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[Bonedagger]

LOL

I just tried the Middle Earth name generator and according to it my middleearth name, if I was human, should be "Forgetful Eagle".

 

[Schmoe]

Hey Bonedagger, no teasing or meanness was intended. Just pointing out a mistake and trying to help point you in the right direction.

Cheers!

 

[Synicism]

Build a 20th lvl character with any items you want (no artifacts and only one wish). Under core rules and see if he can kill a tarrasque by himself.

This is too easy. I did it with a single human bard. Not going into too many details, but essentially here's it in a nutshell.

Using Greater Magic Weapon on his bow and his adamant, brilliant energy arrows to make touch attacks versus its measly 5 touch AC, and fill it full of holes pretty much with impunity.

Then the Wish. And with the Bard, you don't need a whole lot of gear to pull it off.

As someone else said, a better challenge would be to do this at 12th level, and you can still do it with the Bard if you have access to Sure Striking arrows.

 

[Rowenstin]

That´s easy. All you need is Reverse Gravity (no spell resistance, no saving throw) When Mr T is floating in the air, surround it with walls of force and make them permanent (that will cost you some XP, btw) Let the thing starve to death (or charge 10 gp to see the beast, 5 gp for children)

And you only need a level 13 wizard to do it.

 

[FungiMuncher]

(or charge 10 gp to see the beast, 5 gp for children)

LOL

 

[Omegium]

Just use magic jar or gate in a solar or summon a lot of scourges. Or a lot of arrows, thats just to easy. I now change the chalenge: make a character who can beat him in melee.
Hmm. I don't have much time left, but I am going to see if I can find anything

 

[-Ekimus-]

actually, with a lvl 20 monk and the 760,000 gp worth of stuff it was quite easy. who needs arcane archer..
cause i just did it, ending with 17 hp

 

[med stud]

With ANY items allowed, a wizard with 20 scrolls of gate can summon 20 solars to beat up the tarrasque.

 

[Al]

Call this a challenge?

Easy. A top-level conjuror with all his cash blown on scrolls of Gate.

Round 1: If the tarrasque wins Initiative, your Contingency is triggered and you get Teleported out of reach. You then Maze the tarrasque (no save, no SR)

Round 2+: Quickened Haste, then gate gate gate
Repeat until tarrasque returns.

Send in umpteen solars and dispatch him.

Alternately, top-level cleric with Spell Penetration and the Magic Domain: he has used scrolls to cast Haste, Improved Invisibility, Mirror Image and Contingency: Teleport. And an absurd amount of Blade Barriers scrolls, and a few Wall of Force scrolls.

Round 1: Tarrasque attacks, contingency triggered (as standard)

Round 2: Cast Maze from scroll (or Forcecage etc.).

Rounds 3-5: Erect Walls of Force with the scrolls around where the tarrasque will return. Six placed cunningly should do the trick.

Round 6-X: Cast all Blade Barriers inside the Walls of Force (remember to allow gaps so that YOU can get past the WoF but the tarrasque cannot.

When the tarrasque returns, he will fail SR against roughly half your blade barriers, and even if he makes his save, cannot move out of the affected area. In subsequent rounds he will have to continue making saves. If worst comes to worst, renew the Walls of Force with more scrolls. When the tarrasque has been suitably sliced into shreds, cast Miracle.

 

[James McMurray]

People, don't you realize that any strategy based on damage is doomed to fail? The Tarrasque CANNOT be reduced to -30 hitpoints, since it only takes subdual damage, and subdual damage counts up, not down.

The stirges idea might work, but only if your DM decides that being at 0 Con counts as being at -30 hit points.