Reviewing (more) of the Lowest Rated Homebrew for D&D

whose little cousin is writing all these spells?

[kylehahn]

As a DM, I actually like Destroy Universe. Allowing it means there's a chance, however slim, that someone else will DM the next campaign. Totally worth it.

[frimi]

Not enough comments appreciating the comedy gold that is:
“Million chains: 30 chains...”

[mluby]

I like to think there's an 17th-level wizard out there selflessly casting this counter Wish every full moon just on the off-chance that Aarau's Destroy Universe actually might work. And they spend the time between Wishes seeking out any large concentrations of glitter and tossing them into a sphere of annihilation. Again, just in case.

[nogoodcontentallowed]

i like the dynamic of the forever dm having the main villain casting destroy universe and the players working to stop it because none of them want to dm

[Neumonics]

I love how Aarau's Destroy Universe is named after a person. Like someone discovered it, found out exactly what it does, that it works and then put it in a book somewhere for a rando to find.

[ryangentry]

Aarau's destroy universe really looks like more of a DM creation, one who is tired of being the Forever DM, "It's someone else's turn to run a game for once damn it!"

[therealxras]

Aarau must be an interesting figure considering he is remembered for creating this spell despite his universe being non existent

[FishfoxNuro]

Aarau's Destroy Universe is an amazing spell. I'm happy it's no longer negatively rated.

[POKENAR]

I like that "literally remove the DM and have someone else DM" is rated higher than "overpowered but could work in a less serious game"

[keybladeterra]

Aarau's Destroy Universe sounds like something a forever dm would add to the campaign, giving his players an ultimatum

[CandygramMongo]

My family grew up working the Aarau glitter mines. Luckily for the rest of the universe, Aarau had ADHD and could never finish the ritual. But countless miners died of glitterlung. To this day, my father will get into a coughing fit if he eats too quickly without simultaneously doing jazz hands.

[davidtaylor]

The destroy universe one is obviously a ritual for a Big Bad to cast late game, but it's hilarious that they wrote the "new DM" line

[speedrunnercaliorda]

A consumable item: you get to cast whatever spell you want from dnd beyond, but it must have at least 30 down votes.

[autumn]

i like the idea that a monk or rogue can just dodge their way out of all of the flaming barrage damage

[ChiggaChiggaBruh]

Party: encounters lone goblin on patrol.

Wizard with "flaming barrage of the awakened one" prepared: My time has come.

[Tomatoes]

Don't forget that casting "Destroy Universe" as a ritual makes the casting time 666 hours and 10 minutes. Those 10 minutes will probably be important for when the fashionably late party of adventures show up to stop the spell.

[Can-ujpv]

Imagine that, in a campaign with Aarau's Destroy Universe as the plot device, the party reaches and disrupts the caster within the last 10 minutes remaining of its 666 hour casting time, and then the caster goes "Dammit, I knew I shouldn't have cast the spell as a ritual!"

[MadAboutVideoGames]

Aarau's Awakening is now allowed in all my campaigns, and there will always be at least one NPC casting it at all times. It's a race to see who gets to decide who has to DM next.

[officersoulknight]

Adding to a game. However, when a player casts it, they need to attempt to do it in real life. If the DM does not deem the screech acceptable, the spell ends without doing anything.

[eiknaurjensen]

"Since this spell has an extreme effect it should obviously require an absurd amount of preparation, not only will it be 9th level, but it'll have a cast time of almost a month which not only provides anyone aware of the spells existence plenty of time to attempt to stop the cast but also means you'll die of exhaustion way before finishing the cast unless you've prepared a way to counteract it.

Requiring you to actually have your level 9 spell slot available seems a bit steep though, let's make it ritual castable just in case."

I love the idea of some ultra nihilistic wizard lord hiding away in his heavily fortified lair, with several servants sustaining him through greater restoration, successfully casting this thing for 666 hours, ecstatic that he finally gets to eradicate the universe, only to be interrupted in the last 10 minutes because he wanted to preserve that spell slot.