help a newbie deal with etherals and poison cloud creatures

[Truper]

In both cases, its a matter of using the appropriate tool for the job. T was unlucky - he had a 25% chance to ignore the S's etherialness. But a commander with hands can wield a magic weapon, which makes etherialness useless.

Poison creatures should be used in conjunction with poison-immume troops. Summon up some vinemen or other poison-immunes, and forge a snake ring for whatever commander you want to use.

[Ironhawk]

Additionally, you could make your tarrasque fly with a magic carpet (overkill I know!) and then just set him to attack rearmost. If you are up against regular ground troops his poison breath is pretty ferocious. He'd be pretty exposed tho...