How much more dangerous would the Tarrasque be with flight?

Libertad · Post by **Libertad** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 4:46 am

Let's say 60 speed (average) to make it slightly better than some existing spells such as Overland Flight. And it can charge while flying, too.

erik · Post by **erik** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 5:10 am

Not much. Unless your plan was to drop rocks on it from above.

Foxwarrior · Post by **Foxwarrior** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 5:33 am

That is usually the plan. So yeah, if you give it flight, its CR goes above 5.

OgreBattle · Post by **OgreBattle** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 7:55 am

A nuclear laser too, and radar sense

Dogbert · Post by **Dogbert** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 10:23 am

And orbiting fricking sharks with fricking lasers on their heads.

The Adventurer's Almanac · Sat Nov 09, 2019 5:02 pm

I prefer the idea of a flying Tarrasque with orbiting mini-Tarrasques with fricking lasers on their heads - keeps in theme better.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 8:47 pm

Depends . . how is the fall damage for that?

Iduno · Post by **Iduno** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 2:25 am

Stahlseele wrote:Depends . . how is the fall damage for that?

Up to 20d6. 1d6 for the first increment (20-70 feet, depending on weight), plus d6 for every 10 feet (which should probably be per increment, but that requires multiplying numbers). So assuming infinite 1 pound rocks, you need to fly at 260 feet.

To measure how impressive that is, I will note there is a level 1 spell (Launch Item - Magic of Faerun) that will move an object up to 400 + 40/level feet.

Flying obviously has other benefits, but the offense is "pretty good, for damage."

OgreBattle · Post by **OgreBattle** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 2:26 am

Y'all should watch Shin Godzilla, it's a great movie

infected slut princess · Tue Nov 12, 2019 6:06 pm

The Tarrasque needs a stupid over-the-top breath weapon, something like 100 mile range death beam that that annihilates anything in its area of effect (maybe if you make your save you take "only" 1000d6 damage).

OgreBattle wrote:Y'all should watch Shin Godzilla, it's a great movie

That movie was awesome.

Zaranthan · Post by **Zaranthan** » Tue Nov 12, 2019 7:26 pm

That monster class project from Brilliant Gameologists has a take on Ol' Terry that gives him some proper devastation. Still a bit silly like the rest, though.

deaddmwalking · Post by **deaddmwalking** » Tue Nov 12, 2019 7:44 pm

infected slut princess wrote:The Tarrasque needs a stupid over-the-top breath weapon, something like 100 mile range death beam that that annihilates anything in its area of effect (maybe if you make your save you take "only" 1000d6 damage).

OgreBattle wrote:Y'all should watch Shin Godzilla, it's a great movie
That movie was awesome.

The problem is that for a normal person, the horizon is about 3 miles away. The Tarrasque is taller, so he can see further, but not usually 100 miles.

And of course, D&D does 10' spot penalties, so seeing even 1 mile away is basically impossible.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:36 pm

OgreBattle wrote:Y'all should watch Shin Godzilla, it's a great movie

The Evolution stuff was interesting, but oh dear god untill he gets his final ish form the cgi is atrocious . . And as a die hard fan of the old godzilla, i did not appreciate the lightshow lasers from his back . .

infected slut princess · Tue Nov 12, 2019 9:47 pm

deaddmwalking wrote:
The problem is that for a normal person, the horizon is about 3 miles away. The Tarrasque is taller, so he can see further, but not usually 100 miles.

And of course, D&D does 10' spot penalties, so seeing even 1 mile away is basically impossible.

It should be like using a dragon's breath weapon or lightning bolt -- it's a fixed area, not a ranged attack. Spot penalties don't matter.

The exact range doesn't matter, it should just be very, very large beam attack.