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<blockquote data-quote="Tormyr" data-source="post: 6414035" data-attributes="member: 6776887"><p>It was meant to be funny. Never mind that the Tarrasque is immune to fire damage and Alchemists Fire won't work. What would it look like to have enough vials of alchemists fire to burn through the hp of the Tarrasque account for all the misses from needing to make the ranged attack rolls against its AC? What would the reaction be to finding a stockpile of this size of a dangerous substance?</p><p></p><p></p><p>1. I would argue that a Gargantuan creature grappling a large or smaller creature would be able to close its hand around it. I would also argue that a Gargantuan creature would be able to throw a grappled large or smaller creature without too much difficulty. As for how far? A quarter mile or 250 yards seems like a reasonable, off the cuff distance.</p><p>2. The point was that the golem is only immune to bludgeoning damage from a weapon. Bludgeoning from falling a distance and impacting under its own weight is not a weapon and is a different matter and is different from the force imparted by swinging a weapon to damage a creature.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I would not have a problem giving the Tarrasque an small opposable digit, but working off of the artwork, it has 3 long fingers with claws. Try picking up something that will fit in the palm of your hand with just your middle 3 fingers. If you can do so without damaging anything, throw it across the room. It won't be as easy as using your whole hand, but it is not really difficult either. I might not give it proficiency in throwing the improvised weapon, but I will definitely have it do more than 1d4 damage, and it probably will not need proficiency after a few throws and the flying creature comes hurtling down.</p><p></p><p></p><p>5e is my first edition. I do not have any expectations to carry over from previous editions. I am just a DM that is as creative as my players, and picking up and throwing something is not really something that has to be spelled out in rules, does it? Pretty much anything with hands or appendages should be able to pick up a rock and throw it (or a griffon pick up and drop it). The Tarrasque's rock just happens to be the size of a bus. Because of its low int, I wouldn't have a Tarrasque resort to throwing immediately. It would try its regular stuff first. When that turned out to be ineffective, it would get frustrated and work to remove the thing that was hurting it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tormyr, post: 6414035, member: 6776887"] It was meant to be funny. Never mind that the Tarrasque is immune to fire damage and Alchemists Fire won't work. What would it look like to have enough vials of alchemists fire to burn through the hp of the Tarrasque account for all the misses from needing to make the ranged attack rolls against its AC? What would the reaction be to finding a stockpile of this size of a dangerous substance? 1. I would argue that a Gargantuan creature grappling a large or smaller creature would be able to close its hand around it. I would also argue that a Gargantuan creature would be able to throw a grappled large or smaller creature without too much difficulty. As for how far? A quarter mile or 250 yards seems like a reasonable, off the cuff distance. 2. The point was that the golem is only immune to bludgeoning damage from a weapon. Bludgeoning from falling a distance and impacting under its own weight is not a weapon and is a different matter and is different from the force imparted by swinging a weapon to damage a creature. I would not have a problem giving the Tarrasque an small opposable digit, but working off of the artwork, it has 3 long fingers with claws. Try picking up something that will fit in the palm of your hand with just your middle 3 fingers. If you can do so without damaging anything, throw it across the room. It won't be as easy as using your whole hand, but it is not really difficult either. I might not give it proficiency in throwing the improvised weapon, but I will definitely have it do more than 1d4 damage, and it probably will not need proficiency after a few throws and the flying creature comes hurtling down. 5e is my first edition. I do not have any expectations to carry over from previous editions. I am just a DM that is as creative as my players, and picking up and throwing something is not really something that has to be spelled out in rules, does it? Pretty much anything with hands or appendages should be able to pick up a rock and throw it (or a griffon pick up and drop it). The Tarrasque's rock just happens to be the size of a bus. Because of its low int, I wouldn't have a Tarrasque resort to throwing immediately. It would try its regular stuff first. When that turned out to be ineffective, it would get frustrated and work to remove the thing that was hurting it. [/QUOTE]
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