The Strongest Monsters in Dungeons and Dragons

[@MrRhexx]

There are a few dragons that I left out of this video, they will be on the next one. That includes: -Larendrammagar "Nexus" - CR 37 -Palarandusk - "The Unseen Protector" - CR 36 -Raulothim - "The Silent Shadow" -CR 34

[@aedris7450]

What would you rate Ashardalon?

[@alanrickett2537]

Adventurer's

[@stefanomartinelli7344]

What about Monster from older editions? Will you include some of them, or only edition 5?

[@TheLordHighNoob]

I'm not sure how some of these creatures are literally more dangerous than gods (i.e. Tiamat). That seems literally incredible: EDIT: That is a measurement of Tiamat's avatar, not her true HOLYOMFGoddess form

[@loganricard8713]

Please tell me that bahamut is above 30!

[@shandaniel2999]

Scheduling issues are the strongest monsters in D&D. They make your whole party roll impossible wisdom saves.

[@Adam-cq2yo]

Wisdom saves to ensure that the DM is actually _knows_ what all of their schedules are. Intelligence saves to ensure that the DM can figure out _how the hell can we meet once a goddamn week for, like, two hours._ Constitution saves to ensure that the DM can put up with all of your/our shit without throwing up.

[@Zulk_RS]

The only CR99 monster in DnD.

[@Jawn15]

I am blessed to have a consistent weekly game. It took years to find though.

[@BOBANDVEG]

Ppsssht. What about that dm who rolls behind the screen ?

[@diazinth]

Is it now that I should mention that I've played in the same VTM:DA Campaign for 10+ years about every week?

[@kasyu1101]

i like how a CR 39 character is just an author self-insert.

[@user-be2nt8bi9j]

Same with Mordenkainen

[@Aevum13th]

To give you an idea of Larloch's influence, as a mortal, Szass Tam attempted to raid Warlock's Crypt along with several other Wizards of Thay. He was the only survivor, and ended up making some kind of deal with Larloch, who now both trade magic items with each other to this day. For power, one time Larloch let over 200 lich subordinates freedom to see what they did. Most attempted to destroy Myth Drannor, causing great damage. After the whole event, Larloch came in person to apologize for their actions, and gained respect for Storm Silverhand after she allowed him to look at her Silver Flame.

[@skuarf]

Probably the 3rd most powerful lich ever in the D&D multiverse, only below Acererak and Vecna himself.

[@Zerpderp0]

"Look at her Silver Flame" giggity

[@dogle9258]

Love it. I see it like Asmodeous. So evil that he seems good. If the enemy of my enemies is my friend. Lord of chaos must love good hearted murdering hobos seeking adventure. Thank you for sharing the lore.

[@Aevum13th]

@@dogle9258 Glad to be of help! You can find more on him here: forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Larloch I like how evil is shown in different ways in DnD. Devils are often considered less evil than Demons, only because they are more willing to talk in order to squeeze what they can out of you through pacts for a promotion. Hags just enjoy screwing with people, with their exchanges focusing on benefitting themselves, making the other person give up something far more valuable than they realize, and giving them something that isn't as great, either due to the sacrifice or the hag being literal.

[@GS-mu7zj]

skuarf Which Acererak, the original or one of his simulacrum?

[@RubyCarrots3232]

Me: *Sees Dragon's Dogma* Likes

[@hound5687]

Such an underrated game, loved it

[@shadowjezzter]

This did put a smile on my face.

[@liviaisgay15]

IKR

[@DrakeCaliburn]

WOLVES HUNT IN PACKS, ARISEN!

[@cloudbloom]

We'll rout them in a single charge!

[@Erick7Greenday]

Before watching the video, Imma claim the one true best monster in D&D is the players.

[@GamerM1235]

I would like to add 'Murder Hobo' as a further description to that.

[@peterjsimpson]

murderhobos

[@shadowstrike7246]

The strongest is the moon druid. Never let a moon druid hit level 20. N E V E R

[@dasnerft96]

Ehmmmm the dm?

[@shadowstrike7246]

dasnerft96 when the dm pulls out boxing gloves, announcing themselves to be the final boss.

[@holden6104]

"If the marut fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead" lol.

[@Zuvas]

ikr, like he even need that ability with those stats and Magic Resistance ability

[@franciswolin595]

Did you fail your saving throw against my powerful spell? Well yes, but actually no.

[@tordb]

I wish D&D would make a game or website where you could play with others who want to play at any time. With an in depth character creation system, DM's and players all across the world. Imagine the money it would pour in.

[@sjdjjsjsjs3991]

Skype 😂

[@nbs3medic819]

Roll 20

[@SkyMurphy77]

Dnd beyond

[@wartortle577]

​@@nbs3medic819roll 20 sucks

[@lo-rez]

Neverwinter?

[@LazerLord10]

The more I learn about D&D, the less I feel I know about it. All the lore, and it's all so deep! (and there are dragons!)

[@TheBiggreenpig]

Yeah, don't stop at the first word.

