tell tales of the strange ways you killed the main villain and other terrible foes
for me they were hiding in the tavern and i used shape water to suffocate them with frozen ale (yes the dm allowed this though it did require a bit of arguing)
This was a low level oneshot so the bbeg wasn't all that b. It was a giant gnoll in a cave with regular gnolls and hyenas.
The party is quietly discussing the ways to kill him (he is around the corner). The strong suggestion is that someone sneak up on him, so Thoruk the Barbarian sneaks off - natural 20. everyone is watching with baited breath (they hadn't expected Thoruk to sneak off) and I sneak again - 19. successfully skirt the cavern and get behind the BBEG. Now, at this point I could have raged and swung my greatsword to deal massive damage, but that isn't my gameplan. I take my cooking pot and I leap at the gnoll from behind and ram the pot over his head so he can't see. another high roll - the BBEG is blind.
Then the wizard casts grease so the gnoll falls over.
Then the grease catches fire (I forget how exactly, the druid was involved).
The prone BBEG takes an arrow from the ranger
The BBEG gets up and removes the pot.
Then Thoruk, who still hasn't drawn his sword, throws his waterskin over the gnoll, causing a chip-pan explosion (if you don't know, look it up - it's scary).
Then the druid, inspired, casts "create water", and dumps a ton of water on the fire. cue an even bigger chip-pan explosion. Half the party is now down (it went off like a fireball). The DM explains, through his laughs, as people start making death saves, that the BBEG was actually on 1 hp before the biggest explosion. all the gnolls just died in the blasts. It was quite the spectacular end to the dungeon! And fortunately, no-one in the party died!
the BBEG was kept in a forcefield with one hp that as immune to inside damage and a nat one(house rule) made the fighter hit it and then everyone leveled up to level 17 and the bard cast wish to reroll the nat one which made the level up go away therefore creating a paradox and the BBEG was connected to time and thus he died. I was not expecting the party to kill him that quickly.
the BBEG was kept in a forcefield with one hp that as immune to inside damage and a nat one(house rule) made the fighter hit it and then everyone leveled up to level 17 and the bard cast wish to reroll the nat one which made the level up go away therefore creating a paradox and the BBEG was connected to time and thus he died. I was not expecting the party to kill him that quickly.
hey i have killed things (though not the bbeg) with time paradoxes too (to be precise i have killed exactly 19 creatures in this way)
the BBEG was kept in a forcefield with one hp that as immune to inside damage and a nat one(house rule) made the fighter hit it and then everyone leveled up to level 17 and the bard cast wish to reroll the nat one which made the level up go away therefore creating a paradox and the BBEG was connected to time and thus he died. I was not expecting the party to kill him that quickly.
hey i have killed things (though not the bbeg) with time paradoxes too (to be precise i have killed exactly 19 creatures in this way)
the BBEG was kept in a forcefield with one hp that as immune to inside damage and a nat one(house rule) made the fighter hit it and then everyone leveled up to level 17 and the bard cast wish to reroll the nat one which made the level up go away therefore creating a paradox and the BBEG was connected to time and thus he died. I was not expecting the party to kill him that quickly.
hey i have killed things (though not the bbeg) with time paradoxes too (to be precise i have killed exactly 19 creatures in this way)
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that is long story it starts when my dm decides to add a plane of time in their campaign later on they give me a consumable item that allows for plane travel but just once so i went to the plane of time and became a time traveler of course the dm did not like this and decided that reality also did not like this and sent a swarm of time spirits towards the party then i pulled some time paradoxes and killed them all and their being of time fixed the paradox (this later became the explanation of a lack of time paradoxes some time spirits kill themselfs to fix it up)
The campaign was all leading to various portals from hell opening into the material plane and demons invading the Calimport. We gathered crystals that allowed us to control where the portals opened up. They would stay open for 5 minutes. There was a side quest involving an ancient red dragon, where we had found it's lair and earned it's enmity so naturally we had our rogue sneak in (rolled a 28) and set the portals off undetected. The demons and dragon fought and when the fight was ending our Sorcerer was flying above the dragon, polymorphed himself into a sperm whale, and fell and crushed the dragon, killing it immediately.
We finished off the demons but death by Sperm Whale will always be my favorite end to a campaign.
We recently finished the Hoard of the Dragon Queen/ Rise of Tiamat. So here we are in Tiamat's temple ready to kick her butt back through the hole she came out of.
16!!!!!! 16 Crits in 6 rounds of combat. The DM was so disappointed, that we rolled that good but we showed up that was for sure.
They cast resilient sphere on Zariel and kicked the ball into the River Styx. She failed her save against Feeblemind, and then they proceeded to murder her.
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The DM was a fanatic for presentation and awe inspiring scenes with the BBEG. He had given us a ring which produced an invisible wall for force...very bad for his bad guys.
He sent two liches at us in one scene. He always, always wanted to open with the big Meteor Swarm. I think you see how that went in a confined space...
