Ah! Tarrasque!

[Rystil Arden]

I don't think that's gonna work either... they are immune to ability damage

They're immune to ability damage but not ability drain. So you need permanent Int drain. Do intellect devourers do that?

 

[Lasher Dragon]

AFAIK if something is immune to ability damage, their stats aren't going to change, no matter what you do.

 

[Rystil Arden]

AFAIK if something is immune to ability damage, their stats aren't going to change, no matter what you do.

They are immune to ability damage but not ability drain. If you check the undead type, it states that they are immune to ability drain as well. Thus, it may have been a mistake, but the tarrasque as written is not called out as immune to ability drain as far as I know. Hmm...

 

[Lasher Dragon]

To be honest I don't know... they are also immune to energy drain - would that apply to ability drain as well? I have no idea.

 

[Darkness]

They are immune to ability damage but not ability drain.

Good catch...

Now, how to do 1 point (or 3 points, to incapacitate it) of Int drain against a creature with defenses like these? Including immunity to disease and poison. Still, magic, magic items, possibly certain class abilities, and/or creature abilities might work.

 

[Rystil Arden]

To be honest I don't know... they are also immune to energy drain - would that apply to ability drain as well? I have no idea.

Energy drain is different. Check the entry on the undead type. It lists them all separately and says that undead are immune to each.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Hmm...the 3.5 Intellect Devourer doesn't do Int drain anymore. I guessed they realised that Int-drain was overpowered when used on very dumb creatures. If anyone knows something that still has permanent Int drain, please speak up .

 

[focallength]

ya know tiamat is easier to kill than the tarrasgue.

 

[Darthjaye]

Does anyone have Dominate Monster handy? Maybe buff this persons stats up enough to make a decent chance of it.

 

[Jdvn1]

Maybe... are you guys running 3e or 3.5e?

3.5