Just watched a tiktok pointing out that based off the position of the eyes ( front for predators, sides for prey) the tarrasque is a prey animal. What would be the predator that hunts it beyond humanoids?
But in all seriousness, there’s nothing in the lore (Forgotten Realms, at least) supporting the idea of a tarrasque hunter. It’s just a tiktok farming for clicks by pointing out a discrepancy in the art.
As the DM, you’re certainly free to homebrew whatever you’d like to support the concept. But in 5e, the tarrasque is really as strong as things get. CR 30 is the top of the food chain.
Just watched a tiktok pointing out that based off the position of the eyes ( front for predators, sides for prey) the tarrasque is a prey animal.
Despite that being a popular belief, that's not actually a hard and fast rule in biology. Most reptiles, including many therapod dinosaurs, had eyes located more toward the sides of their head than their front simply due to the shape of their heads. Same goes for whales- all whales are predators, but their eyes are located on the sides of their head and it's physically impossible for them to look at something with both eyes at the same time. There are also plenty of "prey" animals with eyes that face forward. All primates, for example, have forward facing eyes because the first primates were tree-dwelling animals that needed to accurately be able to judge distances when leaping from branch to branch.
In Spelljammer there is a planet that is inhabited by Tarrasques (Doomspace I think).
I presume that there might be some other creatures there that hunt them? I think the planet also has plant alien people, so it's possible that those things hunt the tarrasques.
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Just watched a tiktok pointing out that based off the position of the eyes ( front for predators, sides for prey) the tarrasque is a prey animal.
Despite that being a popular belief, that's not actually a hard and fast rule in biology. Most reptiles, including many therapod dinosaurs, had eyes located more toward the sides of their head than their front simply due to the shape of their heads. Same goes for whales- all whales are predators, but their eyes are located on the sides of their head and it's physically impossible for them to look at something with both eyes at the same time. There are also plenty of "prey" animals with eyes that face forward. All primates, for example, have forward facing eyes because the first primates were tree-dwelling animals that needed to accurately be able to judge distances when leaping from branch to branch.
It has also been theorized that forest-dwelling animals are more likely to have forward-facing eyes to see past leaves and other obstructions.
Just watched a tiktok pointing out that based off the position of the eyes ( front for predators, sides for prey) the tarrasque is a prey animal.
Despite that being a popular belief, that's not actually a hard and fast rule in biology. Most reptiles, including many therapod dinosaurs, had eyes located more toward the sides of their head than their front simply due to the shape of their heads. Same goes for whales- all whales are predators, but their eyes are located on the sides of their head and it's physically impossible for them to look at something with both eyes at the same time. There are also plenty of "prey" animals with eyes that face forward. All primates, for example, have forward facing eyes because the first primates were tree-dwelling animals that needed to accurately be able to judge distances when leaping from branch to branch.
It has also been theorized that forest-dwelling animals are more likely to have forward-facing eyes to see past leaves and other obstructions.
That makes sense, given that sloths have forward-facing eyes and they're neither predators nor jumpers.
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Just watched a tiktok pointing out that based off the position of the eyes ( front for predators, sides for prey) the tarrasque is a prey animal.
Despite that being a popular belief, that's not actually a hard and fast rule in biology. Most reptiles, including many therapod dinosaurs, had eyes located more toward the sides of their head than their front simply due to the shape of their heads. Same goes for whales- all whales are predators, but their eyes are located on the sides of their head and it's physically impossible for them to look at something with both eyes at the same time. There are also plenty of "prey" animals with eyes that face forward. All primates, for example, have forward facing eyes because the first primates were tree-dwelling animals that needed to accurately be able to judge distances when leaping from branch to branch.
There's also another feature mentioned every now and then: the Tarrasque has spikes on its back. Most creatures evolve spikes on their backs to deter predators from eating them, like with porcupines. Many people have taken this as implication that there is not only something large enough to eat a tarrasque, but also that it was an efficient enough hunter that the tarrasques evolved through natural selection to have spikes, meaning the hunter would have had to have killed an innumerable amount of them, leaving only the more spiky ones. And while a tarrasque-hunter probably doesn't exist in canon, DnD is a game where you can add anything, so if you want to make a tarrasque-hunter, than go ahead and make a tarrasque-hunter. Honestly, it's a fun enough idea that I may homebrew one myself...
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Just watched a tiktok pointing out that based off the position of the eyes ( front for predators, sides for prey) the tarrasque is a prey animal.
Despite that being a popular belief, that's not actually a hard and fast rule in biology. Most reptiles, including many therapod dinosaurs, had eyes located more toward the sides of their head than their front simply due to the shape of their heads. Same goes for whales- all whales are predators, but their eyes are located on the sides of their head and it's physically impossible for them to look at something with both eyes at the same time. There are also plenty of "prey" animals with eyes that face forward. All primates, for example, have forward facing eyes because the first primates were tree-dwelling animals that needed to accurately be able to judge distances when leaping from branch to branch.
There's also another feature mentioned every now and then: the Tarrasque has spikes on its back. Most creatures evolve spikes on their backs to deter predators from eating them, like with porcupines. Many people have taken this as implication that there is not only something large enough to eat a tarrasque, but also that it was an efficient enough hunter that the tarrasques evolved through natural selection to have spikes, meaning the hunter would have had to have killed an innumerable amount of them, leaving only the more spiky ones. And while a tarrasque-hunter probably doesn't exist in canon, DnD is a game where you can add anything, so if you want to make a tarrasque-hunter, than go ahead and make a tarrasque-hunter. Honestly, it's a fun enough idea that I may homebrew one myself...
