What are the scariest or best lines your villains have said? Part 5

[@hehecactusboy4312]

"Actions speak louder than words. Your failure to save him is the loudest you've ever spoken."

[@gammagong9435]

This...hits HARD.

[@TheOneTrueEfrate]

Doing a ravenloft game soon, I am so stealing this to say vs. Stranhd

[@benjaminizquierdo4700]

DAMN

[@Dragonsting21]

……. I’m so sorry, but that line is way too good to not steal for myself

[@Phddrsparklz]

Damn dude, this makes ME want to drink

[@wolfskinchanger]

Player: "It's over. Your ritual can't happen without a sacrifice, and your people are locked away." BBEG: "The only caveat to the sacrifice is that they must enter this chamber of their own free will. And here you all are."

[@benjaminizquierdo4700]

This is amazing

[@i_am_jarvistm7220]

Holy shit that is so good!

[@zachmansfield6640]

"You know, when I leave someone for dead, I EXPECT THEM TO DIE!!!"

[@Dayluj32]

I liked this villain XD

[@robertlombardo8437]

Now that! That is a Bond villain line right there. That's like one step removed from the famous "No Mr. Bond, I expect you to DIE!" 😂

[@magmos6346]

Never been more terrified than when the BBEG won Initiative, and spent his entire turn just laughing.

[@phirephenix1347]

*Boss Music intensifies*

[@szysi3k]

Oh, that's a good one.

[@lucarudloff687]

THAT is scary, holy shit

[@MaxGaming-gp6ij]

_Jesus fuck_

[@stormtendo]

“I don’t need Initiative to win”

[@mittens-ghost-cat]

“I killed her, what makes you think I won’t kill you?” He killed my friend/mentor a couple years back…

[@nvfury13]

So, when is the big “I am your father” reveal coming?

[@xboxoneyes7734]

@@nvfury13 probably when hes beaten to a pulp

[@luciferandassociates9255]

BBEG in one of hubby's game is an evil Cleric, who TPK the party, then revived everyone with our diamond and stole our all money, then just said "Everyone is allowed a second chance." Then left.

[@TarsonTalon]

You sure you weren't robbed by Gigachad?

[@luciferandassociates9255]

@@TarsonTalon I mean it's still my husband so I was.

[@trueblade39]

"I assure you, I have far less mercy than I do patience." And this was a bad guy not known for his patience

[@magenstaffarts]

"Listen. It's a little foolhardy to think about killing me. Do you know what Balors do when they die? They explode. This mine caves with me if you kill me. Choose wisely."

[@Dayluj32]

wow... Just... WOW.

[@user2C47]

_"Is it too late to prepare Dimension Door?"_

[@pcalix17]

"Do you know what you're fighting for? I do." The BBEG then proceeds to tell us how we've been aiding the true villain of the story the entire time. The group was silent for a good minute before one of the characters, a human paladin Zantheus, says to the others, "I can't believe this..." But not one person could deny the evidence provided.

[@jedbex7070]

How was it set up? I’ve been thinking of something like this for my party for a while now.

[@pcalix17]

@@jedbex7070 The BBEG tried to talk to us throughout the entire campaign and convince us of our folly but the group stubbornly decided to ignore them or label them a liar. So the BBEG waited and collected evidence without the party knowing and when he finally had enough evidence to argue his case, he approached the party unarmed, waited to get their attention, then said the line.

[@centric3125]

​@pcalix17 so the BBEG was really a BGG- a Big Good Guy- trying to make the party spot the UBEG- Ultra Bad Evil Guy?

[@pcalix17]

@@centric3125 Pretty much. Made worse when they had time to contemplate just how many evil things they've done thinking they had done good.

[@gamester512]

@@pcalix17 Kinda surprised the Paladin didn't inadvertently turn into an Oathbreaker after the realization.

[@timivore7909]

I play a changeling in a victorian era themed world that is NOT kind to changelings and others. He was thrown out of his home(numerous times) and black mailed(numerous times) and is now scared to emotionally let anyone in cause he feels that is unlovable. Naturally he is slowly learning to let down his guard and trust his party members but once a badguy told him, "You can change your voice and your body, but you'll never be able to change into something they'll love." For a vicious mockery. I told the dm that I didn't even wanna roll the wisdom saving throw that should auto hit my character.

[@djthefox6762]

thats just a "you dont even need to roll damage" moment

[@deonalecsteichen5941]

I dropped my phone for a minute reading that one that’s so savagely brilliant!

[@sherylcascadden4988]

"I'm sorry, my dear, the feast isn't ready yet" from a goddess with the sobriquet "eater of worlds". My character ran.

[@insertuncreativepun3573]

I had this ancient blue dragon antagonist who had been building a rebellion against the current rulers. The first time he showed up he completely wiped out the drow capital city. The team was too wounded from battling his second in command. Ultimately our barbarian had to hold the line against him to allow the rest of the party to escape and was killed. Out of respect for the barbarians valour the dragon did let the party escape that day, when the party pursued him to his stronghold he gave this line. "So you actually came? Honestly I'm a little disappointed. I held respect for your friends actions in standing against me to save you. It was that respect that bought mercy for the rest of you. He gave you a gift, the chance to keep living. And yet here you are, standing before me and throwing that gift away. Forfeiting the lives he tried oh so hard to save. How utterly pitiful. As one final act of respect to that warrior, I will try to make your deaths painless."

