Tarasque: Have you ever encoutered one?

[Gilwen]

yep I've ran it several times in 3.5. Some groups handled it well...others not so much....

I make it a point to cover the most iconic dnd creatures for the groups I DM at least once. Makes it a challenge to work into the story sometimes...but that is what side plots and some randome event tables are for. I always make my players roll the events too so anything that kills them is their fault...mwahahahahahaha!

As a player I always hated not running into some cool stuff, especailly dragaons...the name of the game is Dungeons and DRAGONS for pete's sake.

Gil

 

[cignus_pfaccari]

Never seen one used, never used it.

I'm actually surprised that in our 30th-level epic 3.5 game, the summoner wizard didn't try using one.

Brad

 

[Wednesday Boy]

Back when we were playing 2nd Ed., for a fun thought exercise (i.e., for kicks, not for XP or with any plot) I convinced our GM to pit our 8th-9th level characters against the tarrasque. It was immune to our most powerful spells but we noticed that even though Badberries does only 1 damage for each 2d4 badberries you create, the tarraque would get no saving thrown from eating them. Since the tarrasque "eats everything for miles around, including all animals and vegetation" we commissioned an expertly roasted cow, stuffed it with loads of badberries, and hid. The tarrasque enjoyed the delicious meal we set before it and instantly dropped dead. Then it was a matter of dealing with the tarrasque's regeneration and fire immunity with only Melf's Acid Arrow available. It took a long, long time but eventually we defeated it.