You must find the most creative and effective way to kill the tarrasque on one round. It still has all its legendary resistances. There are two categories to this competition: one with a party of four characters able to use combos to destroy the creature before it goes at the end of the round and the harder one: a single player that must take it down in one turn. Players are level 20, multiclassing and feats are allowed. Magic items are allowed, but it’s more impressive with fewer of them. Blood hunters are legal. Homebrew is not allowed.
I’ll go first with the party round: four wizards each with two fighter levels. They all use action surge and cast polymorph until its legendary resistances are consumed and it gets turned into a frog or other small, harmless critter. Then the wizard that takes the next action casts power word kill. Use magic foci to put the odds of it failing a save to something more even and make this method more practical.
The tactics I find best go below once I get to judge them.
Party: dragonborn uses reverse gravity 3 times to send it through a prismatic wall many times
Solo: roboduckdragon teleports it into space with gate.
Because you chose to make your bird a wizard. Now you don’t have to deal with the thing anymore, and it’s stuck in the astral plane moving a maximum 45 feet per round if it does nothing but move. The next person to deal with it won’t find it as hard.
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Cast Wish, and wish for a Sphere of Annihilation to appear inside the Tarrasque's skull. It doesn't directly attack the Tarrasque, so it can't use its Spell Reflection!
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Former Spider Queen of the Spider Guild, and friendly neighborhood scheming creature.
"Made by spiders, for spiders, of spiders."
My pronouns are she/her.
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Cast Wish, and wish for a Sphere of Annihilation to appear inside the Tarrasque's skull. It doesn't directly attack the Tarrasque, so it can't use its Spell Reflection!
The only problem here is the dm. Still good though. I am judging the other one higher for now because this has a 33% chance of not being repeatable and might have collateral damage to your spellcasting capabilities, but it’s close. No worries, it’s not easy to instakill something like this with one player.
You are not the only one to think of wish, and wish is the simplest good way to do this, but a sphere of annihilation in its brain is more creative than “it dies.”
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fill a bag of holding with as many coins as you can, each side of each coin inscribed with a glyph of warding containing the spell symbol, with the damage version, that activates when the bag is thrown at the tarrasque.
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i Play Ursula, Ariadne, Bolehs, Uhluhtc and Lizagnazeialqi in the tavern at the end of the world.
spiders are absolutely wonderful works of nature and if you say otherwise i shall feast tonight.
"Those who fight with Swords are Fools. those who fight with Bows are Cowards. You, My friend, Seem to be Both a Coward and A Fool." -Wilbur, Archmage of the Sunset sea addressing a Warrior.
fill a bag of holding with as many coins as you can, each side of each coin inscribed with a glyph of warding containing the spell symbol, with the damage version, that activates when the bag is thrown at the tarrasque.
If it required any less prep and money, it would win. It’s still good, but isn’t the mist efficient way to do things.
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Have a mind flayer larva crawl into its ear-hole (which I imagine wouldn't be too difficult), and wait a while. Granted, it's not an instakill, but it still kills the Tarrasque regardless of HP.
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Former Spider Queen of the Spider Guild, and friendly neighborhood scheming creature.
"Made by spiders, for spiders, of spiders."
My pronouns are she/her.
Web Weaver of Everlasting Narrative! (title bestowed by Drummer)
Have a mind flayer larva crawl into its ear-hole (which I imagine wouldn't be too difficult), and wait a while. Granted, it's not an instakill, but it still kills the Tarrasque regardless of HP.
I don’t think it’s that easy.
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Royalty among the charge kingdom. All will fall before our glorious assault!
fill a bag of holding with as many coins as you can, each side of each coin inscribed with a glyph of warding containing the spell symbol, with the damage version, that activates when the bag is thrown at the tarrasque.
If it required any less prep and money, it would win. It’s still good, but isn’t the mist efficient way to do things.
Wish* for a bag of holding with as many coins as you can, each side of each coin inscribed with a glyph of warding containing the spell symbol, with the damage version, that activates when the bag is thrown at the tarrasque.
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Proud member of the spider guild.
i Play Ursula, Ariadne, Bolehs, Uhluhtc and Lizagnazeialqi in the tavern at the end of the world.
spiders are absolutely wonderful works of nature and if you say otherwise i shall feast tonight.
"Those who fight with Swords are Fools. those who fight with Bows are Cowards. You, My friend, Seem to be Both a Coward and A Fool." -Wilbur, Archmage of the Sunset sea addressing a Warrior.
fill a bag of holding with as many coins as you can, each side of each coin inscribed with a glyph of warding containing the spell symbol, with the damage version, that activates when the bag is thrown at the tarrasque.
If it required any less prep and money, it would win. It’s still good, but isn’t the mist efficient way to do things.
Wish* for a bag of holding with as many coins as you can, each side of each coin inscribed with a glyph of warding containing the spell symbol, with the damage version, that activates when the bag is thrown at the tarrasque.
That is pretty advanced for a wish no dm would let through. There are other ways to achieve what you are looking for though…
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Royalty among the charge kingdom. All will fall before our glorious assault!
You must find the most creative and effective way to kill the tarrasque on one round. It still has all its legendary resistances. There are two categories to this competition: one with a party of four characters able to use combos to destroy the creature before it goes at the end of the round and the harder one: a single player that must take it down in one turn. Players are level 20, multiclassing and feats are allowed. Magic items are allowed, but it’s more impressive with fewer of them. Blood hunters are legal. Homebrew is not allowed.
I’ll go first with the party round: four wizards each with two fighter levels. They all use action surge and cast polymorph until its legendary resistances are consumed and it gets turned into a frog or other small, harmless critter. Then the wizard that takes the next action casts power word kill. Use magic foci to put the odds of it failing a save to something more even and make this method more practical.