[@cardengixoth6878]

You sure you didn't have him as a White Dragon? Cause that was fucking _cold!_

[@Dragonsting21]

I thought all chromatic dragons are super selfish and cruel. How pleasantly unusual one would have the decency and honor to respect his enemy’s dying wish

[@cardengixoth6878]

@@Dragonsting21 Blue Dragons are Lawful Evil, so honorable is on the table. They are also fiercely territorial, attacking any creature that encroaches on it's claimed land. They tend to favor hot, sandy climes. So deserts, aired badlands, and the like. Their favored lairs are underground caverns. If a Blue Dragon were to inhabit a dungeon, they would prefer one in a hot, dry environment with a sandy floor.

[@seabass819]

The entire dnd communities enemy has said "D&D has been a huge part of my life long before I worked at Wizards and will be for a long time after I’m done. My mission, and that of the entire D&D team, is to help bring everyone the creative joy and lifelong friendships that D&D has given us."

[@David-no4mx]

Maybe not the scariest but certainly the cringiest "You’re going to hear people say that they won, and we lost because making your voices heard forced us to change our plans. Those people will only be half right. They won-and so did we."

[@lollyjollyflapjacks6078]

OGL?

[@seabass819]

@@David-no4mx how did I forget that one, lol

[@seabass819]

@@lollyjollyflapjacks6078 ogl.

[@mismatch5015]

If it was a rough draft? Then why was it signed by an executive? Rough drafts are never signed off on, only finalized drafts.

[@NickLupercus]

The PCs, a group of Teen Titans-esque superheroes, learned the BBEG was a monster going from alternate reality to alternate reality, consuming the life force of each one. When confronting it, it said this: "You have fought this fight countless times before and lost. ...What makes you think now will be any different?"

[@TarsonTalon]

"The definition of insanity is doing something over and over again, and expecting different results...our other selves lacked foresight, but this time, we're out of our d*mned minds!" -My reply, in another timeline.

[@sorcikator993]

It wasn't even a named character. My party in a steampunk setting were fighting an infiltrator that revealed itself being an advanced automaton (never seen before in the setting. One player shoot his most powerful ligjtning spell at the robot, which only fully absorbed the power. Now supercharged, thw android simply said: "my turn" The player had a face saying "aww shit"

[@terrimoran4428]

That’s badass!

[@Xylarxcode]

So, basically the Iron Man vs Thor fight from the 2012 Avengers movie. Only in a DnD setting. Pretty cool.

[@p.f132]

I think one of the most "oh shit" moments for my players was when they confronted a low level BBEG whose organization they have been dismantling, and him just saying "Last time we saw each other, I had plans. I was calculating; cautious. Now I stand here atop the shards, and I have no more plans, and no more caution. All I care about now is that before I die on the block, you all die by my hand."

[@odjambaproductions]

"fear, death, Magic... I don't care what you want to call it, this filth comes from you" Said the BBEG mage hunter who saw me use a magic missle. My character did not survived the 2nd attack

[@christophersanders3252]

My party arrived just in time to witness the return of an evil deity. She used her dimensional portal construct to lift the entire party into the air leaving them powerless. The party asked her what she was up to. "We His firstborn witnessed Yaren's works of creation, and as He fashioned the stars and planets and the forces that bind them, as he set space and time and the currents of existence into motion, all that was made echoed a song more beautiful than you can possibly imagine. The music of the spheres was perfect, ringing clear through every corner of eternity. He created Mundus and mighty oceans and wondrous plants that lifted high into the sky. The wind in the leaves made the music even more magnificent. To hear it was measureless joy." (Whispering) "And then he created you." (I didn't mean to do this, but I had a really beautiful piece of adventure music playing during this speech and the music dropped out to silence when I finished this line) "When you mewling, sniveling creatures burst forth as a pestilence upon His works you drowned out the music. We have not heard it since. But do not worry, it is still here. Now that I have returned, my dear siblings are not far behind. We will make all things right. And when the last of you draws their last breath, we will hear our music again. I would kill you now, but first I need to make you suffer the way I have. You must appreciate the horror of your existence."

[@Konpekikaminari]

It's heavily reliant on both story and emotional context - The scariest line a villain ever said in a game I played was: "what do I sell? Anything you wish ;) And wine! Hahaha, actually, it's mainly wine..." This was said by a peculiar looking merchant we met at the crossroads. We were helping him repair his carriage and the wizard informs us of a "demonic presence" in the vicinity- putting us all on edge Now, here's the reason this innocuous-yet-suspicious line sent shivers down my spine: While my GM does an excellent job hiding his non-historical inspirations, I'm still aware of his taste; I know his favourite game is "The Witcher 3" And with one line, I'm realising the thing before us is inspired by Gaunter O'Dimm

[@centric3125]

I know EXACTLY what you're referring to, and just how BAD things can get! At minimum, other viewers, we're talking all the negative fates from the Deck of Mnay Things. MINIMUM! Whatever the DM made is going to cause some possibly world-altering consequences. What happened in your encounter btw?

[@Konpekikaminari]

@centric3125 in that specific encounter? He thanked us by giving us a wine bottle from where my character was born & left (it's a region that has been uninhabited for 100+ years and has a similar name to a different place) As the campaign went on, it was revealed that this bastard was on of the strongest demons in the GM's setting, and is either directly or indirectly responsible for every major misfortune our characters went through in their lives, as well as several other "world altering" events as you put it Our current game is taking place during a- 2 year apocalyptic event we both stopped and helped him cause in the original game

[@centric3125]

@Konpekikaminari wow. So he DID make him that powerful. And that twisted. Not surprised, honestly.

[@3rduck735]

My DM went full-on Psycho Mantis. Said, in front of everyone, "I see you've been playing Celeste. Let's see, you have… 15 crystal hearts, and haven't beaten Farewell." Did something similar to everyone else, too.

