Spellweavers(aka death by magic missile).
The had six arms, and could cast six levels worth of spells as a standard action. They also had a strange orb that helped their casting.
5 magic missiles per arm is 30d4+30= avg 105 hp
IIRC they were CR 10 or so. They had crappy hp, but most casters survive by not getting hit so that really was a nonfactor.
Spellweavers(aka death by magic missile).These were 3.0 weren't they?
If so first round was more than likely Haste + 9 MMs, then 12MMs till done.
yeah but there was a 3.5 conversion pdf for 3.0.
Illithid with ten levels in Brain Eater.
Go take a look at that PrC. You can eat something's brain, and then absorb all of a certain class ability (Say, the spellcasting fo a level 20 wizard, or the Feats of a level 20 Fighter), or the innate ability of a creature (like, say, the identity ability of a Greater Doppelganger).
Now, just imagine putting something together with the combined spellcasting ability of 5 characters in their teens or higher, and any five special abilities from other monsters (and hey, heap on the Greater Doppelganger extra level while you're at it).
SKR sort of statted one up as an Epic Foe and basically said, "Never again." I can't even imagine the potential size of a stat block of those things done right.
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SKR sort of statted one up as an Epic Foe and basically said, "Never again."
Where was that?
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I have never found any rules stating that the vampire template is not compatible with the Lycantrope template. I game a half-orc both and levels in monk. I can't remember the CR, but I was able to calculate it to be one or two above the parties average level.
He nearly killed the party, and he would have too if I hadn't decided before hand that he wanted to torture his prey instead of kill it. The PCs also got lucky and scored a nearly maximized critical hit with a long bow that was enough to put him into single digit HP. It didn't take long for them to finish him off.
The other ridiculous build was a Gelatinous Cube with the fiendish template and levels in Monk paired with a Drow sorceress who had lots of potions to dump into the G. Cube and an amulet of Ooze Riding. Invisibility, Spider Climb, Flurry of Blows, and someone continuously buffing and healing the cube made a deadly combination of awesome.
Scroll down until you see Monstrous Crab.
It's infamous for being a CR 6ish creature labeled as a CR 3. It slaughters entire parties with ease.
Yeah, in 3.x and beyond, anything with the Improved Grab/Constrict combo that also happens to deal higher-than-average damage for its size is a real danger in general.
Giant animals like crabs and turtles are even more dangerous going back to 1st and 2nd editions. I remember our party's gnome illusionist in a 2nd edition game getting cut in half on the first attack from an ambushing giant turtle. We never defeated that thing.
Toughest monster to fight? A cult of shoggoths who could summon albino penguins. At least until Cthulhu showed up.
I think it's in one of the FR books, actually. I just looked in the Lords of Madness and Tome of Vile Darkness, and it's not in there. They may have called it something else, too. I'll also note that because of Illithid LA, it's a ten level class that always ended up Epic.
In short, I can't remember what book it's from, or even if 'Brain Eater' is the exact name of it. Basically a PrC for Illithids and perhaps Aboleths.
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Tarrasque with 10 levels of Barbarian. If the players want to screw with me, THEY WILL PAY.
Thank you for looking.
Yeah, in terms of hard to run, hard to play, and hard to stat up, I don't think anything is going to touch the Illithid Savant.
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I recall low CR swarms being death machines to very low level parties.
2 appropriate CR Wilders with Psi crystals, Schism, and the original printing of Energy Missile with the MetaPsionic feats Empower and Maximize.
Basically becomes unsavable Missiles hitting every member of the party for an insane amount of damage
In 3.5, the Elder Xorn, a CR 8 monster with 130 hp, AC 25, DR 5/bludgeoning, immunity to cold and fire, resistance to electricity 10, tremorsense 60ft. and 4 attacks per round (+21 4d8+7, +19 1d6+3, +19 1d6+3, +19 1d6+3) was quite a challenge for my players, if I remember correctly. What's even worse is the fact that my players had to fight him in an anti-magic zone (I was running a converted version of Night Below).
Compare it with a Gray Render (3.5) or a Stone Giant (3.5), both CR 8 monsters, and you'll see what I'm talking about. The only thing that the Gray Render has over the Elder Xorn is Improved Grab.