In another he had his bad guy riding an Ancient Red Dragon come diving in on us. Last minute...Wall of Force...Fly on the wall.
My DM was running DoIP for us ( me, a pugilist, and the other player, a barbarian. ), and we were in the Icespire hold and the barb got a few good hits, I lightning bolted it via a certain charm, and next turn I wrestled it down, the barb axed it, and I punched to so hard it's brains oozed out it's nose, I keep the slain creature's paw on me at all times :)
i was playing lost mines of phandelver. and we tanked the young green dragon (not quite a bbeg but close at that level)
we waited for it to leave to hunt
me (rogue) climbed the side of the tower (outside) so i was on the roof i then stealthed. party fighter (bow) waited in the bushes on the ground with fighter (sword). wizard and cleric hid inside the tower.
it flew in and got shot twice and magic missiled and javelined twice (cant remember how many hit). it flew out and spat poison on me (i survived but it hurt)
i cannot remember the middle of the fight but it ended with melee fighter (now on the roof) failing to net it, then wizard failing to web it. then i decided i wasnt going to die that easily. leapt off the roof onto it and tied its wings. (18 then nat 20) and it fell to the ground at low hp (landed on spikes and burning bushes if i remember). cleric bonked it out (nonlethal, then healed me next round (i lost consciousness on impact)
we brought it too and made a deal. we would leave it the coins from its hoard (but take the magic items) and leave it its life. and in return it would leave us alon in the future and make the cultists back off and it would owe us a favor. it agreed
we left (favor ended up being scouting for us for one battle)
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We were fighting Acererak in Tomb of Annihilation.
Acererak appeared through a portal on the opposite side of the chamber.
Combat ensued, and our Cleric ended up going THROUGH that portal, which vanished after he went through it.
While the rest of our party continued to fight Acererak, the Cleric found himself in Acererak's private demiplane...basically his office.
Thing is...time worked VERY differently in that office...because Acererak is a lich who doesn't have to worry about such things.
Meanwhile, our party whittled Acererak down to low health; so he decided to escape.
He tore open the portal to his office again...and out came our Cleric: he had aged almost ten years, and had an overgrown beard & hair. He had sustained himself with the tasteless "Create Food & Water" while trapped in Acererak's office all that time.
Acererak sped past the Cleric, not wanting to continue fighting, and the portal vanished.
Our party rushed to the Cleric, who was cackling maniacally.
See...the Cleric had also continuously casted "Guardian of Faith" repeatedly...and eventually, obsessively...for ten years...on the slim chance Acererak would come back.
So when the weakened Acererak returned to his demiplane...he was greeted by a massive, shimmering warrior made of pure, radiant light...which then bludgeoned him to death.
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tell tales of the strange ways you killed the main villain and other terrible foes
for me they were hiding in the tavern and i used shape water to suffocate them with frozen ale (yes the dm allowed this though it did require a bit of arguing)
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This was a low level oneshot so the bbeg wasn't all that b. It was a giant gnoll in a cave with regular gnolls and hyenas.
The party is quietly discussing the ways to kill him (he is around the corner). The strong suggestion is that someone sneak up on him, so Thoruk the Barbarian sneaks off - natural 20. everyone is watching with baited breath (they hadn't expected Thoruk to sneak off) and I sneak again - 19. successfully skirt the cavern and get behind the BBEG. Now, at this point I could have raged and swung my greatsword to deal massive damage, but that isn't my gameplan. I take my cooking pot and I leap at the gnoll from behind and ram the pot over his head so he can't see. another high roll - the BBEG is blind.
Then the wizard casts grease so the gnoll falls over.
Then the grease catches fire (I forget how exactly, the druid was involved).
The prone BBEG takes an arrow from the ranger
The BBEG gets up and removes the pot.
Then Thoruk, who still hasn't drawn his sword, throws his waterskin over the gnoll, causing a chip-pan explosion (if you don't know, look it up - it's scary).
Then the druid, inspired, casts "create water", and dumps a ton of water on the fire. cue an even bigger chip-pan explosion. Half the party is now down (it went off like a fireball). The DM explains, through his laughs, as people start making death saves, that the BBEG was actually on 1 hp before the biggest explosion. all the gnolls just died in the blasts. It was quite the spectacular end to the dungeon! And fortunately, no-one in the party died!
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the BBEG was kept in a forcefield with one hp that as immune to inside damage and a nat one(house rule) made the fighter hit it and then everyone leveled up to level 17 and the bard cast wish to reroll the nat one which made the level up go away therefore creating a paradox and the BBEG was connected to time and thus he died. I was not expecting the party to kill him that quickly.
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hey i have killed things (though not the bbeg) with time paradoxes too (to be precise i have killed exactly 19 creatures in this way)
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I am leader of the yep cult:https://www.dndbeyond.com/forums/off-topic/adohands-kitchen/82135-yep-cult Pronouns are she/her
that is long story it starts when my dm decides to add a plane of time in their campaign later on they give me a consumable item that allows for plane travel but just once so i went to the plane of time and became a time traveler of course the dm did not like this and decided that reality also did not like this and sent a swarm of time spirits towards the party then i pulled some time paradoxes and killed them all and their being of time fixed the paradox (this later became the explanation of a lack of time paradoxes some time spirits kill themselfs to fix it up)
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I suplexed the BBEG into a Sphere of Annihilation.