[@centric3125]

Oh god. Oh God! That's brutal, what happened next!

[@3rduck735]

Wasn't as fun, but switched our character sheets

[@lexsamreeth8724]

"I am Orcus. Demon Lord of Undeath. You may beg now."

[@barubary436]

Life is a disease. I am the cure. And YOU are NEXT.

[@thod-thod]

(Talking to the powerful artefact the party had) “They’ll be gone soon, mother, I promise. I’ve found you, now.”

[@drinkablebean1812]

"It says gullible on the ceiling."

[@AzaloonyToons]

“Oh so it doe- oh you stole my lungs”

[@mercury6025]

My twist villain said: "I summon thee, Leviathan!"

[@an8strengthkobold360]

So my party was hunting a vampire wizard (for complicated reasons). He had a child, who it turns out was the vampire (him being only a spawn she was making "play house" alongside a few other). She had the lines: "Don't break character again" after knocking out the party cleric in 1 roubd in response to her "father" calling out for help. And *looks towards the barley conscious wizard* "No... he can be replaced" after her "father" was killed

[@aidanjones8288]

That sounds cool! It kind of reminds of a villain from Demon Slayer who was similar!

[@odjambaproductions]

"you look like a gladiator i once slayed, let's see if you two scream the same way"

[@Type_3_Screamer]

"your friend said something similar, i wonder if you taste like he did? "

[@NikolaiChaser]

It was just a really annoying lich the party couldn’t kill. He wasn’t the bbeg, but definitely the villain. He was an ‘ally’ for now though. The party had stopped a few of his plans, so he invited them for dinner to renegotiate the terms of their contract for working together. Food was brought, and he looked to the paladin. “I do hope you enjoy the meal. Your sister cooked it just for you.” She was a rather famous chef, thanks to the party. And the lich hired her.

[@szysi3k]

Would've been funnier if his sister had died a few years ago.

[@Southern7459]

I can't tell if he was threatening the paladin or this was just a wholesome scene

[@ordersmilitant5998]

My party is attempting to hunt down an assassin in the employ of the BBEG. After an impressively intense battle throw the assassin's lair, a collection of traps had separated our fighter from the rest of the party. The assassin then confronted and challenged him to a duel to which the fighter excepted. The assassin grinned, "Gooooood. Now please ... put up more of a fight than your wife did." Edit: Oh, the entire table was stunned silent by that. The fighter's wife was alive last we'd seen a few day's prior. Apparently, the DM was planning from the moment he had the neutral-good fighter's quaint and humble backstory, to turn him into a lawful-evil punisher like character. This campaign is still on going, but since then our fighter has truly fallen from grace. He has aloud himself to be possessed by a daemon of vengeance (multi-classing into warlock). The party has been trying to help him without meta gaming and it's been difficult. My cleric in particular, she has been desperately trying to bring him back to the light ... to no avail thus far.

[@Dayluj32]

Wow... Poor fighter... But I'd love to do that with my party, it must have unlocked so many emotions and reactions for the characters!

[@NickLupercus]

When the DM hits you right in the backstory with a wham line. Jeez, bet that was a dramatic moment.

[@oddbird5825]

That’s a very gangsta thing to say.

[@omegaman255]

I'm going to have to remember that whole "BBEG saves the party" bit. Would be an amazing way to showcase what the party is up against, a great way to set a milestone.

[@darkharvest8098]

"If you truly possess the power to kill me, then by all means, bring me death once again. This time, make sure it sticks."

[@terrafirma5327]

Imagine if the BBEG was a Oath of Vengeance paladin who was preemptively trying to prevent the rise of BBEGs... by wiping out all wizards (because he noticed a "pattern" of powerful evil wizards), and that perhaps... he is correct on some level.

[@DredgenStorm]

"You brought this upon them yourself." A line spoken by a recurring bounty hunter to the Rogue he was targeting. He said this as the Rogue escaped with a Teleport scroll, and proceeded to slaughter the rest of the party.

[@EcoSamurai]

This campaign was basically a group of people on earth who banded together to end a man who suddenly gained superpowers... The BBEG kept ruining the life of one character "Oswald"... After revealing himself this was the conversation that followed: BBEG: "And finally we meet for the first time..." Oswald: "Why do you keep ruining my life? What's so important about me?" BBEG: "Every Good Villain has a Hero... Lex Luthor has Superman, The Joker has Batman, Red Skull has Captain America... and I. Have. You.." The players (including me) later realized he said this showing that even the BBEG knew he himself was a villain.

[@terrimoran4428]

That actually goes hard! Wow

[@Ferrari255GTO]

I mean, the dude basically bullied him intentionally, of course he knew he was the villain

[@arkainjalex12]

This is really dumb.

[@dutch3971]

This was the BBEG to a 2-year campaign, my longest one DMing yet. This particular villain was Karna, the Titan of night in my own world, and she had been imprisoned for the past eon as punishment for killing the Titan of the sun. The King, King Maril, whom had hired the adventurers originally and decided to try and kill them after they had discovered a portal he was making to free Karna made of an Alkalith, a creature looking to be made of moss that allows travel between worlds. The King had been expected to be the final boss battle. The adventurers had met Karna before in her prison realm of Twell Du, where she promptly whooped their butts by transforming an NPC into an unholy demon. She could also turn into a massive purple dragon at will and had scared the crap out of the players. So after King Maril had been knocked down and all the players not having a hit point count higher than 24, the seemingly empty Alkalith portal had begun to flicker and open, Karna flying through and landing in between the King and the players saying only a few words that made everyone go silent: “Well don’t stop on my account…”

[@Lurks-a-lot]

"You torture and interrogate my citizens, murder each of my friends, break into my home, and threaten to spill my blood, yet you still hold the delusional thought that you are the heroes." "When the sun rises over a world choked by harsh monarchies and civilizations with false images of freedom, do you still feel like you've won?" "When the dust of war settles, history is written by the victors. Who is to say that they were the good guys?"