[@michaelholloway5646]

Mostly, MOSTLY, it's meaningless. The really deep weird stuff comes from A-D&D and 2nd Ed. The 80s and 90s. 3rd 4th and 5th each seem to go more and more out of their way as time goes on to keep away from this part of the lore. They'll carefully splash in some of the weirder bits for flavor, but they aren't going to fully explain it either. A lot of the old stuff is out modeled. D&D, and fantasy in general, went away from that way of thinking. For instance, there's a lot of Spell Jammer stuff on this channel, cause it's a singular weird book in the lore, not much ever built up from it or into it. It kinda just exists as a complicated rule mechanic answer to a question that didn't need one. If the current D&D brought in space travel they'd probably scrap it and start from scratch. Starting with the name. That's a very 1970s 1980s name. Ravenloft and Eberron have been popular since they were introduced back in the day, so they get books. The adventures for Tales from the Yawning Portal sanitized a lot of Greyhawk. Ravnica happened cause.. of course it did. Wizards of the Coast does own D&D after all. And the new one, Wildemount, well, Critical Role is the most popular D&D campaign of all time. So it gets a book, but it mostly seems to be The Forgotten Realms with a few twists. None of them truly push into the weird or outright player destroying. Current D&D seems to be willing to leave almost all the rest behind as cruft.

[@kkTeaz]

@@michaelholloway5646 ok

[@malachidurant4262]

“But what about dragons?”

[@ggogaming7441]

@@malachidurant4262 and MACHICOLATIONS

[@toomuchrandy1731]

MrRhexx, do you think you'll ever do a video about immortality in the D&D universe? Like the different ways it's obtained, what are their forms or limits or costs, etc? Ways it could be reversed maybe?

[@toko099o]

There is a few ways, watch his video (there may be several at this point) on lych's and mummies. Other ways of doing it are carefully worded wish spells, there is a pendent somewhere that does it, some gods can grant it (as a punishment or reward), monks just get it at a certain level (in cannon most will become hermits after a while, or die in a fight), and whatever the DM says happened to make someone immortal. The general rule with it is you need to find a way to ether live without a body, or make your body stop ageing. The idea is that your body with age will stop being able to be healed and the person will die even if the spirit is willing to be revived. If your looking as a non-monk player for a way to make your character immortal I would recommend talking to your DM about ideas that make sense within the story. Not having your character become immortal, but wanting immortality is also a way to go about it. You can also look into binding your sperit to a thing (I recommend something you can carry on you) and just becoming a lynch. If your a DM looking for ways to give immortality, create a crisis that involves a god being at risk of getting killed. Have whatever player(s) who are save the god offered immortality, play up that immortality isn't the best thing possible to happen to a person. You can also just make something up.

[@toomuchrandy1731]

@@toko099o while this is a very neat and elaborately thought out reply game mechanics wise, I meant more lore wise about immortality itself in the DnD universe. Like how dragons are immortal but still die of natural age, like how things can be revived and essentially live forever but their total lifespan is still finite, or like how elves can essentially become the anti lich (forgot its name) and the limitations to what immortality means for different beings. I'm aware of many ways to achieve it, I wanted to know more about the lore of it in total.

[@toko099o]

@@toomuchrandy1731 he talks about a lot of these things in the videos on the subjects you want. For instance, dragons do die of age it's just they age by the size of their hoard not by time. the reason some things can't be revived indefinitely is that the body still ages and entropy will kick in eventually. Elf's are fey by nature so they are made of more magic then carbon. I don't know what you are talking about with the anti lych thing, my best guess is someone binds their soul to an object and sustain themselves on something. His lych video covers most of the way entropy works in d&d I would start there if you want to dive via videos.

[@toomuchrandy1731]

@@toko099o Well no there is essentially a way for mortal creatures of magic to achieve immortality beyond death of age. Even dragons can achieve this through becoming a Draco lich, elves by bonding with magic of some kind, not an object. Not at all. In fact the elves still keep their natural bodies, and the reason I say anti lich (aside from it just being a place holder name because damn I can't remember), this dorm of elves does in fact live forever like the lich, but it's body supposedly never decays. It just keeps growing older from what I gather. And no, dragons don't age by the size of their hoard. They eat their hoard after they reach the point at which their bodies do actually start to die. Then they have 3 options, only one of which is immortal. That being the Draco lich. If the dragon chooses to eat its hoard it can choose somewhere to bind itself with the natural environment as it dies, kind of enfusing its magic into the landscape. Or it can go to a dragon graveyard and die there. What I actually wanted to learn in this case was the different kind of immortality. Dragons of which are only semi immortal as their body doesn't decay or slow, it's at constant peak condition right up until its about to die. It can choose immortality through lich, or dying or becoming a guardian. Etc. The gods of the DnD universe from what I gather are just existentially eternal. Some of the lesser can be killed and the higher may be trapped, but I don't think there's much able to make their version of immortality vulnerable. A lich will keep aging and rotting away until it becomes a demi lich, pretty much an ever lasting skull. The elven version from what I gather, it's body is immortal as well. Then you have the immortal infusion into objects and such, the list goes on. I want to learn of the different types of immortality , their weaknesses, limitations, etc.

