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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6277616" data-attributes="member: 92511">In my experience, a fireball cast as far as possible into its nearly always-opened maw has done wonders in the past. Messy purple sploog and the scent of burned pudding all over everything. But effective.As for the stinger, I have (in the past) generally removed it from play. The thing is massive and usually encountered in a tunnel of its own making...or, as the graphic the OP displayed, the front end is popping out of the ground. I suspect it was originally put in by E.G.G. simply to discourage &quot;back stabs&quot; or other attempted attacks from the rear. I have always found it kind dumb. How's the thing supposed to know or aim at something attacking it from behind? I mean, unless you're in a massive cavern or catch the entire thing above ground (which has never happened in any game I've ever been in), how is it supposed to swing its back end around to stab at something?So, it's generally just not used. If something is attacking it from behind, it'll just burrow (way faster than most PCs could follow) away. I suppose one could make it inclined to circle back and see what was hurting it...but that attributes quite a bit more intelligence to a giant worm than I'm willing to accept/suspend my disbelief.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 6277616, member: 92511"] In my experience, a fireball cast as far as possible into its nearly always-opened maw has done wonders in the past. Messy purple sploog and the scent of burned pudding all over everything. But effective. As for the stinger, I have (in the past) generally removed it from play. The thing is massive and usually encountered in a tunnel of its own making...or, as the graphic the OP displayed, the front end is popping out of the ground. I suspect it was originally put in by E.G.G. simply to discourage "back stabs" or other attempted attacks from the rear. I have always found it kind dumb. How's the thing supposed to know or aim at something attacking it from behind? I mean, unless you're in a massive cavern or catch the entire thing above ground (which has never happened in any game I've ever been in), how is it supposed to swing its back end around to stab at something? So, it's generally just not used. If something is attacking it from behind, it'll just burrow (way faster than most PCs could follow) away. I suppose one could make it inclined to circle back and see what was hurting it...but that attributes quite a bit more intelligence to a giant worm than I'm willing to accept/suspend my disbelief. [/QUOTE]

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