05-03-2022, 08:41 AM | #21 |
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Re: Military Stratedgies against a 300 Foot Snake/Worm
Ropes. If you can get some ropes secured to it, then lots of people can be used to immobilize it, and then you can stab it in vulnerable spots.
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05-03-2022, 08:56 AM | #22 |
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Re: Military Stratedgies against a 300 Foot Snake/Worm
Human level of intelligence... Is it capable of communication? If your setting is low magic it is very unlikely that it could have human level intelligence without some kind of a functional society of such things. Human level intelligence is not genius by the way. And often humans are more easily decieved because of intelligence. So maybe use it somehow? Also what is its diet, does it breathe, needs water? How about trapping and suffocating/starving it? Poison is also an option.
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05-03-2022, 09:10 AM | #23 | |
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Re: Military Stratedgies against a 300 Foot Snake/Worm
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Another option is to lure it into a canyon or similar, then drop boulders on it, letting gravity do a lot of your work for you (just like the cliff/pit-trap I suggested before). A group of strong men with a lever can probably tip an impressively-large boulder down, and even if you can't get large enough ones to reliably harm the beast, you may be able to get enough to simply bury it under the crushing weight.
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05-03-2022, 09:12 AM | #24 | |
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Of course you have to think of a way to attach all those ropes first. Fleeing still looks good to me. :)
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Failing that, predators (presumably this thing didn't appear out of no-where) - either small, vicious things that eat it from the inside, or a truly enormous blackbird. |
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05-03-2022, 09:59 AM | #26 | |
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It must be deafening. Probably also the reason why most dragons opt for telepathy. Humans already need pop filters for plosives. Now imagine a close conversation with a really big dragon, the kind that has utility van sized claws. "Placating me is only possible if you people present me with a pretty princess." Probably like standing in a wind canal. But to come back to the worm: Maybe fry it with a big sun mirror. Sizzle sizzle. Dunno if those would melt, but I'd allow it for coolness sake. Well, hotness. |
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05-03-2022, 10:20 AM | #27 |
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Re: Military Stratedgies against a 300 Foot Snake/Worm
Lure it into a valley by a dam, then burst the dam and drown it?
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05-03-2022, 10:31 AM | #28 | ||
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Or the dragon can just, y'know, talk quietly. Being able to all but crush you with its voice alone would certainly put the dragon in a position of power for the negotiations. Say it with me now - "Fus Ro ..." Quote:
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05-03-2022, 11:12 AM | #29 | |
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Like, converse with a cat or a dog in whispers only. It's subtly inconvenient (in my opinion) Especially if you went "Could you repeat that? I'm hard of hearing." (which, admittedly, would be a rather foolish thing to say to a dragon) But the essence still amuses me. And well, maybe it won't penetrate the worms defense, but it could perhaps inflict pain. And if it's got human intellect, it might just seek whatever it wants elsewhere. Slither off, or it's another searin'. Like, maybe it just wants food, or a certain kind of tree to eat. On the other hand it could possibly enrage the thing and while castles are walled and tall. A creature that big could probably just full on desperate/rage assault the installation and go over the walls to thrash everyone. |
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05-03-2022, 11:49 AM | #30 |
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Re: Military Stratedgies against a 300 Foot Snake/Worm
Larger creatures have a higher terminal velocity, which makes a lot of difference for long falls, and simply falling over (trip, etc) is a longer fall for a larger creature and thus more dangerous, but other than that, no, large creatures don't suffer proportionately more injury for the same absolute fall distance, ability to withstand injury is not proportional to lifting ability.
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