The campaign was all leading to various portals from hell opening into the material plane and demons invading the Calimport. We gathered crystals that allowed us to control where the portals opened up. They would stay open for 5 minutes. There was a side quest involving an ancient red dragon, where we had found it's lair and earned it's enmity so naturally we had our rogue sneak in (rolled a 28) and set the portals off undetected. The demons and dragon fought and when the fight was ending our Sorcerer was flying above the dragon, polymorphed himself into a sperm whale, and fell and crushed the dragon, killing it immediately.
We finished off the demons but death by Sperm Whale will always be my favorite end to a campaign.
I beat him by using storm of vengeance through portal which connected through other portals infinitly so he died infinitly
We recently finished the Hoard of the Dragon Queen/ Rise of Tiamat. So here we are in Tiamat's temple ready to kick her butt back through the hole she came out of.
16!!!!!! 16 Crits in 6 rounds of combat. The DM was so disappointed, that we rolled that good but we showed up that was for sure.
That's an infinite number of ninth level spells...
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They cast resilient sphere on Zariel and kicked the ball into the River Styx. She failed her save against Feeblemind, and then they proceeded to murder her.
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The DM was a fanatic for presentation and awe inspiring scenes with the BBEG. He had given us a ring which produced an invisible wall for force...very bad for his bad guys.
He sent two liches at us in one scene. He always, always wanted to open with the big Meteor Swarm. I think you see how that went in a confined space...
In another he had his bad guy riding an Ancient Red Dragon come diving in on us. Last minute...Wall of Force...Fly on the wall.
My DM was running DoIP for us ( me, a pugilist, and the other player, a barbarian. ), and we were in the Icespire hold and the barb got a few good hits, I lightning bolted it via a certain charm, and next turn I wrestled it down, the barb axed it, and I punched to so hard it's brains oozed out it's nose, I keep the slain creature's paw on me at all times :)
Mystic v3 should be official, nuff said.
Just fought the bbeg by posioning them with their own liver.
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i was playing lost mines of phandelver. and we tanked the young green dragon (not quite a bbeg but close at that level)
we waited for it to leave to hunt
me (rogue) climbed the side of the tower (outside) so i was on the roof i then stealthed. party fighter (bow) waited in the bushes on the ground with fighter (sword). wizard and cleric hid inside the tower.
it flew in and got shot twice and magic missiled and javelined twice (cant remember how many hit). it flew out and spat poison on me (i survived but it hurt)
i cannot remember the middle of the fight but it ended with melee fighter (now on the roof) failing to net it, then wizard failing to web it. then i decided i wasnt going to die that easily. leapt off the roof onto it and tied its wings. (18 then nat 20) and it fell to the ground at low hp (landed on spikes and burning bushes if i remember). cleric bonked it out (nonlethal, then healed me next round (i lost consciousness on impact)
we brought it too and made a deal. we would leave it the coins from its hoard (but take the magic items) and leave it its life. and in return it would leave us alon in the future and make the cultists back off and it would owe us a favor. it agreed
we left (favor ended up being scouting for us for one battle)
This Mug immediately shared with me a transcendental tale of an Infinite Mug that anchors the Universe and keeps it from folding in on itself. I filed this report under "illogical nonsense" and asked why its sign is in Times New Roman font, when it is basic knowledge that Arial Black is a far superior font. I wondered: How did this mug even get past the assembly line with its theistic beliefs and poor font choices?
quote from Romantically Apocalyptic by Vitaly S Alexius
We were fighting Acererak in Tomb of Annihilation.
Acererak appeared through a portal on the opposite side of the chamber.
Combat ensued, and our Cleric ended up going THROUGH that portal, which vanished after he went through it.
While the rest of our party continued to fight Acererak, the Cleric found himself in Acererak's private demiplane...basically his office.
Thing is...time worked VERY differently in that office...because Acererak is a lich who doesn't have to worry about such things.
Meanwhile, our party whittled Acererak down to low health; so he decided to escape.
He tore open the portal to his office again...and out came our Cleric: he had aged almost ten years, and had an overgrown beard & hair. He had sustained himself with the tasteless "Create Food & Water" while trapped in Acererak's office all that time.
Acererak sped past the Cleric, not wanting to continue fighting, and the portal vanished.
Our party rushed to the Cleric, who was cackling maniacally.
See...the Cleric had also continuously casted "Guardian of Faith" repeatedly...and eventually, obsessively...for ten years...on the slim chance Acererak would come back.
So when the weakened Acererak returned to his demiplane...he was greeted by a massive, shimmering warrior made of pure, radiant light...which then bludgeoned him to death.