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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FormerlyHemlock" data-source="post: 6507345" data-attributes="member: 6787650">Are you suggesting that there are entire civilizations that don't have a single wizard/priest/magical weapon? And you think these civilizations are common enough that all the civilizations the Tarrasque has ever gone up against are of this type? In fact, judging by AD&D discussions, many DMs would probably not let the "immunity to non-magical weapons" shrug off attacks from siege weapons either, any more than they would let it shrug off falling damage, in which case it has to go up against civilizations with neither magic nor technology... which means the only destroyed civilizations in the Tarrasque legend have to be inconsequential little tribes of herdsmen on the savannah. Imagine your BBEG saying: "You are too late to stop me--the ritual is complete! Behold the legendary Tarrasque! It destroyed the Goatmen of Botswanaga and the Village of Pompedore (while carefully avoiding the mighty Nethgul Empire which would have casually destroyed it). Now it will destroy you!" That's not exactly impressive. The PCs would probably be more impressed by a herd of 30 Ogres, which have 3x the hit points and do 3x the damage, including a ranged attack. (Edit: actually, by the encounter building rules, it would need to be a whole tribe of 90 Ogres to be officially as "difficult" as the Tarrasque.)</blockquote>