[@james10o1]

"I swear I don't know what you're talking about!"

[@minimishapsgames894]

Group of 3 Rogues and a Fighter all make stealth saves and get inside the BBEG volcano lair. They listen to a door, learning that the room beyond is filled with mining gear, and figure if they can take it while it is empty. They go into the room and start changing to disguise themselves as miners, when one of the low management henchman pokes his head in, notes the group, and says impatiently, "You miners hurry up, Crimm (the BBEG) needs those tunnels to be able to accomodate an elder Magma Dragon, like yesterday, let's go! Move it!"

[@michealpinales3271]

5:22. That statement commands respect and fear. I love it!

[@TheSimpleMan454]

May have mentioned this one before, but The Game Hunter's "I see you. Hold for flash now." Before sniping off one of the party is *still* being brought up at my tables, to the point one of my players used the exact line when he was behind the gun and looking to take the shot at an alien crime boss. (He missed, but barely, and it was quite dramatic.)

[@Umbreonplays]

Some context: I had a demon captured in a tarot card deck, and it always convinced me to take wild gambles, no matter the cost I'm about to die in combat, and the last thing I hear is: *"Ready to take your last gamble, old friend?"*

[@railking927]

The party had been investigating remains of a shipwreck for important war documents they had been tasked to find. While they were searching a servant to the ultimate BBEG showed up and told them to leave. When they asked who he was, he simply told them “It’s best you don’t know.” Later when they stole the documents and he had to chase them down, he started the fight with “I thought I was providing you a mercy not telling you who I am, but it seems my generosity was wasted. Now you will know exactly who I am.”

[@Shry99]

Mind flayer “Hush child you’ll be reborn soon” Pc: “you’re sick” Mind flayer(holding tadpole)” I wasn’t talking to you”

[@warrenokuma7264]

Body armor for my soldiers? No. Cripples cost money, corpses don't.

[@albinoreaper2949]

My party’s final BBEG in our final campaign we used our 8 year old (IRL) characters in was an outer-dimensional necromancer, bent on multiversal annihilation. When he arrives to our world, the mere effect of his presence starts to make *everything* die. Fish, plants, monsters, intelligent life. Once we had our first encounter with him, he showed his true form, and then cast a spell to cause a zombie apocalypse. By our last fight with him, 85% of the world’s population of intelligent life *alone* had died and been turned into zombies. We ended up having to kill *almost every one* of our NPC friends we had made over the years. In our final fight with him on his tower made of corpses that reached halfway to the moon, he stood there silently. Paladin: Damn you, Nyrethax! How could you do this! By the light of my sword and the grace of the Goddess, I will purge your wickedness from this plane! Nyrethax: … Berserker (me): Have you any idea what you’ve done? The pain and misery you’ve caused? Do you have even the slightest clue what sorts of torment you’re inflicting? Nyrethax: I am the darkness of the night, the shadow that looms over the moon. I am the nothing that brings eternity, and with my eternity comes peace. When every star has died and every soul of every god has withered away, I will remain, and chaos will finally cease. The heat of your blood is so much more beautiful than the blackness that awaits you. Existence is behind you now, embrace the silence.

[@JamesWilliams-rp4ll]

Wait...I recognise that name- fellow Hero Forger, hello! I should hopefully be submitting an entry soon for your contest!

[@albinoreaper2949]

@@JamesWilliams-rp4ll Aha, a friendly face! Nice to see someone else from the HF sub

[@lexames-xn8eb]

“When your body is crushed and broken, when everyone you ever loved is dead, when this world faces it’s imminent destruction… Then you have my permission to die.” - future BBEG

[@kaseymathew1893]

Whenever "good villain lines" get brought up, I think of this line from Kung Fu Panda 2: "The only reason you're still alive is that I find your stupidity mildly amusing."

[@tenchraven]

BBEG has never spoken in the PC's hearing, but they've met face to face several times. He's dying, leaning against the wall. He takes a hard, ragged breath, coughs blood one time, and finally spoke. "Does it matter?", and dies. A couple of the PCs retired after that.

[@eeveewonder6277]

I don't dm or play, but I do voice a lot of characters in my friends (the DM) campaigns. My favourite was an interaction between the Mirrored one and the party: *in a soft but oddly frightening British accent* "Fear is not an illusion, fear is what lives in the hearts and minds of all that breathe. Your fear is what makes you mortal, your fear of dying is what holds you to this plain. Now my little playthings, would your fear stop you from killing each other, from killing......... yourself?" She then summons clones of each party member that has the exact same skills and stats, but have the complete opposite morality. Seeing the terror in the players eyes made me feel like I WAS the bbeg.

[@edamommy]

Not quite a line by I would play "We'll Meet Again" by Vera Lynn whenever the Raven Queen would appear.

[@DigitalDoomLoL]

Not a BBEG, but my gnome artificer when he was searching for the person responsible for an attack on his family: "I need proof before I start a war. No, that's not right. Before I end it!"

[@MormonSwag66]

"Did you think I would die if you killed me?" -Anos Voldigoad

[@russdarracott395]

The last one, my thought was "oh eff" at what the bbeg said and what it implied.

