They can be downright terrifying. Unwavering. Can't be reasoned with. Willing to destroy absolutely anything to achieve a set goal. Look like an ordinary person otherwise.
One could be sitting next to your character on a carriage, and your characters will never know how close they were to pure, unbridled fury until they learn about a terrible slaughter committed by someone who seemed like the sweetest person.
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They can be downright terrifying. Unwavering. Can't be reasoned with. Willing to destroy absolutely anything to achieve a set goal. Look like an ordinary person otherwise.
One could be sitting next to your character on a carriage, and your characters will never know how close they were to pure, unbridled fury until they learn about a terrible slaughter committed by someone who seemed like the sweetest person.
The idea that it can take over somebody - their personality, memory, mannerisms, - to mimic them perfectly and you have no way of knowing until it's too late. Your best friend. Your lover. Your family. They can be something evil, waiting for the right moment, and there's jack you can do about it. And when that moment happens - the sheer betrayal staining your soul as one of the last things you see before having your brain sucked out is a horrible squid-face with that friend/loved one right by it, smiling as you die.
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This legendary action enables RLR's to easily destroy scheduled sessions. RLR's can use this action as often as it wants to, without cause or any sense of fairness, and causes 40d20 damage to scheduled sessions. On a CRIT it can disrupt a current session as well, often spelling the end of gaming for the night for the sad recipient, or the group if the attack is against the DM.
It depends on the context I feel. If you were running into one in a dungeon? I’d say a Sibriex, they have the benefit of not being very well known as well as being incredibly powerful and capable of permanently deforming or doing a very fun reenactment of Hellraiser on the party.
for a more social campaign then I’d say any monster capable of changing into a human, but the twist of “the NPC was a doppelgänger the whole time!” Isn’t very shocking unless done by an experienced DM.
Ok so besides like the elder brain dragon or like nightwalker and the false hydra what is the scariest? Also you can define scary however you want to
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A homicidal maniac?
They can be downright terrifying. Unwavering. Can't be reasoned with. Willing to destroy absolutely anything to achieve a set goal. Look like an ordinary person otherwise.
One could be sitting next to your character on a carriage, and your characters will never know how close they were to pure, unbridled fury until they learn about a terrible slaughter committed by someone who seemed like the sweetest person.
Human. Male. Possibly. Don't be a divider.
My characters' backgrounds are written like instruction manuals rather than stories. My opinion and preferences don't mean you're wrong.
I am 99.7603% convinced that the digital dice are messing with me. I roll high when nobody's looking and low when anyone else can see.🎲
“It's a bit early to be thinking about an epitaph. No?” will be my epitaph.
I meant more of a fantasy thing and stuff but true lol
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The relentless slasher and relentless juggernaut are homicidal maniacs! I find the greater star spawn emissary and jiangshi from VRGtR terrifying.
Poisonous snake, Swarm of poisonous snakes, Giant Poisonous Snake, Flying Snake, and anything Yuan-Ti.
I have a snake phobia.
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The idea that it can take over somebody - their personality, memory, mannerisms, - to mimic them perfectly and you have no way of knowing until it's too late. Your best friend. Your lover. Your family. They can be something evil, waiting for the right moment, and there's jack you can do about it. And when that moment happens - the sheer betrayal staining your soul as one of the last things you see before having your brain sucked out is a horrible squid-face with that friend/loved one right by it, smiling as you die.
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PCs. Definitely a party of PCs. Nothing can destroy a well planned campaign or ruin a perfectly set up encounter like a group of PCs.
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
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"real life is a super high CR."
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"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
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A capable politician.
A complete myth, and would not be scary.
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
Lmao true tho
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Yeah I gotta say I’ve had more than a few nightmares about my PCs
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Anything with character levels.
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- Legendary action: disrupt scheduleThis legendary action enables RLR's to easily destroy scheduled sessions. RLR's can use this action as often as it wants to, without cause or any sense of fairness, and causes 40d20 damage to scheduled sessions. On a CRIT it can disrupt a current session as well, often spelling the end of gaming for the night for the sad recipient, or the group if the attack is against the DM.
Um I might steal this oml it’s perfect
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Wynling from Radiant Citadel
For serious though, an Elder Oblex is pretty terrifying. Its like a mimic for people.
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It depends on the context I feel. If you were running into one in a dungeon? I’d say a Sibriex, they have the benefit of not being very well known as well as being incredibly powerful and capable of permanently deforming or doing a very fun reenactment of Hellraiser on the party.
for a more social campaign then I’d say any monster capable of changing into a human, but the twist of “the NPC was a doppelgänger the whole time!” Isn’t very shocking unless done by an experienced DM.
I've always found the Atropal to be particularly unnerving for me
False Hydra - a homebrew that crops up a lot in the 'very scary monster' list, that edits itself out of peoples memories.
A tax agent. Not even the Clown Prince of Crime wants to mess with the IRS. And if the Joker's afraid of them...
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
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