Cthulhu vs. the Tarrasque

[Falkus]

My money is on the tarrasque, C isn't all he's cracked up to be. If C doesen't have wish he can't destroy the tarrasque.

No, but he could cast bind soul on it. Since Cthulhu is a god who casts a fortieth level sorcerer, he automatically penetrates the Tarrasque's SR.

 

[snikle]

Yes. Big C murderizes bigT, but it would likely take more than one round to subdue the bigT. But why would he? Big T is already powerful instrument of chaos, would it not be better to rend its childlike mind to a thousand pieces and then blasphemously corrupt him to the will of the great god Cthulhu?

Ah yes, the correct answer. More than likely Cthulhu would bind the beast to his will, cause chaos and destruction, and let someone else deal with actually killing him. Probably would be like Darth Maul to the Emperor.

 

[glass]

Before the Tarrasque could begin his wish, he would freeze in sheer fright at the sight of the mighty god Cthulhu.

Tarrasqes have Int of about 2. Where are they getting wishes from?

Also, IIRC they are immune to mind-affecting effect, so they aren't going to be freezing in fear for anyone. EDIT: Actually, I didn't recall correctly. According to the SRD he isn't. And his Will save is only +20. What is the DC of Cthulhu's fear aura?


glass.

 

[snikle]

12 Billion.

Actually I have no idea.

 

[HeavenShallBurn]

Ah yes great Cthulu... fear me puny mortal for I am strange and possess many tentacles!

Not much of a contest deities are killable even strange nonsensical deities mad with the taint of noneuclidian geometry. The tentacled one looks at Big T waiting for the beasts mind to explode, and it eats him.

Then again I really dislike Lovecraft and his pitiful little "oh no it's strange and doesn't make sense I will now go mad and commit suicide in horror" ideas, so I'm biased.

 

[Falkus]

Not much of a contest deities are killable

Actually, they're not. I don't know about the DnD divinity rules, but the Call of Cthulhu god rules are quite explicit in that gods cannot be killed.

 

[HeavenShallBurn]

I was speaking mythologically but yes DnD divinities are killable though it's not easy.
Somewhere in the homebrew portions of EN World several pages back there's a multi-templated Terrasque specifically created to eat gods. Just shows you the differences in the assumptions of the game.

What we have here is an example of mutually incompatible systems meeting on ground where they differ most.

 

[HalWhitewyrm]

Dude, this so needed a poll.

And my money's on Cthulhu, hands down.

 

[Stormborn]

Cthulhu, no question. Of course the real question is, how would Big C do against a Super Sentai Squad in giant Tesla-Crowley Golem-mecha? Hmmm?

 

[Falkus]

What we have here is an example of mutually incompatible systems meeting on ground where they differ most.

Actually, they're very compatible. The d20 CoC god stats were specifically created for conflicts between them and DnD characters. Your average CoC investigator wouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell of doing anything to a god in CoC, but a high level DnD character might be able to stand up to him for a round or two.