[@misakamikoto8785]

I wonder if Entropy works in DND, like after trillions trillions of years later, what will the fate be for everything?

[@bboyValentis]

Edwin: "Elminster this, Elminster that. Give me a thousand years and a pointy hat and ill kick his arse"

[@Marsproject11]

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[@Kydrou]

Me: Eats, then proceeds to take a nap *MrRhexx uploads* The Strongest Monsters in D&D? Me: I don't need sleep, i need answers!!

[@Crazy-ll2rf]

Neither original, nor funny. Great!

[@joaoignacio7666]

ACCURATE LOL

[@bolikde9389]

Sleep is for the weak.

[@kadeosborne3937]

@@Crazy-ll2rf Who hurt you.

[@Crazy-ll2rf]

@@kadeosborne3937 I just go trough videos, and comment on the last or first comment

[@faerylnhiikira1053]

17:09 MrRhexx: "The *impossible* challenge rating of *50*!" Me: "What about the Force and Prismatic Dragons? Y'know, the only ones with the classification of 'Epic'? At Great Wyrm, Force Dragons are CR 59. On the flip side, Prismatic Dragons surpass CR 50 by the time they reach 'Very Old'!"

[@PartigradeCannon]

And the Hecatoncheires are one of the only non-dragon creatures to bear the 50+ CR ranking.

[@dimalevko3720]

Annihilation could just remove them

[@borisdaanimal4014]

and the time dragons too...cr90 like wtf

[@justyouraveragehuman8694]

boris daanimal Whereabouts could I find the stat block of the CR90 Time Dragon?

[@justyouraveragehuman8694]

boris daanimal Whereabouts could I find the stat block of the CR90 Time Dragon?

[@andreaslois3074]

Dunno if I like how an unstoppable kajiu beast and a literal dragon godess are weaker than some ancient dragons. Maybe I can excuse the tarrasque, but why is tiamat not one of the two strongest dragons (with bahamut) in d&d?

[@pedrodarosamello64]

I mean, Tiamat can't really exist in the prime material plane, her CR 30 form is her Avatar, wich is nowhere even close to the full power of the goddes, so there's that

[@lorekeeper685]

Asmodeus nerfs Tiamat

[@tf9453]

Another thing to note is that CR of 30 on Tiamat is from 5th edition and that 5th edition doesn't have any official creature beyond CR 30.

[@alexmcclay8152]

Pretty simple, all those CR 30+ are from 3.5, and the CR 30 Tiamat is from 5e, 5e has a limit on CR which is 30, 3.5 did not have a limit on CR

[@Darknight4434]

The Tiamat that you fight with in 5e adventures is not the real Tiamat, but simply an avatar of her. Gods manifest in the world as avatars, being essentially a fraction of their original power. If it was the original Tiamat, all Faerun would be doomed. A lot of avatars walked Toril, and many of them were slain, some by mortals. But a mortal couldn't simply kill a god true self

[@NoESanity]

"the one monster with CR 50" but prismatic dragons got up to CR 66. which means a prismatic dracolich could be anywhere from 67-70 depending on edition.

[@andrewcoleman909]

Yeah, and I'm not seeing anything about the Abomination type, or Far Realms creatures, or really anything from Epic Level Handbook.

[@NoESanity]

@@andrewcoleman909 epic level handbook page 184. Prismatic dragon cr 66 great wyrm 79HD. Size colossal+ caster level 38. Would you like more?

[@andrewcoleman909]

@@NoESanity I meant I didn't see any mention of creatures from that book in the video. Not to mention the templates in the book- like a pseudonatural creature or a demilich. I am well aware of the epic dragons; I've used them in campaign.

[@Ultr4l0f]

I remeber that floating deamon baby monster. This was in 3rd edition so The list of powers had to follow The rules. Your Epic monster wants a Epic fest that requires a low level one? Then it has to have it. It was a fun read.... "Dont forget his feat Dodge! He has +1ac to The first attack aimed at him each turn!"

[@NoESanity]

@@Ultr4l0f Atropal? The aborted fetus if a God come back for revenge. Yea. In 5e they are like cr 13. But back in 3rd they were 30, so sad

[@dgriffinctc3834]

Raistlin Majere He literally wiped out his entire pantheon single handedly.

[@barz5087]

1:45 "If the dragon fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead." Well yes, but actually no

[@thezerowulf507]

Solar, full stop. 150ft movement with a 600ft longbow that kills at low hp is nuts

[@skuarf]

back in the day in 2ed AD&D it was a save or die on Solar's arrows. He was the tier 0 monster, above everyone else on a manual full of insanely OP things like all devils, demons, daemons and such. Edit: Manual in question was Planescape monster manual, STUNNING artwork by Tony DiTerlizzi

[@Krishnath.Dragon]

Fun fact, in 3rd Edition (and 3,5) it is possible to make a character that has a 50/50 shot of permanently enslaving a Solar to their will. But you need to be a specialist enchanter and pick the right feats and (official) prestige classes in the right order to do it, and you wouldn't be able to do it until your level was in the mid 20's, but it was possible.

