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How do I kill a 20th level raging Zealot Barbarian?
At 20th level, the Path of the Zealot barbarian (Xanathar's Guide to Everything, p. 11) can rage indefinitely by virtue of starting a new rage just prior to their initial rage ending. This is ...
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What is a "bag of rats"?
I have seen the term "bag of rats" being used quite frequently (RPG.se search for bag of rats, for example), mainly, but not exclusively, in D&D. It seems to be considered a problem or exploit.
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Expected damage of a moonblade with 𝑛 runes?
As noted in David Coffron’s answer to another question, the moonblade (Dungeon Master’s Guide, pg. 217) has no fixed limit on how much damage it can do: there is no stated limit to the number of runes ...
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What is the highest hit points that one character can have?
By reading others questions like Highest damage in one melee attack and Highest AC possible.
How many hit points can a character have, and also highest achievable hit points possible in an instant?
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Does the Contagion spell infect the target immediately on a melee attack hit?
Let's say I'm a cleric with the 5th level spell Contagion and I am successful on the melee attack. From the wording of the spell it seems that the effect kicks in immediately, but Jeremy Crawford said ...
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What is the maximum static positive modifier to a melee attack's damage?
I’m currently building up a Level 20 Warlock to have the absolute maximum static damage (by static, I mean damage not reliant on a roll) on a melee attack.
A level 20 Hexblade Warlock with a 20 in ...
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What is the most damage that can be done in a single melee attack without features that double damage?
I've been trying to come up with builds that maximise burst damage recently, but I'm not much of an optimiser, usually preferring themes and/or roleplay.
I'd come up with something along the lines of ...
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Maximum average damage from a single unarmed strike
What is the maximum average damage that can be delivered by a single unarmed strike from a Dungeons and Dragons 5e character?
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The damage must be a direct ...
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What is the damage dealt by Eldritch Smite?
Eldritch Smite is an Eldritch Invocation for Warlocks similar to the Divine Smite feature from Paladins. It is available in Xanathar's Guide to Everything and states
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What is the most damage that can be done in a single ranged attack?
While we have a question for melee attacks, ranged attacks always seem to get left out.
What is the maximum damage that can be done in a single ranged attack?
Any official character options as ...
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What's the maximum number of damage types I can have in a single melee attack?
Inspired by these two questions.
I am currently playing an Arcane Trickster that has a Flame Tongue Rapier and access to Booming Blade.
So I have:
Piercing
Fire
Thunder
I am considering getting ...
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Which magic weapon deals the most damage?
Which magic weapon deals most damage at each rarity tier? (I am not asking about Artifacts, just normal rarity scale magic items).
For the sake of defining weapon damage:
Direct expected damage from ...
