Cthulhu vs. the Tarrasque

[Jim Hague]

No, no, a thousand times no. Cthulhu is not funny, when taken as a horror character. Cthulhu is hilarious when forced into the rigid structure of DnD. Non-Euclidian Horrors from The Great Beyond with The Shady Reputation simply don't translate well to DnD. I'm not the one who didn't "get it" here. I'm allowed to laugh at the presupposition that Cthulhu has a class, and levels, and other such silliness if I want. Hell, I'm even allowed to find Cthulhu itself as a literary creation humorous if it pleases me, such is the expansiveness of ones sense of humor, however that is a debate for another time. Needless to say, I find applying DnD rules to Cthulhu hilarious, and you can't stop me. *grin*

Eh, since I'm of the mind that giving stats to something that is essentially a plot device is silly, I concede the point.

 

[pallandrome]

Though non-Eucledian space isn't all that special - if I remember correctly from various readings on modern physics, Eucledian space might be approximation of the "real space" (or spacetime"), but there are a lot better - non-Eucledian- models in use today.

but it sounds cool!

Hey, how about this for a fight: Cthulhu vs. Rincewind and The Luggage!

 

[Moonstone Spider]

Cthulhu as written by Lovecraft is a much frailer, weaker creature than what's been created as a result of the mythos that other writers made. Cthulhu was so badly damaged by a steamboat doing far less than top speed in CoC that he was forced to return to hibernation for Azathoth-knows how many eons to recover. It's not at all unlikely in Lovecraft's own world for men to defeat, contain, or even destroy Cthulhu eventually. That Cthulhu would be so much meat against Tarrasque.

The versions made as fanfiction off of Lovecraft's work is a different matter.

 

[NilesB]

I've read Call of Chtulhu. I've read (a translation of) the french legend thet the Tarrasque came from.

Ten of Cthulhu would stand no chance at all against the Tarrasque.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Sure...Cthulhu after he's been beaten down and rising up from his imprisonment is not going to be much of a match for the Tarrasque...but at his peak?

I'm voting for the Molusk-headed Master of Mayhem.

 

[Tumbler]

Might be pretty cool if Cthulhu actually set up Godzilla in a squid mask as a decoy. Godzilla and the Tarrasque could basically fight forever, since neither has the capability to destroy the other and they both have fantastic regeneration. This way Cthulhu can get back to work, which is a win to me.

 

[Wilphe]

but it sounds cool!

Hey, how about this for a fight: Cthulhu vs. Rincewind and The Luggage!

It's been done.

http://www.macguff.fr/goomi/unspeakable/vault32.html

 

[Thanee]

Has anyone ever staged a battle between the d20 version of Great Cthulhu as given in the D20 CoC book and the Tarrasque?

Nope, but someone has staged a battle between Cthulhu and Sauron (among other such pairings) once. Well, Cthulhu devoured everything sent his (its?) way.

I don't think, in this light, the Tarrasque would be a worthy opponent.

Bye
Thanee

 

[EditorBFG]

Just out of curiosity, anyone actually out the stats side by side and see who wins? Because I think that was the original poster's intention...

Who wins out of pulp literary monster versus French folk monster, that is hard to decide, and kind of silly. But the statistics do exist for who wins in D&D.

 

[DungeonMaester]

When did my silly little thread about two really huge monsters with D20 stats fighting each other turn into a quasi-serious literary discussion/flame war?

Allen

When some one forgot to roll for sence motive.

---Rusty