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<blockquote data-quote="MechaTarrasque" data-source="post: 7534632" data-attributes="member: 6801226"><p>I think it depends on how you run the Tarrasque. I tend to think of it as a really big bearded dragon. It wakes up in the morning, looks around to see if there is another beardie...I mean Tarrasque trying to steal its territory, if not, it looks for something that wiggles or twitches to eat, does its business in an inconvenient place, and finds someplace warm to heat up. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.</p><p></p><p>Clay golems aren't tasty but it does move, so the big T would take a bite to see if it edible. I doubt the golem tastes good, so the big guy will move on to tastier pastures. Unless the golem is as fast as the Tarrasque, it won't catch up until after the big T has eaten its fill and sunk back into the earth to digest its meal.</p><p></p><p>Now if you made a Tarrasque-sized clay golem that would be different (that would trigger the "other Tarrasque is trying to steal my territory" scenario), but it wouldn't be a CR 9 monster anymore.</p><p></p><p>This way of running the Tarrasque makes for more challenging stories for PC's, because, if the Tarrasque is heading towards a city, hit and run isn't going to do you a lot of good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MechaTarrasque, post: 7534632, member: 6801226"] I think it depends on how you run the Tarrasque. I tend to think of it as a really big bearded dragon. It wakes up in the morning, looks around to see if there is another beardie...I mean Tarrasque trying to steal its territory, if not, it looks for something that wiggles or twitches to eat, does its business in an inconvenient place, and finds someplace warm to heat up. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. Clay golems aren't tasty but it does move, so the big T would take a bite to see if it edible. I doubt the golem tastes good, so the big guy will move on to tastier pastures. Unless the golem is as fast as the Tarrasque, it won't catch up until after the big T has eaten its fill and sunk back into the earth to digest its meal. Now if you made a Tarrasque-sized clay golem that would be different (that would trigger the "other Tarrasque is trying to steal my territory" scenario), but it wouldn't be a CR 9 monster anymore. This way of running the Tarrasque makes for more challenging stories for PC's, because, if the Tarrasque is heading towards a city, hit and run isn't going to do you a lot of good. [/QUOTE]
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