As gory and unpleasant as it is, what you really want is bottled troll soup.
So like you liquefy the troll, then load them in a trebluche at the castle by the time people realize they have just got 20 cases of bottled troll air dropped and not just some kind of intimidation thing with gory, they already have a bunch of hangry trolls finishing their rest and reforming?
What does it do to the trolls’ memories if they’re getting new brains?
Trolls are pretty dim-witted creatures. They probably don't have a lot of memories beyond "elf taste better than goblin" and "fire bad."
Also, why assume their biology resembles ours? Perhaps their memory is distributed throughout their central nervous system. Or maybe it's kept in the spleen.
Hell, I'm open to it being something that their trollic souls remember completely, I just like to go with canon before making a DM call.
As far as I'm aware, there's never been any sort of canon on the issue unless it was tucked into an obscure corner of Dragon Magazine.
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So like you liquefy the troll, then load them in a trebluche at the castle by the time people realize they have just got 20 cases of bottled troll air dropped and not just some kind of intimidation thing with gory, they already have a bunch of hangry trolls finishing their rest and reforming?
Yes, precisely.
Please note, I'm not at all sure that's how the rules work. But for visual effect, that's bloody awesome =D
Fire them into somewhat out of the way positions, and once they're back at full health, they'll come pouring out of the woodwork, falling on the rear of the defenders.
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So like you liquefy the troll, then load them in a trebluche at the castle by the time people realize they have just got 20 cases of bottled troll air dropped and not just some kind of intimidation thing with gory, they already have a bunch of hangry trolls finishing their rest and reforming?
Yes, precisely.
Please note, I'm not at all sure that's how the rules work. But for visual effect, that's bloody awesome =D
Fire them into somewhat out of the way positions, and once they're back at full health, they'll come pouring out of the woodwork, falling on the rear of the defenders.
The only problem with this is that trolls are perpetually dumb so they could easily attack the invaders that launched them. And also, it wouldn't be reliable for capturing a place. Invaders would have to deal with trolls hiding in the city.
However I still gotta admit this idea is definatly something I wanna do.
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Tarrasque's have a magical regeneration and are able to reflect spells back at its enemies
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The only problem with this is that trolls are perpetually dumb so they could easily attack the invaders that launched them. And also, it wouldn't be reliable for capturing a place. Invaders would have to deal with trolls hiding in the city.
However I still gotta admit this idea is definatly something I wanna do.
Well, I imagine this in a siege. In which case the trolls would be a concern for the invaders only - unless I was silly enough to launch them in there, just as I was mounting an assault.
I mean, there's some reason and sense in having the trolls launched into the rear as you attack the front. But you'd either be allied with the trolls (and one must assume liquefaction is a pretty hard sell), or confident that trolls are a greater challenge to the defenders than yourself.
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I'm going to regret asking, but how do you reckon you'd liquify a troll without fire or acid?
I'd use a common kitchen appliance. But you know, troll sized.
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Trolls regenerate, and the official wording is "The troll dies only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn't regenerate." But what if a baddie were to enslave a troll, decapitate it, and throw the head and catapult the body over, say, a besieged city wall. Like a troll body=-part grenade. Would this work? Or if an assassin beheaded a troll without taking away it's ability to regenerate and just kept reducing it to 0 hp every time it started to regenerate while being carried, and then dropped the troll head somewhere where it could fully regenerate and wreak havoc, like a temple.
I think the idea of an army catapulting troll body parts over besieged walls would be pretty cool.
So like you liquefy the troll, then load them in a trebluche at the castle by the time people realize they have just got 20 cases of bottled troll air dropped and not just some kind of intimidation thing with gory, they already have a bunch of hangry trolls finishing their rest and reforming?
Yes, precisely.
Please note, I'm not at all sure that's how the rules work. But for visual effect, that's bloody awesome =D
Fire them into somewhat out of the way positions, and once they're back at full health, they'll come pouring out of the woodwork, falling on the rear of the defenders.
It occurs to me that this would be a fantastic setup for a boss fight when the twenty bottles of trolls, instead of regenerating into 20 individual trolls, instead fuse together to become an eldritch nightmare of writhing troll limbs and heads that just rolls through the city attacking or crushing everything in its path.