[@elchjol2777]

"The Thirteenth was my responsibility,by my actions I am as much their executioner as you are. They were angry men but they would not have acted on that anger without my word. I had lead them though thick and thin and now have lead them to their deaths. All due to my grudges against the dragons. If you would give me the courtesy, I'd like to go out my own way rather than at the end of a rope." -Albrecht van Kelsbruct Commander of the 'Lucky' 13th Guard skirmishers after it went renegade. This was the players confronting him at the ruins of his ancestral land after dismantling the 13th, as the players turned to leave they heard some music from his enchanted locket then a shot from a flintlock pistol.

[@TarsonTalon]

I just came up with a zinger: "I don't have to justify my actions to you. You have to survive ME. That's our reality: It doesn't care who's right or wrong; just who lives and who dies."

[@bibbobella]

"You....Fucking....TRAITORS!" I genuinly scared my friends with this line. They still ended up curbstomping the villain, but the emotional, suprisingly realistic (No idea where it came from) and actually rather terrifyingly deep voice I managed to make for this character, made them rethink their decision for a split second.

[@oddbird5825]

I feel like I have a good one. So in my campaign, we had to go to this circus run by vampires. The reason we were there was the Ringmaster collected rare exotic magic rings (yeah, punny, I know,) and we needed one that would aid us. So anyway, we ended up timing the circus performances. So when he had to host the show, we’d sneak into his tent and steal the magic ring we need. After completing a puzzle that the DM had made, we raided his ring box and started looking for THEE specific magic ring we needed in order to go on with our quest. After looking at ALL the rings, we realized it wasn’t there and we had burned a lot of time looking. We then knew the Vampire Lord Ringmaster was wearing the ring and on his way back to his private tent. Franticly, we all cast spells that could hide us from the BBEG once he entered. We found our hiding spots quickly. When he entered, he did something very chilling. He walked in, saw the open raided box on the floor, and just casually strolled up to it. Contemplatively pausing, he folded his hands together, crouched beside his pilfered collection and said, “Hmmm. Well, clearly you all didn’t find what you were looking for…Since you’re all still here.”

[@centric3125]

Ring of True Seeing/Sight... Time for initiative. And some serious problems.

[@tinydiicethief2227]

I once ran a game about a monster that worked kinda like the xenomorph, an intelligent hive of creatures that gained traits from the environment had infested the kingdom. But at the start of the game these things were only small snake like creatures. A few would show up and attack, then run after each had dealt damage, or any number of them were injured. Some fights I described a few scavenging the dead bodies. Eventually the players realize these things sometimes gain triats of stuff they eat. One had gained a small trait from each meme rr of the party. This became a sort of rival for them. It never spoke until the final match against it. Meant to be a mini boss to foreshadow the queen. It opens its mouth and speaks. Each player hearing their own voice echoed back to them “thanks for the meals”

[@ManiacScout]

5v1 against BBEG. First thing he does? Enchants our weapon to deal more damage. “I believe in a fair fight, but even this is nowhere near.”

[@Boba_Fett_Bounty_Hunter]

5:44 that's... That's literally the plot of the book "The sword and the Flame" from the app "Choices: Stories you play" at the end of the first book, where Queen Kenna and Dominik fight against King Luther's army on boats. (Book 2 is against the Iron Empire that he spoke of) And yes, he does say those lines in the book/game

[@oliverkey1435]

“I shall give you the chance to leave, the cleaners have enough work already”

[@stormtendo]

Ok that last one was a perfect cliffhanger ending

[@gammagong9435]

Not a one-liner, more of a series of actions. So, my players had to find a set of McGuffins to save the world, and one happened to be in the hands of a lich they had been doing business with for a while. Around this time, a player had to drop from the campaign, so the lich kicked him into the Negative Energy Plane, thus summoning a Nightwalker for his defense. I made it a point to describe the Nightwalkers' appearance and actions as not silent, but as though its existence was actively removing all sound from the area(important later). During the fight, it grabbed the Rogue's magic weapon, crushed it in its hand, bent down slowly until it was eye level with him(mind you, these things are easily 20 feet tall), and opened its clutched fist to reveal nothing remained of the weapon but a pile of frozen ashes that it let slip between it fingers. The party Bard, trying to get the rogue out of dodge, cast Tasha's Hideous Laughter on the Nightwalker, hoping to knock it prone. Here's the problem: Nightwalkers are immune to the prone condition. And did I mention they can fly? So I gave it Frightful Presence as this otherwise silent 20-foot tall horror from beyond the pale floated towards her while it boomed laughter that sounded like frozen screams, shattered bones, and hope turned into ash.

[@TEC-AoC]

