweavers, a race of sorcerers who draw their powers directly from The Other's endless shadow.

Greater Steel One. Although rare, greater steel ones are even larger than the "typical" steel ones. Not only do these advanced aberrations have greater strength, agility, and improved toughness, but they are capable of firing devastating beams from their "faces" capable of disintegrating multiple foes at one blast.