the (actual) strongest monster in D&D

to all the players whose DM's watched this video: I am sorry.

[mutinoustater]

The strongest monster is that 1 one homebrew that the dm insisted was perfectly balanced

[benjaminwilliams]

A meme from an age long past gave the point I think you're trying to make.
"It's easy to kill your players. It's harder to ALMOST kill your players."

[BODELTOTE]

Lvl 20 Barbarian: "I fear no man"
Intellect devorer: *exists*
Barbarian: ..."But t-that thing scares m-me"

[Mockthenerd]

Being a DM is like being a good action movie writer and director. You want your characters to have a tough time but ultimately you want them to be victories.

[rawr]

When my party steamrolled everything, I threw a party of simulacrums of themselves at them. They stil won but it revealed some major weaknesses that I would never have noticed if the party didn't exploit them to beat their copies.

[gaminreasons]

Yeah, personally I give the Tarrasque a "Boulder" attack, this is like the Giant's signature "Rock" attack. Basically "yeah this isn't as good as my normal damage but at least you can't entirely cheese me by just flying and using ranged attacks."

[WireMosasaur]

I feel like the Big Bag 'o Hit Points And Resistances enemies like a Tarrasque work much better as a world-affecting or time limit type challenge (something I feel like the DMG tries to push a little). Like, the Tarrasque is making its way towards a city the players care about, so they only have x amount of time to grind away those HP or distract it or SOMETHING before it starts going Godzilla on shit

[AlterationA]

"Second love of my life"

I could almost hear the chain audibly grind on that backpedal.

[Pandaemoni]

"So annoying." The words every DM dreams of hearing from his players. They are second only to "F&%$ this guy."

[TheRealBot]

The true answer is obviously an inanimate mundane chair located in the middle of a ransacked room.

[splitmango]

"Love of my life"
Scene cuts and looks at his ring
"Second Love of my life"
PURE GOLD
Edit: guys I'm saying the bit was hilarious not that the ring was made of gold lol

[derHermann]

High-Level D&D is not about threatening the Player Characters. It's about threatening the innocent people, cities, the world! Sure. If it's just a matter of time till the party can kite the Tarrasque to death, it's lame. But if every single turn means that more and more people are in danger of being crushed, eaten or both?! Then players have to become creative

[DarthSidian]

Or, consider the following:

Vampiric Half-Ancient Red Dragon Dracodemilich Tarrasque.

[joaomarcelopinheiromagalha]

The stronges monsters: "I'm Invisible"
Party: "Oh no, what we gonna doo"
The Dumb Barbariann: **Sprays a Bag of Flour everywhere** AHA!!! You cannot decieve me

[martaneon]

The strongest monster: a noble!

Party: "That's no fair! You sent a group of adventurers to kill us!"
Noble: "Screw the rules I have money!"

[yorukage]

I love how the Tarrasque used to be considered a literal apocalypse and a legit threat that was impossible to defeat and could only be defeated by wishing it away

[EldestSon]

"The paladin brings down the power of the sun". Meanwhile Zariel is just vibing with her resistance to radiant damage and regeneration that only get stopped by radiant damage.

[samadams]

An important note for dealing with greater invisibility: the old find their square and toss a bag of flour trick does not cost a spell slot. So every adventurer of any level should always have a 3 pound sack of flour

[DrelvanianGuardOffic]

"Could Titivilus take on a party of over powered adventurers?"
"He could certainly try."

[cinnabarmanx]

That image of a Tarrasque fighting an Ancient Black Dragon makes me think of so many cool encounters you can have. Like maybe a lower level party has to help evacuate a city while these giant monsters duke it out, or a higher level party has to break up the fight before they cause too much damage.