Not a villain, but a terrifying moment a PC had during a short little adventure I made for the party. The party was summoned to an isolated mansion with a town nearby in order to help the baron to solve a series of brutal murders that he had been unable to solve with his own policing force. He allowed nearly (this becomes relevant later) fully access to his mansion, the grounds, the town and surrounding areas to aid them in their investigation. After some investigation, revelations, a couple of encounters with a Boneclaw (with homebrewed stats such as spellcasting), the party learned who the main villain actually was, the son of the Baron. This leads me to introduce the Cleric named Astor, his player wanted to make a character that allowed him to unleash his own inner darkness and this character was DARK. He managed to convince the party to look at a false lead, effectively taking them out of the adventure (the other PC's were cool with it and it lead to some AMAZING rp moments), managed to put the entire mansion house guard to sleep and prepare ahead of time by raising 8 undead people. The Scene: It's night, there's nary a sound made save the soft whistling of the tree canopies, the black iron gate to the mansion grounds are opened slightly and none of the staff are to be seen. Astor looks around and sees hunched over guards resting against the walls of the gatehouse, sleeping in pools of their own blood, drowning to death in a deep slumber. Astor makes his way up to the Mansion entrance, lets himself inside with his small hoard of undead trailing behind him and hanging up-side down from the antechamber chandelier, is the Boneclaw. An epic fight ensues as Astor uses his hoard to distract the Boneclaw, the Boneclaw uses it's ability to take hold of Astor, and uses Astor as a cushion as it teleports to the ceiling of the 60ft high room and makes Astor take the brunt of the fall damage until Astor is finally able to break free from the Boneclaw's grip and finish it off. Beaten and bloodied, Astor climbs the stairs to the one area that had been off-limits to the party while they conducted their investigation, the one place that held the Baron's greatest secret, love and regret. The Baron's own deformed, monstrous son. At the top of the tower, in a small room with toys meant for a 5 year old, scattered around the room, displayed and arranged meticulously in their destroyed states on shelves and table tops, Astor finds the Baron, bleeding from his belly and covered in sweat, weakly holding on to one of the tables and across from him is the son, lying on a bed made from a slab of beautiful stone that's been carved in such a way so as to allow the son to lay in the most comfortable position possible that his misaligned bones would allow. Astor knows what needs to be done for the evil to end, and the Baron knows as well. With what little strength the Baron has left, he pleads with Astor to not kill his only son, he's the last that he has of his family. Astor remains silent as the only sound made is the son's mewling as his jaw doesn't allow him to speak. The Baron, desperate, commands Astor to find another way, not to lay a finger on his sons head. Astor remains silent as he pulls a dagger from it's sheath. Then, out of anger, the Baron grabs Astor's ankles to try and stop him saying (and i'll never forget this), "I would die before I ever let you kill my son!" Astor, crouches down to meet the baron eye-to-eye: "That's the idea." Before plunging the dagger into the Baron's throat, rasing him as an undead thrall, and making him use the same dagger to kill his own son. That line sent shivers down everybody's spine and even to this day, Astor has been canonized as being one of the most cruelly evil people in all of my worlds. For context: A Boneclaw is a failed attempt at lichdom and becomes a deformed undead that is incredibly dangerous, they will latch onto the most evil creature it can find and serve that creature as it's master. The son was born with such an evil soul that it corrupted his form to such a state that it was a miracle he was able to live. When the Boneclaw served the son, the son used the boneclaw to live out his own fantasies by preforming terrible and brutal murderes, often leaving behind 'sculptures' of his brutal work in public display.

[@dunadain100]

"Now that the old man is gone youre on yhe top of my list." Archfey bbeg who the party mildly annoyed.

[@jacobdoswalt]

i was playing a futuristic campaign and the party had just encountered the BBEG who was an eccentric, tall and manipulative human who was also nearly untouchable in a fight. after wiping the floor with the party he checks his watch and in a super cheery voice says " well perfect timing lads its a quarter till nine and I have a meeting in five minutes! go strengthen up a bit would you? and after you do find me and i'm shure we'll have an... engaging conversation" and with that he tossed them a buisness card, smoothed his coat and left

[@stupidratt]

bro really said "I don't fucking care if you're my daughter, that doesnt mean shit!"

[@LFMG-qu5fq]

This wasn’t the BBEG, but his “son” (as in very trusted person). His name was Malthus. He was part of a humanoid race that could control light, but, as he was born blind, he could control darkness instead (which is far more powerful). The BBEG slaughtered his family and everyone in his village as a part of his conquest, and when Malthus made 20 of his men disappear into darkness just by crying (he was a baby), he took him as his son. The thing is, Malthus actually plans on betraying the BBEG, but he doesn’t want the players to kill the BBEG before he can have his revenge. He never tries to straight up kill the players, but to discourage them, and even menacing them. Here are some of the lines: When he first appeared, by materializing from one of the player’s shadows: “These days you can’t even trust your own shade, huh?” Then he explained who he was and how they would have to get through him first if they wanted to get to the BBEG. When he was done, he said: “Be sure to lit a candle before you go to sleep. Who knows what might be lurking in the dark.” Nobody slept that in-game night. When the players were about to ambush the BBEG in a forest, he appeared at the forest’s entrance and said: “You know what’s my favorite thing about this forest? There’s so many places to hide. Good luck, and make sure you don’t get caught!” Turns out he had previously created a creature in the forest called the Black Behemoth, which damaged the players by just seeing them, so they had to remain hidden at all times. The hard part was that its only weak points were its eyes (it had 8. Three on the front, three on the back, and one at each side). So they had to stab it in one eye at a time while making sure they did not get caught. When they finally killed the damn thing, Malthus appeared and said: “I must say, I am surprised you survived that. Well, I’d say you have earned a little price. Listen carefully. The only way to reach an unseeable place is to not see the path you are taking.” This was a clue on how to access Malthus’ destroyed village, and more specifically, his family house. When the players made it there and comprehended Malthus’ backstory, he appeared and said: “You see now why I am not allowing you to kill him. He extinguished the only light I had ever known, and it’s my right to extinguish his life. Now, will you let us be?” The players had their own reasons to fight the BBEG themselves (long story short, they had to rescue a friend), so they said No. Malthus said: “I was worried you would say that. May you find peace in darkness.” He then proceeded to absolutely massacre all my players in a fair fight, but without killing anyone. He then said: “Do not continue this nonsense any further. Next time, I won’t contain myself.” The party was shocked by his power. Then, my players spent 3 sessions looking for a sacred fire that can burn so bright that his powers will be a lot less powerful (he still will be harder than the BBEG though) The final battle against Malthus hasn’t happened yet, but it will be something like this: It will be on a large bridge that leads to the BBEG’s castle. Malthus will be there, and say: “I see you still are unable to understand. Turn back, or you will know the true meaning of Dark.” They will use the fire then. His powers won’t be enough to stomp them like last time, but he will have long complex combos with various weapons made of the fabric of darkness itself. I haven’t thought a lot about his last words yet, but it will be something like: “Will you doe a favor? When you kill him (the BBEG) shove his corpse into the darkest pit you can find. If I can’t kill him, I want to have a little fun torturing his soul, before I go back to the light of my family.” I doubt the party will deny his wish.