[@toko099o]

Think about this, back in the day wizards only had a d4 of hit dye and had only 1 spell in some cases. You 3.5ers had it easy.

[@TheBayzent]

20th Level Druid wrecks solars, since they simply *can't die* (unlimmited shape shifting while casting)

[@skuarf]

@@toko099o but thats a wizard sorcerer in 3.5 too unless you go minmaxing.

[@VxV631]

I am totally down for a "what they dont tell you" about any on this list you haven't done one yet on :D great job!

[@A-Duck]

What's the relative difference between each CR level once you get that high? Would a CR 31 or 32 creature be able to reliably stomp a CR 30, or would it be an extremely close match up? Like how much trouble would a Tarrasque give someone like Azhag?

[@arisanodelafuria6795]

Its more of a rock-paper-scissors issue past about level 20 As long as you're within 5 levels and are in a good matchup, you can take someone stronger. iE cr25 enchanter vs cr30 brute fighter.

[@A-Duck]

@@arisanodelafuria6795 Yeah I figured it would be something like case-by-case given their abilities and traits are so unique/overpowered. Wasn't sure though since neither I or my group has gotten far enough in our games to deal with challenge ratings this high.

[@TragGaming]

Well I'll tell you right now, Tarrasque is not the most difficult monster and I wish people would stop stating that. A dragon with enough time could kill it. I've had players at level 13-15 take down a Tarrasque using longbows and magical arrows.

[@Darknight4434]

I would say that the difference between CR 30 and 31 is the same as between 2 and 10 or something like that. The higher you go, the harder is to go even harder. When you hit those big CR's some could say that the progression between one to another becomes logarithmic, not arithmetic

[@Aevum13th]

@@TragGaming It isn't that powerful in 5e, though I've heard about how nasty it was in previous editions.

[@Master_E444]

I actually really enjoy how he set the sense of scale. Namely in 21-25 CR monster being able to take over a city. I’ve tried writing up some monsters like that and they usually ranged from CR 22-24. They’re about on the level of Kaiju but could take on a city or a high level adventuring team with some good help. I will make some more powerful creatures like them meant to essentially take on nations and they’ll likely be about CR 33-35. Think Something like Godzilla Earth or something along that line. Also about Tiamat’s Stats, I think that’s probably because it’s just an Avatar, a projection of her power. If she truly manifested her real power, it’d likely be low to mid 40s in CR. At least from stuff I’ve checked.

[@wolf-vh4ze]

"You can have a city with great defenses but frankly, they'll do nothing to an ancient red dragon" Really? You sure? Cus action economy and ballista spread along the city disagree!

[@lanereynolds4567]

In 5e, that is true.. cause they screwed up the whole armor and ability progression for heroes and monsters. In old d&d editions like 2 & 3, a solo hero should never be able to take on a monster of its level without great planning, great rolls, and great gear... but in 5e, a lvl 5 warrior can actually hurt an ancient red wyrm on a non 20. That would be impossible at earlier editions, baring divine intervention, demigod status, or the dm not knowing the actual stats..... or cheating.... cheating helps. And heroes have a way higher ability to hit than standard guard on a siege weapon...

[@wolf-vh4ze]

@@lanereynolds4567 yea tbh it's kind of a shame. i never played any other edition but like... in 5e the tarrasque can be soloed by an archer with enough arrows and a way to fly for along time... GRANTED it would take a bit... but fully possible

[@Krishnath.Dragon]

@@wolf-vh4ze In third edition the archer would get impaled by their own arrows due to an effect of the Tarrasques hide that turned away all non-epic level missiles and all spells. Heck, the only way to really deal with a Tarrasque short of getting it down to -50 and using a wish to keep it dead was to lure it through a Gate. We dropped it near Tiamat's lair.

[@en-men-lu-ana6870]

@@Krishnath.Dragon When the group I was playing with had to face the Tarrasque we dropped it in the negative energy plane, so I'd say in that world it's pretty dead.

[@Darknight4434]

@@Krishnath.Dragon the tarrasque still has that ability

[@ImmortalLemon]

“CR over 20 is something a group shouldn’t be able to defeat” *ahem!* Vox Machina would like to say something

[@whiskeySe7en]

End battle Lucien of mighty nein campaign was up there too

[@greylithwolf]

Specifically a group of four. I'm pretty sure Critical Role runs a party of at *least* six.

[@nxtsoaveragejoe6644]

@@greylithwolf exactly. AT LEAST

[@DuchDude]

When you get to cr 30 (LITERALLY displaying a GOD) but you only reached half thw video 😂

[@Snyperwolf91]

Thats like the equivalent of Dragonball Z but with monsters in a fantasy setting .

[@alexmcclay8152]

If your referring to Tiamat, its because the stat he gave for Tiamat is for 5e, 5e limits CR to 30, whilst all of these stats are from 3.5, 3.5 did not have a limit on CR.

