Dealing the MOST DAMAGE in Dungeons & Dragons (D&D 5e, Rules as Written, No Items, Fox Only)

Power building your Dungeons & Dragons character to deal the most damage is not a new idea. People have been doing it forever. But they've been doing it wrong, because there is one weird quirk of Rules as Written that pushes things further. Check it out, the Biggest Hit possible in D&D 5e.

[waddlesquad]

No wonder this build is completely overpowered! Not because of the damage it can do in a single turn, but because from the third level of battle master it gets CALLIGRAPHY PROFICIENCY, therefore giving it the powers of a GOD
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[burrito]

This build originated from a sniper who was both surrounded and out of ammo, but he was not out of options.
"Well, I can still smack you around with this" Denzel Crocker.

[AmusinglySaunters]

I actually like the idea of negative 10 to hit for 20 damage

[andrewdavis]

Tulok is one of the few DnD YouTubers I trust to actually understand the rules when they power build, even when he's just being silly about it.

[andrewrobinson]

Even if you only deal average damage, it’s still 354 which is a crazy bonkers number.

[patdav]

Fun fact, the only thrown weapon you can use sharpshooter on is the Dart, because it's the only weapon with both the Thrown and Ranged weapon tags. Aside from nets, which dont do damage and are typically useless unless hunting boars

[danielmcpherson]

"I don't usually use optimized builds, but when I do, I prefer gimmicky ones dripping with satire"
-Bazooka, the himbo-lock: the character inspired by this video

[omegazman]

Because the heavy crossbow is a ranged weapon it can work with a Rogue's sneak attack, although multi classing minimums prevent it's inclusion in this build

[DonPiccolo]

This entire video can be described as “hold up, let him cook”

[deschaingames]

Personally, I like to optimize for the only feature that really matters: Derailing the narrative… I mean persuasion.

Hexblade/Samurai/Eloquence Bard with maxed out Wis/Chr. You can’t roll lower than a 10 because Eloquence. You add your Wisdom modifier because Samurai. You’re proficient in both Persuasion/Deception because we took that invocation. You have expertise in both because Bard. You’re guaranteed a 27. You can turn a cleric into an atheist

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[AutkastKain]

One of my funniest short campaigns was when I decided to play a Warlock who couldn't speak that got a sprite familiar to speak through. He was a pretty strong character cuz hexblade is good, but it didn't take long for everyone to figure out I was playing Link from the Legend of Zelda.

[BlakeTheDrake]

Now we just need Pack Tactics to put out a video about how to roleplay interesting characters and come up with fun backstories, and our journey to the Bizarro Universe will be complete!

[Bob-lrxp]

He used 3 different classes to make the best archer possible, and not once was ranger mentioned.

[samuelteare]

I love the breakdown of different attacks. I had a player use a bathrobe to towel-whip a mind witness. He was a paladin and, since it was an improvised weapon, I allowed him to use smite with his attack. Of course, he critted and obliterated the mind witness with a freaking bathrobe!

[hattsbygaming]

What's hilarious is i made a build for the highest potential Persuasion roll that i could think of, and it used the same 4 classes. Reborn as race, 10 Battle Master Fighter, 6 Fiend Warlock, 3 Redemption Paladin, 1 Peace Cleric. Lets say all dice rolled as high as possible. 20 + 12 (Expertise from Skill Expert) + 10 (Fighter Commanding Presence Maneuver) + 10 (Dark One's Own Luck) + 6 (Reborn Knowledge from a Past Life) + 5 (Redemption Channel Divinity) + 5 (Ability score at lvl 20) + 4 (Guidance from Cleric) + 4 (Cleric Emboldening Bond) = 76 for Persuasion AND if that fails, + 4 (Warlock Pact of the Amulet) for a grand total of 80!

[LocalMaple]

Who else wants to see Tulok adapt the show-stealing canine from Puss in Boots: The Last Wish?

I can’t wait to see what he does with Perrito.

[silaswood]

I totally lost it when I realized all the damage would be dealt by THROWING A CROSSBOW! 🤣
Absolutely amazing.

[Onethirdless]

According to Jeremy Crawford, weapons like the heavy crossbow don't use traits (unless your DM says otherwise) when being used as an improvised weapon, so when used as club it wouldn't be able to apply SS or GWM because it is neither a ranged weapon nor does it have the heavy trait at that point.

[coopycat]

6:59 Path to the Grave does not remove immunity or resistance to damage. It does matter if they are resistant or immune. Sentence from XGE "The next time you or an ally of yours hits the cursed creature with an attack, the creature has vulnerability to all of that attack's damage, and then the curse ends." Other than that great vid!

[OccultCuts]

Great video and thanks for the build, I had to stop a 10:05 but I got all the important stuff! Gonna show this to my friends and get them to play the support roles for optimal damage output in our gm's political campaign!