The tactics I find best go below once I get to judge them.
Party: dragonborn uses reverse gravity 3 times to send it through a prismatic wall many times
Solo: roboduckdragon teleports it into space with gate.
Royalty among the charge kingdom. All will fall before our glorious assault!
Quest offer! Enter the deep dungeon here
Ctg’s blood is on the spam filter’s hands
as a arocokra I fly onto the tarrasques back and put one bag of holding into another
first place in instakill the tarrasque solo
That is more of a “someone else is dealing with this not me” and also sends you to the astral plane too, but it’s still enough to count.
Royalty among the charge kingdom. All will fall before our glorious assault!
Quest offer! Enter the deep dungeon here
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Also, I realized that silvery barbs will boost my party method. Might be enough to bring the odds above 50/50.
Royalty among the charge kingdom. All will fall before our glorious assault!
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i then plane shift back to material
first place in instakill the tarrasque solo
Because you chose to make your bird a wizard. Now you don’t have to deal with the thing anymore, and it’s stuck in the astral plane moving a maximum 45 feet per round if it does nothing but move. The next person to deal with it won’t find it as hard.
Royalty among the charge kingdom. All will fall before our glorious assault!
Quest offer! Enter the deep dungeon here
Ctg’s blood is on the spam filter’s hands
Cast Wish, and wish for a Sphere of Annihilation to appear inside the Tarrasque's skull. It doesn't directly attack the Tarrasque, so it can't use its Spell Reflection!
Former Spider Queen of the Spider Guild, and friendly neighborhood scheming creature.
"Made by spiders, for spiders, of spiders."
My pronouns are she/her.
Web Weaver of Everlasting Narrative! (title bestowed by Drummer)
The only problem here is the dm. Still good though. I am judging the other one higher for now because this has a 33% chance of not being repeatable and might have collateral damage to your spellcasting capabilities, but it’s close. No worries, it’s not easy to instakill something like this with one player.
Royalty among the charge kingdom. All will fall before our glorious assault!
Quest offer! Enter the deep dungeon here
Ctg’s blood is on the spam filter’s hands
Cast wish for it to drop dead
I have stolen your shredded cheese.
AgateElk8337’s Doppelgänger
But where’s the fun in that?
You are not the only one to think of wish, and wish is the simplest good way to do this, but a sphere of annihilation in its brain is more creative than “it dies.”
Royalty among the charge kingdom. All will fall before our glorious assault!
Quest offer! Enter the deep dungeon here
Ctg’s blood is on the spam filter’s hands
open a gate under it to tp it into spase
first place in instakill the tarrasque solo
Impale it with a Daern's Instant Fortress.
Former Spider Queen of the Spider Guild, and friendly neighborhood scheming creature.
"Made by spiders, for spiders, of spiders."
My pronouns are she/her.
Web Weaver of Everlasting Narrative! (title bestowed by Drummer)
fill a bag of holding with as many coins as you can, each side of each coin inscribed with a glyph of warding containing the spell symbol, with the damage version, that activates when the bag is thrown at the tarrasque.
Proud member of the spider guild.
i Play Ursula, Ariadne, Bolehs, Uhluhtc and Lizagnazeialqi in the tavern at the end of the world.
spiders are absolutely wonderful works of nature and if you say otherwise i shall feast tonight.
"Those who fight with Swords are Fools. those who fight with Bows are Cowards. You, My friend, Seem to be Both a Coward and A Fool." -Wilbur, Archmage of the Sunset sea addressing a Warrior.
This one doesn’t really work. The tarrasque is too strong for this, 10d10 isn’t enough and the monster is more durable than the fortress.
Royalty among the charge kingdom. All will fall before our glorious assault!
Quest offer! Enter the deep dungeon here
Ctg’s blood is on the spam filter’s hands
If it required any less prep and money, it would win. It’s still good, but isn’t the mist efficient way to do things.
Royalty among the charge kingdom. All will fall before our glorious assault!
Quest offer! Enter the deep dungeon here
Ctg’s blood is on the spam filter’s hands
The bags of holding but better. Effective, no chance of failure, and has no impact on your ability to do it again. I love it.
Royalty among the charge kingdom. All will fall before our glorious assault!
Quest offer! Enter the deep dungeon here
Ctg’s blood is on the spam filter’s hands
Have a mind flayer larva crawl into its ear-hole (which I imagine wouldn't be too difficult), and wait a while. Granted, it's not an instakill, but it still kills the Tarrasque regardless of HP.
Former Spider Queen of the Spider Guild, and friendly neighborhood scheming creature.
"Made by spiders, for spiders, of spiders."
My pronouns are she/her.
Web Weaver of Everlasting Narrative! (title bestowed by Drummer)
I don’t think it’s that easy.
Royalty among the charge kingdom. All will fall before our glorious assault!
Quest offer! Enter the deep dungeon here
Ctg’s blood is on the spam filter’s hands
Wish* for a bag of holding with as many coins as you can, each side of each coin inscribed with a glyph of warding containing the spell symbol, with the damage version, that activates when the bag is thrown at the tarrasque.
Proud member of the spider guild.
i Play Ursula, Ariadne, Bolehs, Uhluhtc and Lizagnazeialqi in the tavern at the end of the world.
spiders are absolutely wonderful works of nature and if you say otherwise i shall feast tonight.
"Those who fight with Swords are Fools. those who fight with Bows are Cowards. You, My friend, Seem to be Both a Coward and A Fool." -Wilbur, Archmage of the Sunset sea addressing a Warrior.
That is pretty advanced for a wish no dm would let through. There are other ways to achieve what you are looking for though…
Royalty among the charge kingdom. All will fall before our glorious assault!
Quest offer! Enter the deep dungeon here
Ctg’s blood is on the spam filter’s hands