[@Darknight4434]

@@alexmcclay8152 lorewise, its because its only an avatar

[@TheBayzent]

Which is why the CR system is worthless

[@Nerazmus]

Don't worry, we have stronger gods.

[@AceTaxiaGaming]

Personally: I kinda hate the amount of overpowered humanoids in Faerun. I like that Silverhand was nerfed

[@jahnukainen_8912]

I agree, humans and other humanoids have no right of potentially being more powerful than demon Lords and the most powerful dragons

[@leslieoliverii9035]

@@jahnukainen_8912 agreed. These are creatures entire kingdoms rise against. No 1 adventurer should be a match for an Archdevil or Demon Lord

[@iLLya_]

@@leslieoliverii9035 i agree and disagree at the same time i think player/Adventures should be able to ascend into a lich or something else that can rise above super ratings but normal creatures shouldnt be able to hold that much power

[@bryanstrahm9961]

My main issue with overpowered humanoids in faerun is the reliance a lot of Shitty DMs have with them. For a long time I couldn't play any Faerun based games without either Khelben or Elminster being involved, and it was really aggravating.

[@WildBandit300]

@@bryanstrahm9961 The worst part is that it would be actually wrong for Elminster not to pop out everywhere because that is what he usually does. It sucks, but Forgotten Realms at later levels gets really annoying because there is absolutely no reason why a novel protagonist like Dritz (who 1v1'd Orcus once) or Elminster to just fix it themselves. Forgotten Realms is mainly a setting for books and novels, but not so much for world ending catastrophe that the players are supposed to fix. Its absolutely full of ridiculous NPCs that just feel like DMPCs.

[@GamerDwarfTR]

MORE PLEASE! I once run a campaign for 2.5 years and my party ended the campaign around level 30 (37 to be exact). Yeah they surpassed the “normal” and became demigods themselves. Each made their places in different plains. One coquered nine hells and slay every lord one by one except asmodeus and with asmodeus he made a pact (Blossom, one of my players)(yeah i know he’s conquering the hell and has the name “blossom”) asmodeus and blossom would rule the hell together and respect each other. So he became the lord of 4.5 hells. One became a god of rum, his character was very unique for me because of how he uses his craft skill. He was crafting all kinds of alcohol for all that year and was a wizard. One of my very dear and overpowered npc saw the potential in him and take him under his wings teaching him all the possibilities with magic and raising him as his successor. So he became the god of rum and rained rum to the plain ever so often. Other characters just rip all the living creatures to shreds and took money for it. Running an epic level campaign and using all those op characters as a dm was amazing. PLEASE MENTION FORCE DRAGONS MMMM If i’m not mistaking great wyrm ones are cr 59 :) and wyrmlings are cr 13.

[@TheBansic]

I run a campaign that deals heavily with dragons and I can just feel my players going apeshit over a dragon called "Ass Hag"

[@Tonbizzle]

Solid, I love when you get past "things you can fight" into "things you NEED to banish"

[@Goddamnitiwantaname]

The thing that makes Elminster truely op is his one level in fighter. Near the end of Baldurs Gate II: Throne of Bhaal, you meet Elminster, again. You can ask him if he is here to stop you and he answers with a negative, saying that he is not crazy enough to challenge you.

[@niccoloquattrocchi843]

Elminster is such op with the stats that high that if you try to hit him you cant land attacks, he didnt feel them neither

[@dreamakuma]

Ancient Time Dragons in 3.5 were CR 90

[@thepagesaretorn]

This.

[@dreamakuma]

@Mikhiel Rearaxin dragon magazine, 359 I think. It's the last physical issue. Time dragons end at CR 90

[@dreamakuma]

@Mikhiel Rearaxin From Archive archive.org/stream/DragonMagazine260_201801/DragonMagazine359#page/n27/mode/2up

[@endrof1264]

When you recognize which pictures were taken from Vampire the Masquerade, or Magic the Gathering XD Great video ! I love your lore stuff, makes me inspired for my game and add some extra depth :D

[@Xavia619]

Love your videos mate. Very helpful and informative to not only get back into my DM'ing mindset but also to get further detail on what monsters are like

[@KlaelDemon]

Great video, as always. This is where I have some difficulty with the Challenge Rating System. I find it difficult to believe that any of the Chosen of Mystra, even Elminster, were equal to the power of Asmodeus. Let alone beings like Daurgothoth, mentioned in your more recent video.

[@GMeneze800]

They aren't, that's just an Avatar of Asmodeus Or should be, since Asmodeus is literally Infinite Multiversal and Elminsters doesn't even touch Universal level.

[@wargumbyx]

there is a cr 51 character in d&d that was revealed in the baldurs gate series, a character that drove many players world wide to madness, committing murder, throwing away even the pretense of good or neutral alignment, and in many cases even destroying their computers. i do of course mean neeber

[@kurtraymond4466]

Could you do a video on cool or interesting places on the sword coast, including famous places where great creatures live and some basic info on them for a new DM trying to build a campaign

[@callamburles3075]

Go play neverwinter, you’ll get a feel for some locations.

