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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9188732" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Thunderwave: &quot;A wave of thunderous force sweeps out from you. Each creature in a 15-foot cube originating from you must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 2d8 thunder damage and is pushed 10 feet away from you&quot;.So first, based on a literal reading of the spell you could say that a Tarrasque isn't &quot;in&quot; a 15-foot cube so it has no effect. But that's not why I'd say it doesn't work.&nbsp; It's because the creature is unimaginably huge and weighs &quot;hundreds of tons&quot;.&nbsp; If it had it's head in your face, you might push the head back or to the side a bit, but something that only throws normal humanoids 10 feet is not going to be strong enough to push something back this colossal.&nbsp; I could see even a huge giant stumbling back from something like that, just not something as tall as a 5 story building.As far as falling, HP represent how much damage you can take in a fight.&nbsp; If you've just fallen from orbit and walk away it would look like the coyote in the Road Runner cartoon.&nbsp; We don't have to be anywhere near accurate, but I want at least a passing nod to reality.<img src="https://media2.giphy.com/media/3o6ozAXbBKwCJvbdq8/200.gif" alt=" " class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 9188732, member: 6801845"] Thunderwave: "[I]A wave of thunderous force sweeps out from you. Each creature in a 15-foot cube originating from you must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 2d8 thunder damage and is pushed 10 feet away from you[/I]". So first, based on a literal reading of the spell you could say that a Tarrasque isn't "in" a 15-foot cube so it has no effect. But that's not why I'd say it doesn't work. It's because the creature is unimaginably huge and weighs "hundreds of tons". If it had it's head in your face, you might push the head back or to the side a bit, but something that only throws normal humanoids 10 feet is not going to be strong enough to push something back this colossal. I could see even a huge giant stumbling back from something like that, just not something as tall as a 5 story building. As far as falling, HP represent how much damage you can take in a fight. If you've just fallen from orbit and walk away it would look like the coyote in the Road Runner cartoon. We don't have to be anywhere near accurate, but I want at least a passing nod to reality. [IMG alt=" "]https://media2.giphy.com/media/3o6ozAXbBKwCJvbdq8/200.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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