The Tarrasque is Awake!

[Loincloth of Armour]

If I know which direction the thing is coming from (assuming it's headed straight for my village) and I have at least a day's head start: take off at a 90 degree angle. Then angle back toward its starting point and loot the ruins.

This is the tarrasque... he eats the ruins!

 

[Jondor_Battlehammer]

Follow behind it and collect the dung. That would have to empower, maybe even maximize a fireball, right? You could make a fortune at the wizard's guild.


*Edit*

Inspired by someones sig, you could have a band of marauding otyughs following behind it!

 

[Tonguez]

You know the real Tarasque was stopped by a little girl with a pleasant singing voice

 

[Someone]

Find an adult sequoia and a humongous rope and build a Colossal lasso trap?

 

[Gez]

You know the real Tarasque was stopped by a little girl with a pleasant singing voice

Not even that. Saint Martha, the girl in question, was just unphased and talked politely to the Tarasque instead of fleeing in terror like everyone else. And the big monster, which had always been shunned and reviled, was touched that for the first time she (la Tarasque) was treated with kindness and respect, so she talked with the girl and let Martha convert her to Christianity. So when the villagers attacked next, the Tarasque turned the other cheek and let the mob slay her. With sticks and stones.

The D&D Tarrasque is definitely different. I don't know if the two R's are there to make the distinction, or just because Froideval didn't know the correct spelling.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Put up a sign in the inn: "Adventurers Wanted". In the tavern, post a mysterious-lookig villager in a dark cloak.

 

[Ambrus]

Plan A: Run
Plan B: Die

 

[Ilium]

Okay, perhaps the balor is over the top. Perhaps it's just a tribe of goblins or suchlike. Dust up afterwards, and rebuild the town? You've survived, is that enough?

Actually I think this idea has potential. You could have good low to mid-level adventures dealing with the Tarrasque's wake, then cap the whole thing off with defeating Big T. Hmm.

Low-level: Deal with bandits/goblins/etc. preying on communities weakened by the Tarrasqe's passage.

Mid-level: Help evacuate communities in the way. Maybe find a way to redirect the critter in a small way to protect a city. Uncover a plot by some BBEG to take advantage of the Tarrasque's presence for his own nefarious reasons, and thwart it.

High-level: quest to find the McGuffin that will allow a chance of defeating the Tarrasque, then have a climactic battle on the outskirts of a big city that Big T has set its sights on.

Adventure Path anyone?

 

[Pielorinho]

First, you know that bit where the bard leaves? Oh no he doesn't! I'm a farmer, you said: burly, biceps like watermelons, used to pushing the plough myself, no entertainment on a Friday night except to get in fights down at the inn. He's a bard missing an arm. I'm hogtying the bard, gagging him, slinging him over my shoulder, and taking him with me as I and my family leave town. It's going to be very clear to him that if my belongings aren't trampled and devoured by the time I get home--if a single one of them is merely stolen by the bard's no-good scammates--I'm feeding the bard to my hogs.

Daniel

 

[I'm A Banana]

Adventure Path anyone?

Give me a publisher, and I'll give you levels 1-20!