[@Eskolol]

If you are trying to build a campaign in the sword coast. Google a map of it. And choose one city or town you see on the map. Then go into forgotten realms wiki and search that city or town for some background lore. It is easier if you focus on a small bit of the sword coast at once rather than trying to build the entire thing, because there is a good chance the players will not visit 70% of the places youve built. Tldr. Pick a place or a small region in the sword coast and build from there gradually as your story moves forward. For example I started from phandalin which is a small frontier town in the neverwinter region and im soon expanding to the city of neverwinter for some city adventures. Thats like 1/5 of the sword coast and this campaign has been going on for 3 months now.

[@General12th]

@@callamburles3075 THE END TIMES ARE NIGH! OURS IS DESERVED DAMNATION!

[@Sashimiburger]

Peat Fiends: Also known as Marmots; those fuckers are like a CR 30 for my cabbage patch.

[@elliotwalters7208]

The simbul gave her life to make elminster whole, he went a bit insane after the spell plague

[@thomash8408]

So, if we were to rank the BG3 main cast, would they come out high or low? Gale would definitely be high, since he is one of Mystra’a chosen and also contains the orb of karsus Lae’zel, Karlach, and Wyll would probably be ranked fairly medium, since they are mainly melee warriors, with Wyll being a warlock to a not super op patron Astarian would probably be the same difficulty as a normal vampiric spawn, maybe higher. Shadowheart would be pretty high considering her destiny and abilities as either a Sharron or a Selunite.

[@mortefy8994]

Number 1 of everything is the DM, calling it now

[@Hamilgame]

Great vid Rhexx. Wanted to comment and say itd be really cool to see the dragon map video idea you mentioned a while back. Especially seeing Kauth the red dragon how you did. Be cook to see you point and say this mountain you won't believe the nasty dragon in this mountain. Love to see a map dotted all over with dragon nests.

[@jomama2537]

@MrRhexx, where do you find info like this when it's not in the Monster Manual? I'm relatively new to dnd and trying to expand my knowledge. Love the videos and keep up the good work!

[@skuarf]

Most unique monsters and unique NPCs with individual lore come from campaign setting books, adventures or monster manuals long in the run of the edition, like volume 3 onwards.

[@MrRhexx]

They come from literally everywhere. We have stat blocks for primordials in Princes of the Apocalypse adventure, Demonic lords in Out of the Abyss, Mordenkainen Tome of foes has a lot of character sheets in there as well.

[@jomama2537]

@@skuarf Good to know, thank you!

[@jomama2537]

@@MrRhexx Sounds like I have a lot of reading to do XD thanks a buch

[@reapersdomain9641]

Yeah and your wallets will feel the pain of acquiring knowledge lol

[@liviaisgay15]

Dragon's dogma is my favorite game of all time, made me happy to see you use it as a reference

[@electro___]

I remember watching a yt series with people playing d&d animated and on the fools gold campain and then they release a tarrasque and stop it. YOU WERE WRONG tarrasque will be able to be choked by the player or npc being healed while wearing that mask and hands thing can be used to choke it.

[@kyr58]

This is excellent! I seriously need more Lich & Lich Lair lore.

[@jasonmcelwee5933]

14:50 I play enough smite to know that’s Kukulkan lol

[@jesupdaniel2752]

Elminister is such a chill old man and the more I learn about him the cooler he gets

[@Kablash]

16:36 Hey wait a minute, that's Galakrond!

[@sheeps3685]

I appreciate that you elaborate on the species and characters for those of us that don’t know everything about dnd :)

[@fatcat1250]

Video: Comin' up next, CR50! Comments: Meh, CR60+ Meh, CR100! Meh, CR∞ Meh, CR-undefined.

[@idontno6d105]

This video was actually really helpful for figuring out Challenge Rating, it helped me figure out the CR of my homebrew things, and also what they actually mean because CR isn't explained that well in the books.

[@BerserkerTwo]

Simbal is freaking insane. She descends into hell and throws a mountain at an arch fiend.

[@Lastofthesigilites]

Imagine a wizard taking a red dragons body and turning ancient.

[@shotgun5822]

I need to know what cr50 monster is

[@reapersdomain9641]

I can tell you the most powerful creature or person the creator himself saw his stats one stat read 10D× i think 20 for attack rolls he has the ability to cause existence to simply no longer exist

[@alexmcclay8152]

Abomination, Hecatoncheires EL 162 Outsider, Huge (Chaotic, Evil) 57 Beetle, Devastation EL 178 Vermin, Colossal 50 EL is Epic Level Handbook from 3.5, those are the page numbers

[@ClaimSuit]

Possibly its that one terrasque that WotC put a real world bounty if a party could legit kill it. Something like dragon lich undead vampire ancient terrasque or some such.

[@StreetofCrocodiles]

@@alexmcclay8152 also the force and prismatic dragons.

[@alexanderlab.6608]

Considering dieties in 5E are supposed to be CR 30-35....