Spikes are also present on species for display purposes. But if you want to look at it from an ecological point of view, you'll need to have a population of tarrasques capable of sustaining a tarrasque-eater. Since there's only one tarrasque, that would necessitate a population of 1/100th of a tarrasque-eater (assuming a mammalian metabolic rate- could be more like 1/50th to 1/20th if it's ectothermic).
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Just watched a tiktok pointing out that based off the position of the eyes ( front for predators, sides for prey) the tarrasque is a prey animal.
Despite that being a popular belief, that's not actually a hard and fast rule in biology. Most reptiles, including many therapod dinosaurs, had eyes located more toward the sides of their head than their front simply due to the shape of their heads. Same goes for whales- all whales are predators, but their eyes are located on the sides of their head and it's physically impossible for them to look at something with both eyes at the same time. There are also plenty of "prey" animals with eyes that face forward. All primates, for example, have forward facing eyes because the first primates were tree-dwelling animals that needed to accurately be able to judge distances when leaping from branch to branch.
There's also another feature mentioned every now and then: the Tarrasque has spikes on its back. Most creatures evolve spikes on their backs to deter predators from eating them, like with porcupines. Many people have taken this as implication that there is not only something large enough to eat a tarrasque, but also that it was an efficient enough hunter that the tarrasques evolved through natural selection to have spikes, meaning the hunter would have had to have killed an innumerable amount of them, leaving only the more spiky ones. And while a tarrasque-hunter probably doesn't exist in canon, DnD is a game where you can add anything, so if you want to make a tarrasque-hunter, than go ahead and make a tarrasque-hunter. Honestly, it's a fun enough idea that I may homebrew one myself...
Spikes are also present on species for display purposes. But if you want to look at it from an ecological point of view, you'll need to have a population of tarrasques capable of sustaining a tarrasque-eater. Since there's only one tarrasque, that would necessitate a population of 1/100th of a tarrasque-eater (assuming a mammalian metabolic rate- could be more like 1/50th to 1/20th if it's ectothermic).
Unless you jiggle the lore a little to suggest that there will always be one Tarrasque, thus when one is killed, the next is born. The Hunter is a beast which seeks out the Tarrasque each time it is born, and slays it.
The tarrasque's true enemy is the balloon. No matter what, the balloon will seek out and destroy the tarrasque. (This is a jk sentence, by the way.)
What I really think is that the tarrasque could be destroyed by none other than John, god of boring work. He is inevitable, and could force the tarrasque into an office job with meager pay and no insurance.
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Just watched a tiktok pointing out that based off the position of the eyes ( front for predators, sides for prey) the tarrasque is a prey animal. What would be the predator that hunts it beyond humanoids?
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But in all seriousness, there’s nothing in the lore (Forgotten Realms, at least) supporting the idea of a tarrasque hunter. It’s just a tiktok farming for clicks by pointing out a discrepancy in the art.
As the DM, you’re certainly free to homebrew whatever you’d like to support the concept. But in 5e, the tarrasque is really as strong as things get. CR 30 is the top of the food chain.
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Despite that being a popular belief, that's not actually a hard and fast rule in biology. Most reptiles, including many therapod dinosaurs, had eyes located more toward the sides of their head than their front simply due to the shape of their heads. Same goes for whales- all whales are predators, but their eyes are located on the sides of their head and it's physically impossible for them to look at something with both eyes at the same time. There are also plenty of "prey" animals with eyes that face forward. All primates, for example, have forward facing eyes because the first primates were tree-dwelling animals that needed to accurately be able to judge distances when leaping from branch to branch.
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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.
Also tarrasque are generally presented as created beings, so the arrangement of their features has little to nothing to do with evolutionary trends.
Mimics. Huge colonies of them disguise themselves as entire cities and wait for the tarrasque to rampage into the center of town, then they swarm.
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In Spelljammer there is a planet that is inhabited by Tarrasques (Doomspace I think).
I presume that there might be some other creatures there that hunt them? I think the planet also has plant alien people, so it's possible that those things hunt the tarrasques.
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Does it matter if there is a creature that hunts tarrasque? Just the lore that there could be is enough to have a lot of fun with.
It has also been theorized that forest-dwelling animals are more likely to have forward-facing eyes to see past leaves and other obstructions.
That makes sense, given that sloths have forward-facing eyes and they're neither predators nor jumpers.
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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.
There's also another feature mentioned every now and then: the Tarrasque has spikes on its back. Most creatures evolve spikes on their backs to deter predators from eating them, like with porcupines. Many people have taken this as implication that there is not only something large enough to eat a tarrasque, but also that it was an efficient enough hunter that the tarrasques evolved through natural selection to have spikes, meaning the hunter would have had to have killed an innumerable amount of them, leaving only the more spiky ones. And while a tarrasque-hunter probably doesn't exist in canon, DnD is a game where you can add anything, so if you want to make a tarrasque-hunter, than go ahead and make a tarrasque-hunter. Honestly, it's a fun enough idea that I may homebrew one myself...
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Clearly, this rule applies to Tarrasques too.
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Spikes are also present on species for display purposes. But if you want to look at it from an ecological point of view, you'll need to have a population of tarrasques capable of sustaining a tarrasque-eater. Since there's only one tarrasque, that would necessitate a population of 1/100th of a tarrasque-eater (assuming a mammalian metabolic rate- could be more like 1/50th to 1/20th if it's ectothermic).
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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.
Unless you jiggle the lore a little to suggest that there will always be one Tarrasque, thus when one is killed, the next is born. The Hunter is a beast which seeks out the Tarrasque each time it is born, and slays it.
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The tarrasque's true enemy is the balloon. No matter what, the balloon will seek out and destroy the tarrasque. (This is a jk sentence, by the way.)
What I really think is that the tarrasque could be destroyed by none other than John, god of boring work. He is inevitable, and could force the tarrasque into an office job with meager pay and no insurance.
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