[@charlesrobbins5683]

Should do one of chilling hero responses

[@LucreciaCrescentIsBestGirl]

That last one is the first one of these villain quotes to give me chills. Partly due to the fact that when I was listening to it, I imagined the doctor as Hojo from Final Fantasy 7.

[@alyssavanderklift9296]

one of my favorite lines of a character in one of my campaigns wasn't from a bbeg, but more a 'main quest giver' so to say. she was a character i could implement because on of my party members went on a vacation and we did a few sessions with the remaining group (she had agreed to that beforehand) and had been abducted by slavers. Upon conclusion of those two sessions, the party had found both their missing friend and an ancient silver dragon who spent mostof her time in humanoid form. the quest she had for them was rather irrelevant to the line i mean since that happened before this session of reunion was over. while the party was recovering in the corridors where they had resqued the two, seeing the newfound party memver had been left severely injured from her captors, the group did constantly hear a loud, high-pitched growling from a nearby door, a baby dragon (can't recall the type but doesn't matter much though) at which the ancient dragon rose to her feet, peered into the room where the young dragon was chained up and already branded with a functional slave curse and simply unleashed her ice breath on it, instantly killing it. the entire group reacted shocked, asking her if she didn't feel that was overborad, to which she replied plainly. 'there was no harshness nor cruelty there, only mercy'

[@Jessie_Helms]

I’m so very excited for this coming session. Spoilers for curse of Strahd. The characters have killed the Baron, they’re decided to install Ismark as the new Baron of Vallaki, and they’re fighting Lady Wachter in the town square (she’s been buffed to a War Priest and Ernst has been buffed to an Assassin, plus they have backup). Anyway, I wouldn’t be surprised if the PCs get the upper hand during next session, so here’s my planned line: “As Lady Wachter looks at you, bloodied, bruised, and genuinely seeming concerned for the first time you’ve ever seen, a smirk runs across her face. ‘Is that smoke behind you?’” Father Lucian has already been kidnapped once by cultists to try and murder him and desecrate the church’s bones. They now know she’s at the center of the cults, and therefor the attempted murder. But the party left Lucian and Ireena alone at the church during the coup. Not only did it give her a great opportunity to desecrate the church during the chaos, but it would also serve as a distraction if she needed to flee. “As you turn you indeed see smoke rising from the church of Saint Andral. What do you do?”

[@charlesfried6274]

Powerful Owl Sphinx: “What means everything to you, but NOTHING to me?” Player (on the verge of tears): “My *life?*”

[@naylik22]

So, before i start, for a bit of context, it was an Anima : Beyond Fantasy campaign, characters end up brokenly powerfull, enemies are too, but it's the fun of the game. After returning to my character's family to end up seeing them fallen from grace, her father in a wheelchair and her brother missing and presumed, our group ended up facing a creature wearing the face of the said brother that nearly wiped us and retreated to prepare and face the group responsible of multiple atrocities around the city. We were begining to get fairly powefull and when we came back, the city was struck by a magical maelstrom that we progressed through, toward the caster in the eye of the storm. As we prepare to enter, the floor tremble, meteors were raining around, and the castle's wall exploded from the inside revealing a menace powerfull enough to make all our characters feel an instinctive dread of death. We weren't seeing him clearly at first, as dust didn't had time to fall back down that my sorceress used her familiar to lay down a barrage of lightnings deviated from the surrounding maestrom... to simply see that creature still standing, a smile on his face, as electrical coils ornate his back, almost half of them fried from the initial strike though. The scene continued as our GM designed not one boss for the groupe, but one boss for each player to test our characters, each one having some sort of counter to some of our abilities, though as i fought mine he said those words that remains in my head, and in my character's mind : "You're going to be perfect, en even better power that one i snatched from your brother." This boss pissed my character so bad that his life was ended before each of the others, and sent her on the path of becoming the chosen of the Shajad of vengeance, sadness, pain and grief.

[@joe2marrow]

Had a mad Sultan who created a rich utopian city surrounded by walls that separated it from the slums. The people of the slums needed the water that the rich poured off the side of the walls in a display of decadence. When the party confronted the Sultan about how his people in the slums were dying and impoverished he laughed and said this. "I've always loved the beauty in darkness. You take the time and toil to make a beautiful gemstone without flaw. How do you make people appreciate just what you've done? Easy. Instead of surrounding the jewel with other gems like in a chest.....you surround it with mud. Only then when surrounded by the muck can we truly shine. Anyways.....GUARDS!" *Snaps fingers* *roll initiative*

[@DeviousShadowArt]

Best one I’ve had in the back pocket is for a black Dragonborn Wizard who was a head member of a kingdoms secret police force. While interrogating a captured party member he would simply get close and whisper in their ear “Tell me.. Have you ever drowned a water genasi? … I have” and then begin the torture sessions.