[@DoctorTheWho]

Oh boy, this video brings many joy to me... Somebody will need to pray for my players, because Asmodeus knows that I won't

[@coffee7882]

Ronaldo - CR 7

[@canadianshinxeh6103]

*taking notes for my level 2 campaign*

[@henryhipschen9764]

"he could come down and destroy any city he wants" Waterdeep: no

[@davidhatcher7016]

Who?

[@lapislazerz861]

13:24 well that last name seems familiar Wake the f*** up wizard, we have a city to burn

[@Grimscar27]

Ashardalon? is he gonna be in the next video? I seem to have a hard time finding in depth lore on Ashardalon but I recall hearing he had a CR of 40

[@NevisYsbryd]

There is some good lore on him in Magic of Incarnum, Dragon Magic and especially Bastion of Broken Souls. The last was an adventure module specifically about stopping his attack on the birthplace of souls.

[@Nicogarcia11235]

MrRhexx: Tiamat could take over a continent and no high-level adventures could stop her you underestimate a dominant monster cast by all capable casters every 8 hours(long rest)

[@restionSerpentine]

So I was curious, so I did a youtube search for D&D CR 50, and all the vids were about the Legend of Spurt

[@_Foehammer]

Eleven days!

[@GlRTHQUAKE]

Such an awesome video! I cant wait for the next two parts of this little mini series 😁

[@shadowjezzter]

Hope the dragon doesn’t take my heart.

[@chgo-kj7cj]

You should totally do a video of just generally fun and cool monsters to put in adventures for DMs like, the best monsters, not the strongest.

[@defensivekobra3873]

Volo got his book edited by an CR 39 demigod? The lad means well but *HOW*

[@justincarlozmaxino1100]

Elminster is a cool dude like Gandalf He is basically Ed Greenwoods alter ego in Forgotten Realms

[@GameTimeWhy]

Was waiting for elminster. Not disappointed. Also good on you for giving Greenwood the credit he deserves. One thing I think is interesting is although elminster may not have the same raw power he is now a weave master and can do crazier stuff than before because of that.

[@christopherrocco56]

Great video, could only be made better if you were to give us what books and Pages he should those creatures could be found on

[@alexmcclay8152]

For those that cant wait. Again for those saying that how is Tiamat only CR 30, it's because that stat is from 5e, all these stats are from 3.5, THEY ARE DIFFERENT EDITIONS. NAME BOOK PAGE TYPE CR Abomination, Hecatoncheires EL 162 Outsider, Huge (Chaotic, Evil) 57 Beetle, Devastation EL 178 Vermin, Colossal 50 Devastation, Scorpion EL 178 Vermin, Colossal 42 Soulmarauder, Spiritovore Energon BB 42 Outsider, Huge (Incorporeal) 42 Soulscaper, Spiritovore Energon BB 42 Outsider, Large (Incorporeal) 42 Soulsipper, Spiritovore Energon BB 42 Outsider, Large (Incorporeal) 42 Spider, Devastation EL 178 Vermin, Colossal 41 source, BB: Bastion of Broken Souls, EL Epic Level Handbook web.archive.org/web/20161101214230/archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/lists/monsters&tablesort=5b

[@noahdm4321]

I'm calling it now. The CR 50 monster is the DM, if the DM chooses to make himself mortal.

[@delta4135]

*Tiamat being released* *Party:* "We have to stop her!" *Bard:* Yea... wait it's she?! *Party:* Ye.. NO! Don't even.. *Bard:* Leave her to me 😘

[@theretrowizard8448]

what about the lady of pain? I was wondering if she has a CR, or is she beyond a CR?

[@ThreadbareInc]

She is far beyond measuring and has never been statted out in any edition of D&D.

[@Hapahilo619]

I feel like if she actually had stats that would mean she could actually be defeated which kind of goes against her purpose. She will never be statted out and she will never be defeated.

[@ThorDog81]

She is specifically left without stats for the reason as her power is absolute inside Sigil.

[@nicklausdavis]

A note about the marut’s is that sure, if you’re stronger than 1 marut, that’s pretty cool, but when the planes have potentially hundreds of not thousands of maruts, you have be an order of magnitude stronger to truly be above the planar laws.

[@KevinNijmeijer]

Hhhehehe, Ass Hag :') Just a small note, Azhag is actually Azhaq, and the emphasis is on the second syllable!

[@bradmills713]

So good. As a huge fantasy fan but never knowing much about true d&d I'm loving these. It's basically a baseline for all other fantasy.

[@MormonDude]

Where do the actual gods sit in all of this power?

[@Stuartw100]

Cr40-60 or more there's a big variety of power of gods

[@angelbabydragon]

Hekatonkheires: am I a joke to you? Devastation vermins, Prismatic dragons, and Force dragons: Hold my beer.

[@eitanwacks3635]

According to the forgotten realms fandom, the prismatic dragon is CR 66. forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Prismatic_dragon

[@julierose689]

I love the sound of the undead city, Larloch's cript. I hope to run a campaign in the future where the main npc is a vampire and I've been trying to like think up allies etc for them. Could be a fun place to send my PC's on a quest or two.

