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<blockquote data-quote="Authweight" data-source="post: 6414785" data-attributes="member: 6693417">I don't think int is especially relevant. The issue is the plausibility of the tarrasque being able to chuck rocks or other objects with any sort of accuracy.In my head, I see the tarrasque flinging things around, but I don't see it as something he can really control or aim. He's a big ugly brute. He smashes things, sure, but he doesn't really have the motor control or finesse to aim a tree at a tiny flying archer 150ft in the air.Now, this is my interpretation of the tarrasque, and nobody else is obligated to stick by it. But considering there are no ranged attacks listed for it, it doesn't seem especially unreasonable to decide the tarrasque shouldn't be able to throw things with combat-effectiveness, particularly at aerial targets. The guy with flasks of acid is much more plausible and doable to me than the tarrasque flinging a tree with significant accuracy.If you take my interpretation, which many people seem to do, the tarrasque has no good defense against a flying archer. That's just factual, I think. So for those of us who find the tarrasque flinging trees improbable, it is worth considering possible tweaks or approaches we can take to make the tarrasque threatening. If you and your players have no problem with the tarrasque flinging trees, then that works for you, but for a lot of us it's an unsatisfactory solution.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Authweight, post: 6414785, member: 6693417"] I don't think int is especially relevant. The issue is the plausibility of the tarrasque being able to chuck rocks or other objects with any sort of accuracy. In my head, I see the tarrasque flinging things around, but I don't see it as something he can really control or aim. He's a big ugly brute. He smashes things, sure, but he doesn't really have the motor control or finesse to aim a tree at a tiny flying archer 150ft in the air. Now, this is my interpretation of the tarrasque, and nobody else is obligated to stick by it. But considering there are no ranged attacks listed for it, it doesn't seem especially unreasonable to decide the tarrasque shouldn't be able to throw things with combat-effectiveness, particularly at aerial targets. The guy with flasks of acid is much more plausible and doable to me than the tarrasque flinging a tree with significant accuracy. If you take my interpretation, which many people seem to do, the tarrasque has no good defense against a flying archer. That's just factual, I think. So for those of us who find the tarrasque flinging trees improbable, it is worth considering possible tweaks or approaches we can take to make the tarrasque threatening. If you and your players have no problem with the tarrasque flinging trees, then that works for you, but for a lot of us it's an unsatisfactory solution. [/QUOTE]

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