Shin Tarrasque

We’ve all been there. The Party has just saved the kingdom from a terrible villain, you had an amazing capstone fight, all the loose ends were tied up…and the party wants to keep playing their characters. But everything is saved, no villains wait in the wings, no disasters threaten the world! The GM struggles to find something to throw everything back into chaos so the party has a reason to keep fighting the good fight! Struggle no longer. This adventure is my gift to that ailing GM: the perfect reminder to your level 8 party that they are not in fact “hot stuff.” All joking aside, this adventure functions as an action-packed intermission between major story arcs, a sudden reminder to a party of heroes that there are things out there that they can’t face head-on. And what better to give them that reminder than one of D&D’s most fearsome and infamous monsters?

The Tarrasque is a behemoth of insane proportions, destroying everything in its path and resisting most magical effects that come its way, to the point of sometimes reflecting those spells back on the caster. Easy comparisons can be drawn to kaiju of pop culture, and this adventure, inspired by IPs such as Shin Godzilla and Cloverfield, does quite the same. This setting agnostic adventure can be placed in any coastal city your party cares about (preferably one they spent a lot of time in over the first eight levels) and is optimized for a party of four level 8 characters. Enjoy!