[@trevorninja100]

Larloch, The Sorcerer King?....sounds like Papa Bone Daddy has someone trying to take his title...

[@ThreadbareInc]

Quick correction: "archon" isn't a powerful kind of celestial, it's the name of the celestials of Mount Celestia, aka Heaven. Petitioners in Mount Celestia are called Lantern Archons and are quite easy to defeat one-on-one.

[@ryzer4540]

"That kind of monster with CR:30 can destroy an entire kingdom easy. You actually need a bunch of the highest level adventures with top tier gear and good strategie and you probably will be dead by the end of the combat". Me being a lvl 20 Wizard with *Wish* withou *ANY* gear, actually being naked... -I *Wish* you to die... *The monster with CR:30 dies* -Guess I'm going to wash my clothes now

[@Oznerock]

This wish is beyond my capabilities - shen ron. Wish is not actually omnipotent. And tarrasque is specifically immune unless knocked down to 0hp.

[@ryzer4540]

@@Oznerock Tarrasque is not immune. Tarrasque has advantage in saving throws against magical effects

[@Oznerock]

@@ryzer4540 read a little more into it. The only way to kill a tarrasque is to stand over it while it's unconscious and cast wish to wish him dead. Why would it specifically ask that it be unconscious if it could do it when he's not. Also, there used to be a 10th level spell called major wish. Also, wish specifically says that the effect has to be roughly on the same tier of power or lower as its main effect of casting any spell of 8th level or lower with no material components (determined by dm tecnically)

[@Diarmadhim101]

Mystra was brought back to life in 1479 DR (after her murder by Cyric in 1385 DR). WotC released the adventure War of Everlasting Darkness in 2012 and it entailed her return (not to mention the book in which Simbul & Elminster worked to close rifts in the Weave and bring her back).

[@nigoulenoblehiboux9812]

I think that must be the tarrask

[@mikecziraky2037]

Nigou Le noble Hiboux unstoppable

[@osculim]

Its unkillable if you super lucky and super powerful you can stop it for a bit but it just comes back.

[@caledvwych1366]

Is Asmodeus being a CR 32 him currently or him when/if he finally recovers from his tail being bitten off?

[@charlierode1214]

"Upper ekelons of danger" Have I been mispronouncing "echelon"? "Reepresent" No, nevermind.

[@Lrbearclaw]

8:48 Using Firiona Vie (from EverQuest) as an example of what Morei is or was this a mistake? (Given how Firiona is basically the EQ version of her I think the former is the case.)

[@j4x0l4n73rn]

"Watch my next video to get the content I promised in the title of this video." x3 Usually enjoy this channel- but this is the definition of clickbait.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

Not really. He is making videos on the strongest monsterS in DND. These are amongst them

[@j4x0l4n73rn]

@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 but they aren't the strongest. The strongest monsters aren't in this video. Simple as that.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

@@j4x0l4n73rn among the strongest is what I said.

[@j4x0l4n73rn]

@@thomastakesatollforthedark2231 IDC what you said. The title said "STRONGEST"

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

@@j4x0l4n73rn and these monsters are 1: the strongest in the MM, and 2: AMONG THE STRONGEST. it's like how you can have multiple smart people in a room and say that they are the smartest people in that room

[@Kuwaiden]

At 13:04 when the image changed as you were describing the residents of Larloch's city, my brain saw the image and auto-filled your statement as "the place is basically a safe haven for My Chemical Romance fans".

[@josiahhutcherson5786]

This was great! Definitely watching the next ones to come out

[@guilherme7973]

How asmodeus is CR32? he is not considered a Greater Deity in Descent into Avernus? he should be at least 50+

[@salomon109]

I thought that this would go I depth about powers and attacks. You just gave us what we can see by clicking online.

[@guestguest5716]

Probably a dumb question, but where is the video from, in the Tiamat segment? (7:10-7:30)

[@halodude7167]

So, the end of my last campaign was against Yeenoghu, an honour guard of balors, and a corrupt solar wielding the sword and crown of Orcus, we won as a party of 4 with no casualties

[@jojtek12]

7:20 Tiamat. What cinematic is this? Which game?

[@lowesgameing2003]

Is it weird that krakens are just animals you can catch and eat in my campaigns?

[@omega311888]

dude, you rock! this info is f'kin awesome! keep up the great work!

[@thiagosoria4513]

You videos are among the few things that allow me 2 sleep o night. So bless you and I love your voice btw

[@S0lstickan]

Great video as usual, and dangit, now I'm really hoped for the next upcoming ones! cr40, hole crap, and 50!! :D

[@Nia-Jean]

THIS WAS SO HELPFUL! I have so much trouble scripting fights for my players that is challenging enough to be fun but not impossible for their level. Thank you for explaining things in detail, I feel like I get better understanding when I watch your videos.

[@hunterbrown1497]

Are you not including the 3.5e epic level monsters? A good chunk of them were CR 40+ and the prismatic dragon went upwards of the CR 70s range, or Dragon Magazine #359 had the time dragon that was CR 90