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3.5 was edition I played the most. It was a reason why I quit RPGs for nearly a decade because I hated it so much.

Every time I see another meme about how amazing 3.5 Tarrasque is, I remmember how amogn actual 3.5 players Tarrasque was the biggest joke. It was always brought up as definite proof designers have no idea how to make good monster. It was laughably easy to beat. A wizard could casually solo it, the same abilities people now miss in 3.5 amounted to ribbons. It was a laughingstock, forums had 100+ pages discussions how to fix it and general consensus was it';s beyond saving. It was first proof in 3.5 if you cannot use magic you're only good to roll over and die.

I honestly don't know if everyone claiming 3.5 Tarrasque is such a horrifying monster are trying to rewrite history or unintentionally proving what a broken, unplayable pile of garbage 3.5 was, if it's biggest punching bag is actually dangerous in a different, better designed game.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

That's when I played too. Following the rules was torture.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago (7 children)

i can also confirm that the tarrasque was pretty universally clowned on for being easy in 3.5e. That discussion is basically what drove the whole "town built around the tarrasque" idea on the wizard forums and enworld. That said, it's probably not as bad as the 5e tarrasque by comparison

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Could you give examples? I never heard of it being easy to beat, and I would love a laugh at it being easily handled

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (8 children)

I remember the go to strategy being to summon an Alip, an incorporeal undead that can drain strength without needing a save.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (3 children)

The big one was its complete lack of mobility abilities or ranged attacks, so a party with overland flight could attack it pretty much with impunity. Iirc that was most commonly paired with shrinking a bunch of boulders, carrying them up with you, then dropping them right as the shrinking spell expired. This is all from memory 15 years ago though so details could be a bit sketchy.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (3 children)

the usual go to back in the day was to drown it, because it wasnt immune to that in any way. Simply gate it to the plane of water. There was a number of other work arounds like that too.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Yeah, I ran campaigns from first through 3.5, never really played 4th or 5th. I'm curious how 3.5 tarrasque is easy to beat with anything other than broken munchkin builds from conflicting source materials that no sane DM would allow, or would be reserved for epic level campaigns. Like sure, when you get to a point where you can casually cast things like hellball, then things like the tarrasque might be easy. But at that point you will be doing the tango with the outer realm creatures and Demi gods.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (6 children)

Look, everyone knows that was much better than because it was and more . Just look at how much became! They completely ruined it.

Fingers crossed this gets fixed in .

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago (1 children)

< 1 year before release: This will be the best game ever, it will be better than real life. It will replace my life completely, allowing me to live in this world until the end of time.

Release: This is garbage. This is the worst thing I've ever seen. The are turning over in their graves. Gaming is shit now. Devs fucked up. How could they ever release this.

1-2 years after release: Silence

2-4 years after release: You know, I replayed that game, it wasn't that bad, honestly I kind of liked how it worked

4-8 years after release: That game was honestly one of the best. Back from the old days of gaming before everything became shit. Now it's all terrible. I hope they don't fuck up the next one.

8+ years: It's probably one of the best games of all time. It wasn't for everyone, but us true gamers knew how great it was. There's nothing that will ever beat it.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

I hate how accurate this is.

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