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"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Trolls regenerate, and the official wording is "The troll dies only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn't regenerate." But what if a baddie were to enslave a troll, decapitate it, and throw the head and catapult the body over, say, a besieged city wall. Like a troll body=-part grenade. Would this work? Or if an assassin beheaded a troll without taking away it's ability to regenerate and just kept reducing it to 0 hp every time it started to regenerate while being carried, and then dropped the troll head somewhere where it could fully regenerate and wreak havoc, like a temple.
I think the idea of an army catapulting troll body parts over besieged walls would be pretty cool.
There are no rules for decapitating creatures.
The only rules I know of are the Vorpal Blade, Snicker-Snack, and similar weapons, but there may be others. However, they won't kill a Troll.
Also, there are no rules for how long it takes a Troll to regrow a limb (or head), but this may be a factor of the rarity of dismemberment rules.
It occurs to me that this would be a fantastic setup for a boss fight when the twenty bottles of trolls, instead of regenerating into 20 individual trolls, instead fuse together to become an eldritch nightmare of writhing troll limbs and heads that just rolls through the city attacking or crushing everything in its path.
Ha! That's brilliant, and somehow even more gross than my original idea - well done =D
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So like you liquefy the troll, then load them in a trebluche at the castle by the time people realize they have just got 20 cases of bottled troll air dropped and not just some kind of intimidation thing with gory, they already have a bunch of hangry trolls finishing their rest and reforming?
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As far as I'm aware, there's never been any sort of canon on the issue unless it was tucked into an obscure corner of Dragon Magazine.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Yes, precisely.
Please note, I'm not at all sure that's how the rules work. But for visual effect, that's bloody awesome =D
Fire them into somewhat out of the way positions, and once they're back at full health, they'll come pouring out of the woodwork, falling on the rear of the defenders.
Blanket disclaimer: I only ever state opinion. But I can sound terribly dogmatic - so if you feel I'm trying to tell you what to think, I'm really not, I swear. I'm telling you what I think, that's all.
The only problem with this is that trolls are perpetually dumb so they could easily attack the invaders that launched them. And also, it wouldn't be reliable for capturing a place. Invaders would have to deal with trolls hiding in the city.
However I still gotta admit this idea is definatly something I wanna do.
Monster Fact of the Day: Tarrasque
Tarrasque's have a magical regeneration and are able to reflect spells back at its enemies
Praise Jeff with Your Hole Heart and Soul with the Sign of
DoomJOY to Come!!!!!Well, I imagine this in a siege. In which case the trolls would be a concern for the invaders only - unless I was silly enough to launch them in there, just as I was mounting an assault.
I mean, there's some reason and sense in having the trolls launched into the rear as you attack the front. But you'd either be allied with the trolls (and one must assume liquefaction is a pretty hard sell), or confident that trolls are a greater challenge to the defenders than yourself.
Blanket disclaimer: I only ever state opinion. But I can sound terribly dogmatic - so if you feel I'm trying to tell you what to think, I'm really not, I swear. I'm telling you what I think, that's all.
I'm going to regret asking, but how do you reckon you'd liquify a troll without fire or acid?
Squish it. An impact of sufficient force, such as a massive stone being dropped on it, will render it mostly liquefied.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Wood chipper a bunch of trolls out of the castle and watch as the army outside gets a new set of monsters to fight.
Its not like they will get angry at the walls, they will see the solders outside and go for them.
I'd use a common kitchen appliance. But you know, troll sized.
Blanket disclaimer: I only ever state opinion. But I can sound terribly dogmatic - so if you feel I'm trying to tell you what to think, I'm really not, I swear. I'm telling you what I think, that's all.
There are no rules for decapitating creatures.
It occurs to me that this would be a fantastic setup for a boss fight when the twenty bottles of trolls, instead of regenerating into 20 individual trolls, instead fuse together to become an eldritch nightmare of writhing troll limbs and heads that just rolls through the city attacking or crushing everything in its path.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
The only rules I know of are the Vorpal Blade, Snicker-Snack, and similar weapons, but there may be others. However, they won't kill a Troll.
Also, there are no rules for how long it takes a Troll to regrow a limb (or head), but this may be a factor of the rarity of dismemberment rules.
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Ha! That's brilliant, and somehow even more gross than my original idea - well done =D
Blanket disclaimer: I only ever state opinion. But I can sound terribly dogmatic - so if you feel I'm trying to tell you what to think, I'm really not, I swear. I'm telling you what I think, that's all.