[@johnpatton456]

It was the first time the party had seen this person, who, instead of introducing themselves while writing at a desk in a tall tower the party had been warped to, said: "you aren't supposed to be here yet"

[@postapocalypticnewsradio]

PANR has tuned in. It's been a day.

[@jeremymartin4755]

“Resilient, but credulous. You came to conquer. Moved pieces. Turned gears. To us, you sought harm, but preformed aid.” After the BBEG said that, it came together that in an indirect way, wet help the villain without realizing it until the fight

[@bunchflttrsndnumbrs]

"Gold, Gore, or Glasstaff. Those are your only choices here." For context, this was in a Lost Mines of Phandelver campaign, and I had the Redbrands hold an NPC hostage in the town square. The party had arrested Glasstaff, the Redbrand leader, after doing a pacifist run of the dungeon. Someone far more cruel had filled that power vacuum and I had them direct the Redbrands to kidnap and hold hostage the closest person to their base, which happened to be the mother of my party's favorite NPC. I'll share the decision my party made, and the consequences of their actions, if we ever get a "Best DM/BBEG evil schemes" video.

[@2riskis2live]

“Nice try, these arms belong to me now.” The villain then rips off the PC’s arms.

[@nicholascarroll2698]

King Luther sounds like a interestingly complex NPC.

[@emina15]

After decapitating the party's vanguard, a Barbarian, with a Vorpal Sword, the BBEG picked up said Barbarian's favorite magical long sword, looked at the remaining party, smiled, and said "Nice sword, it'll be a fine addition to my collection." and walked away.

[@FoxBullet]

The one about Luther sounded like it took HEAVY inspiration from this CYOA story called "The Crown and the Flame", from an app called Choices by Pixel berry studios

[@scottallen4569]

"This was a test of your intelligence. You failed."

[@obsidianwraith1361]

I remember this from a path2e campaign from a year ago, my Dwarf Inventor (construct focus) & party confronted the main antagonist (Lich), who had focused on my Inventor's construct and said "your toys are no different from my undead, I shall enjoy dismantling them, then you and your cohorts.", after a long fight, it was a near TPK and the Lich spoke again to my Inventor saying, "tinkerer, your life. for your friends to live. now choose.", safe to say as my Inventor was Lawful Neutral I made the sacrifice play, it was a fun game either way.

[@keroro407]

A cult leader BBEG was trying to summon an ancient deity from outer space. The party was too late, and the BBEG turned to face the party and said: "They're here. I am sorry. I was wrong." And suddenly the sky split open, a gigantic hand made of corpses reached down, and all of us heard it in our head: "We are here. We are hungry. Make us whole." The campaign ended with "Bad Ending-Game Over". The BBEG and the ancient deity take inspiration from the Dead Space franchise.

[@thexbc2211]

From a BBEG who was their guide from level 1. Party after finding the ritual and calling him out: "Why do you look away?" BBEG: "Which parent wishes to see their children die?"

[@JonathanToolonie]

From a Tales of Equestria campaign crossover with Guilds of Ravnica. The Heroes ended up in Ravnica to stop a Dragon from colliding the two worlds together. Allying with several Ravnican NPCs, they corner the Dragon after a long goose chase across both worlds. "I must thank you for your contributions, Champions of Harmony. You've saved me the trouble bringing our worlds together."

[@mikerainbow11]

BBEG: "They were the only thing holding me back."

[@mrplimbles7803]

"I warned you before... guess you didn't listen. Well, I guess it's on me to show you what happens next?"

[@Archblack45]

The day we all stopp screaming, is the day we all stopp dreaming

[@varashamus7633]

"I'm letting you live so you can know your children died before you." That's when the party decided it was either tpk or victory.

[@Avengerj5]

Oh, that Rime of the Frostmaiden on gave me chills. Pun very much intended

[@Callmesenpai1337]

After managing to get everyone with hold person (insanely bad luck) He pushed over the fighter onto his back and stood on his thigh. "Hey I happen to know a neat trick. I can make you double jointed. Say nothing if you want to see." Of course, being paralyzed the player could say anything. So the bbeg bent his knee backward with a loud crack. Not particularly scary but it was so fucking brutal.

[@juanswart4245]

You lived as you died a shadow only to be darkened by my glorious purpose

[@camronadair7384]

I am only imaging with the first one the juggernaut saying fall and them all falling over like a secret ability

[@knutandersson4606]

At the end of a discussion between the party and the BBEG, a netherese shadar-kai, one of a civilization of the Shadowfell. BBEG: "Every day I'm reminded of your blindness. You touched by the light of day cannot see the blessings that surround you, all around you are gifts you take for granted, blessings that have gone ignored." Monk: "You wouldn't even know what a blessing is!" BBEG: "I know better than any of you, this form that I now hold is by the will of the Twelve Princes, and a gift of Our Lady of Shadows Shar herself." Rogue: "I wouldn't call that a blessing..." The BBEG immediately cast Hold Person on the Rogue, "Not a blessing ... ? ... *you will never truly know the hell we've been forced to suffer,* but I can give you a taste." He grabs the rogue by the throat and casts Negative Energy Flood (if not for a successful save it could've killed), "Remember the pain you've been forced to suffer in but an instant, and know that for ten thousand years, _we endured_ "

[@AshBlossomWorshiper]

"Tell your replacement I look forward to meeting her" Jesus that was cold. Thank god the PCs realized they needed to get out of there

[@williambarnes5023]

"We did it! Without your mask, you can't channel the elder god's power!" "Oh, no. No, that's not how this works at all. That mask sealed my power into human form. Now I'm free."